Zika is not a reason for missing the Olympic games in Rio de Janeiroresponse to the open letter of Dr Attaran and colleagues to Dr Margaret Chan, Director - General, WHO, on the Zika threat to the Olympic and Paralympic Games

Resumo

Attaran and colleagues in an open letter to WHO expressed their concern about the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and the threat posed by the Zika epidemic (Attaran 2016). We agree that Zika virus is of great public health concern and much remains to be known about this disease. Care should be taken to reduce the risk of infection, especially to pregnant women. However, we argue that this is not sufficient reason for changing the original plans for the Games, in particular because of the time of the year when they will take place. The present article outlines several scientific results related to Zika and mosquito-borne infectious diseases dynamics that we believe ratify the current position of WHO in not endorsing the postponing or relocation of the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games (WHO 2016).

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

2016

Instituição

Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde

Fonte

Repositório da FGV

Idioma

Inglês

Acesso

Acesso aberto

DOI

10.1590/0074-02760160003

Identificador

oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/21398

Temas

Saúde

Palavras-chave

ZikaOlympic GamesSaúdeOlimpíadasSistema de controle biológicoMedicina tropical