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
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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