23 May 2016

Zika crisis fuelled by 'massive' mosquito control failures: WHO chief

Geneva - The spiralling crisis surrounding the Zika virus is the result of decades of policy failures on mosquito control and poor access to family planning services, the World Health Organization said on Monday.

"The spread of Zika ... [is] the price being paid for a massive policy failure that dropped the ball on mosquito control in the 1970s," WHO chief Margaret Chan told the opening of the UN health agency's annual assembly.

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