WHO/PAHO Presser On Zika In Brazil Feb 24

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Note for the Media/Media Advisory

 

Directors of PAHO and WHO in Brazil to assess Zika virus response

 

Washington, D.C., Feb. 22, 2016 (PAHO/WHO)—The director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Margaret Chan, and the director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Carissa F. Etienne, are meeting this week with top Brazilian officials, including Minister of Health Marcelo Castro, to assess the Zika virus situation and response. 

 

In their visit to Brazil, Chan and Etienne will meet with President Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday, Feb. 23, at the Presidential Palace. They are scheduled to visit the National Center for Risk and Disaster Management (Cenad) for discussions with top cabinet members, including the ministers of health, national integration, defense, foreign affairs, social development and fight against hunger alleviation, as well as the secretary of government and the executive secretary of the Ministry of Education.

 

As part of their assessment of actions taken by Brazil in response to Zika virus infection and its possible consequences, Chan and Etienne will be in Recife, Pernambuco, on Feb. 24 to visit the Institute of Integrative Medicine Professor Fernando Figueira (IMIP), a clinical research center that is the National Referral Center for Mother and Child Care Programs. WHO Executive Director for Outbreaks and Health Emergencies Bruce Aylward will accompany them.

 

Chan, Etienne and Castro are slated to hold a press conference on Wednesday, Feb. 24, at 17:00h, at PAHO/WHO headquarters in Brasilia.

 

MEDIA ADVISORY

 

WHAT:           Press Briefing on Brazil’s response to Zika virus infection and its possible consequences

 

WHO:             Margaret Chan, Director-General of WHO

                        Carissa F. Etienne, Director of PAHO

                        Marcelo Castro, Minister of Health of Brazil

 

WHEN:           Wednesday, February 24, 1700h

 

WHERE:        Office of the Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO / WHO)

Northern Embassy Sector, Lot 19, CEP 70800-400, Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil

 

HOW:             In person or live on TV NBR,

                        Web Radio Health:  webradio.saude.gov.br/radio or

                        Twitter/Periscope Ministry of Health @minsaude

 

 

Links:

 

PAHO Zika:  www.paho.org/zikavirus

 

Media Contacts:

 

In Brasilia, Brazil:

Luis Felipe Sardenberg, [email protected], +55 61 3251-9581                                

 

In Washington, D.C.:

Media team: [email protected],

Leticia Linn: [email protected],  +1 202 974 3440

Daniel Epstein: [email protected], +1 202 974 3579

Sonia Mey-Schmidt: [email protected],  + 1 202 974 3036

 

In Geneva, Switzerland:

Media team: [email protected]

 

 

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