Zika virus disease epidemic: information and knowledge
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https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v10i2.1148Keywords:
Zika, acess to information, social protection, precarious life, recognition.Abstract
Joselito and Maria Carolina live in Esperança, a remote municipality of Paraíba, Brazil. They are the parents of Maria Gabriela, a little girl who was born with the syndrome associated with congenital Zika virus infection. The couple relate the itinerary of medicalization in family life caused by the epidemic, and claim “the right to knowledge” as a way to protect their life. We think that the right to information is a fundamental right of people affected by the epidemic, but “knowledge” presumes broad frontiers of recognition, including to share protections providing a life with dignity.
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