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Radio 4,01 Feb 2016,45 mins

WHO declares Zika global emergency

The World Tonight

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The World Health Organisation has said a surge in serious birth defects -- linked to the spread of the Zika virus -- constitutes an international health emergency. Christian Lindmeier of the WHO told this programme that health officials had learned lessons from the Ebola crisis and were responding quickly to the situation in South America.

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