Brazil’s Forgotten Families Deserve More

Expand Davi at church with his mother Kássia, his father Daniel and his older sister Maria Clara. © 2019 Private 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. Every day, Kássia Consuelo Carneiro wakes up at 5 a.m. to get her son, Davi, ready. Davi, almost 4, is one of many children in Brazil with Zika syndrome, meaning he has a range of disabilities and health issues. He does not talk, but he understands everything his parents and older sister say. Going out with his…

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