New Zika response strategy to focus on preventing, managing medical complications – UN health agency

The United Nations health agency has issued a revised strategic response plan for the next one and a half years to combat the transmission of the Zika virus, which has now spread to 60 countries.

This Zika Strategic Response Plan -Revised for July 2016 to December 2017, comprises of the Strategic Response Framework and Joint Operations Plan, and has been developed to guide the international response and joint actions against Zika virus infection, its complications and consequences.

It provides the basis for coordination and collaboration with partners so that countries’ preparedness and response capacities are supported to the fullest extent possible.

Read more: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/246091/1/WHO-ZIKV-SRF-16.3-eng.pdf?ua=1&ua=1