The Zika virus is a public health emergency: here’s what we must do now
Published by The Guardian US on February 1, 2016
Zika exposed the limits of waiting for vaccines while outbreaks spread in real time. Preventing transmission depends on controlling mosquitoes, improving living conditions, and addressing poverty, climate change, and reproductive health now—not years from now. Global health emergencies demand practical, immediate solutions alongside long-term science, or the same crises will keep repeating.