Zika May Be Underreported in Haiti

Posted on Sep 1, 2016

Zika May Be Underreported in Haiti
Dr. Roman Jean-Louis and Dr. Louise Ivers examine Chinashama, a baby born with microcephaly, at University Hospital in Mirebalais, Haiti, on Aug. 30, 2016. Photo by Cecille Joan Avila / Partners In Health

In a report from NPR, PIH senior health and policy advisor Dr. Louise Ivers voiced her concern that Zika may be spreading across Haiti—and going undetected because of the country’s limited health care infrastructure.

"We don't have a good idea of what's going on. Now that we've seen three babies born [with microcephaly] in the span of three weeks in our own facility, we are very concerned that it's being under-reported in other parts of the country," she says.

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