Palabras clave
Zika
microcephaly
Puerto Rico
disease surveillance
epidemic control
arboviral diseases
dibrom
microcephaly
Puerto Rico
disease surveillance
epidemic control
arboviral diseases
dibrom
Cómo citar
Rigau-Pérez, J. G. (2018). Zika in Puerto Rico, 2016-2017: I Perspectives on the Social Crisis and Health Care Concerns. Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal, 37, S15-S23. Recuperado a partir de https://prhsj.rcm.upr.edu/index.php/prhsj/article/view/1850
Resumen
The social reaction to the Zika epidemic in Puerto Rico reached a confrontational climax regarding aerial fumigation with an organophosphate insecticide. The public drama has obscured multiple simultaneous controversies. This and a companion paper, based mostly on print and digital news reports, provide a context and description of the major controversies and examine the outcomes and their lessons for the protection of the public’s health. Part I describes the social and sanitary environment, the first three months of the epidemic, and the debates related to religious, demographic, economic, political, and health care concerns.
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