WHO Hopes 'Emergency' Declaration Speeds Zika Vaccine
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
World Health Organization (WHO) officials on Feb. 1 said they hoped that by declaring a "public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC)" for the ongoing outbreak of the Zika virus and its "strongly suspected" link to microcephaly in Latin America – primarily in Brazil – governments, researchers and industry would make a coordinated global effort to quickly develop diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines.