الجمعة، 12 فبراير 2016

El Salvador's Zika crisis compounded by failings of state, violence and machismo

Virus-infected women in the Central American country face the world’s harshest abortion law, little sex education, and prevalent gang and sexual violence

Vanesa del Carmen Velásquez was 26 weeks pregnant when, just before Christmas, her joints started to ache. A day or so later came an itchy rash across her body and a fever of 39C (102F), swiftly followed by raw red conjunctivitis eyes.

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from Pregnancy | The Guardian http://ift.tt/240Cjsh

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