zika
Subtitle:
a crisis that bites
Publication Name:
EUISS ISSUE Alerts
Volume, number, page:
6, pp.1-2
Year of Publication:
2016
Editor(s):
EUISS
Organization Name:
European Union Institute for Security Studies
Acronym:
EUISS
Publisher:
EUISS
City:
Paris
Country of Publication:
France
Full Date:
March 2016
ISBN or ISSN:
978-92-9198-385-8
Considered Countries:
Brazil
Guyana
Martinique
Guadalupe
Colombia
Panama
El Salvador
Category:
Official Documents
Theme:
Subregion - European Union
Country - European Union
Keyword(s):
Social affairs
Public Health
Health
Tropical diseases
Disease prevention
Epidemiology
Infectious disease
cooperation policy
Foreign and development aid agencies
Development aid
Health aid (foreign aid)
Foreign aid policy
Foreign and development aid financing
Latin America
Unasur
crisis management
European Union
Abstract:
On 1 February, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the Zika virus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Are the health crisis management structures currently in place, not only in Latin America but also in the EU, ready to face this challenge?
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