Brazil Court Delay Leaves Zika Families in Limbo

Expand Maria Gabriela Silva Alves (“Gabi”), age 2, with her mother, Maria Carolina Silva Flor (“Carol”), at their home in Esperança, Paraíba state, Brazil in 2018. Gabi was one of thousands of children born with disabilities caused by exposure to the Zika virus in utero during the 2015-2016 outbreak. © 2018 Joselito Alves dos Santos This dispatch is part of a series focusing on children with zika syndrome and their families. To read more, please visit the blog: Zika: Brazil's Forgotten Families. Families raising children with Zika syndrome face yet another delay in their struggle to secure…

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