Zika Travel Policies May Reduce Women's Leadership in Global Health

Zika Travel Policies May Reduce Women's Leadership in Global Health

On February 1, 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Zika a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern,” based on growing evidence that women who have the Zika virus during pregnancy are at increased risk of having their children born with microcephaly. On November 20, 2016, while this letter was in press, WHO declared that Zika was no longer a Public Health Emergency of Int...

Taiwan's Travel and Border Health Measures in Response to Zika

Zika virus has recently emerged as a worldwide public health concern. Travel and border health measures stand as one of the main strategies and frontline defenses in responding to international epidemics. As of October 31, 2016, Taiwan has reported 13 imported cases, 5 of which were detected through routine entry screening and active monitoring at international airports. This article shares Tai...

Increasing women in leadership in global health.

Globally, women experience a disproportionate burden of disease and death due to inequities in access to basic health care, nutrition, and education. In the face of this disparity, it is striking that leadership in the field of global health is highly skewed towards men and that global health organizations neglect the issue of gender equality in their own leadership. Randomized trials demonstra...

Zika virus and global health security.

Ebola: a crisis in global health leadership.