The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights says respecting women’s human rights and granting them access to reproductive health services are essential in the fight against the Zika virus. The virus is thought to be linked to an upsurge of birth defects in Latin America.

Scientists are trying to determine if there is a definitive link between an outbreak of Zika virus in Brazil and more than 4,500 suspected cases of microcephaly, which causes babies to be born with abnormally small heads and brains.

Evidence for such a link is strong enough that a number of countries in Latin read more >>>

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