Zika: We must be ready for the long-haul. Commentary by WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan
On 1 February 2016, I declared that the Zika outbreak sweeping through the Americas was a public health emergency of international concern. That was not an easy call. But looking back, it was the right one. At that time, the disease itself, long dismissed as an obscure medical curiosity, could hardly be described as “extraordinary”, …
