He said that there is a special need for prevention efforts aimed at pregnant women, including means of protecting them from mosquito bites with the use of insect repellents, window screens, and bed nets, and also the use of condoms to protect them from the possibility of infection from sex with an infected partner.
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WHO: Zika epidemic requires ‘research-guided’ public health interventions
Publish date: March 3, 2016
FROM A JOINT PAHO/WHO MEETING