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ZIKA VIRUS: A Growing Global Health Emergency
WHAT IS ZIKA?The Zika virus is a mosquitotransmitted infection.
Infection during pregnancy can cause microcephaly,a birth defect characterized by an unusually smallhead, often accompanied by brain damage.
Zika has also been linked to Guillain-Barré syndrome(GBS), a rare disorder that can cause muscle weaknessand sometimes paralysis.
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF ZIKA?
MOST COMMON ZIKA SYMPTOMSOTHER SYMPTOMS
FEVER JOINT PAIN MUSCLE PAINCONJUNCTIVITIS( RED EYES )
HEADACHERASH
Many people infected with Zika won’t have symptoms or will only have mild symptoms.
WHERE IS ZIKA?Zika has been identified in more than 45 countries.
PFIZER’S COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING VITAL SUPPORT FOR ZIKA-RELATED EFFORTSBetween the Pfizer Foundation* and Pfizer, we have provided $4.1 million total in grants to support surveillance, testingand prevention efforts related to Zika in Latin America, the continental U.S. and Puerto Rico, including:
$1 million to theCDC Foundation
Donation of up to 170,000 doses of Pfizer’s long-acting contraceptive product to the
CDC Foundation’s Zika Contraception Access
Network (Z-CAN) initiative in Puerto Rico
$1 million to the Pan-Ameri-can Health Organization
Foundation, an international public health agency in the
Americas, to develop a surveillance model to
enhance response across Latin America and the
Caribbean
$1 million each to the Florida Department of Health and the Texas
Department of State Health Services to support Zika
prevention, screening and diagnosis efforts, and lab
testing if needed
$100,000 to Population Services International, a
global health organization focused on reproductive health, to support the production of Safe Pregnancy Kits
in Latin America
* The Pfizer Foundation is a charitable organization established by Pfizer Inc. It is a separate legal entity from Pfizer Inc. with distinct legal restrictions.