Zika virus infection in Brazil and human rights obligations

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 105-110

  Diniz, Debora ^a   Gumieri, Sinara ^b   Bevilacqua, Beatriz Galli ^c   Cook, Rebecca J ^d   Dickens, Bernard M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b Anis Institute of Bioethics   (Brazil)

^c IPAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children s rights; Congenital Zika virus syndrome; Disability rights; Human rights; Public health; Women s rights; Zika infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFANT MORTALITY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MICROCEPHALY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; VIROLOGY; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

BRAZIL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROCEPHALY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85020374643     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijgo.12018     Document Type: Article

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