Zika and Ebola Virus
The video, in short time, embraces the emergence, evolution and the devastating effects caused in Brazil and West Africa, by two virus until that moment unknown. In 2014, the Ebola virus caused 12 000 dead filling the world’s population with panic, horror and anguish. A year after, Zika appeared in Brazil, when a large number of people come to clinics manifesting the same symptoms. Moreover, health care employees and investigators working in there made a shocking connection between the growth in prenatal Zika virus infections and the developing number of babies born with microcephaly and other devastating birth defects. The film narrates the testimonies of scientists, health workers and survivors for the purpose
The video, in short time, embraces the emergence, evolution and the devastating effects caused in Brazil and West Africa, by two virus until that moment unknown. In 2014, the Ebola virus caused 12 000 dead filling the world’s population with panic, horror and anguish. A year after, Zika appeared in Brazil, when a large number of people come to clinics manifesting the same symptoms. Moreover, health care employees and investigators working in there made a shocking connection between the growth in prenatal Zika virus infections and the developing number of babies born with microcephaly and other devastating birth defects. The film narrates the testimonies of scientists, health workers and survivors for the purpose