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Winner of the 2017 Jabuti Book Prize
The Zika virus is devastating lives and communities. Children across the Americas are being born with severe disabilities because of it. Yet during the desolating outbreak, Brazil played host to both the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup, leading many to suspect that the true impact of the virus has been subject to a cover-up of international proportions.
Beginning in the northeast, where the devastation has been most felt, professor of bioethics and award-winning documentary filmmaker Debora Diniz travels across Brazil tracing the virus's origin and spread. Along the journey she meets a host of fearless families, doctors and scientists uncovering the virus's impact on local communities. In doing so Diniz paints a vivid picture of the Zika epidemic, exposing the Brazilian government's complicity in allowing the virus to spread while championing the efforts of local doctors and mothers who, working together, are raising awareness of the virus and fighting for the rights of children affected by Zika.
Contents
Translator's Note
Principle Characters
Timeline
Map
1. Telling the Story
2. Positive for Zika
Where it All Began
Deciphering an Allergy Epidemic
A Mysterious Illness Strikes Bahia
3. The First Generation of Women
The Foreigner
The Northeasterners
4. Footprints of the Virus
The Paralyzing Syndrome
The Neuropediatricians from Recife
The Doctor from Rural Paraíba
5. Patient Zero
6. The Aftermath
7. Implications for Women Worldwide
