A mother carries her son in a special trolley to the institute IPESQ, where children born with microcephaly are treated. Over 4.000 cases of this congenital condition were reported in Brazil between 2015 and 2016. Adriana Melo is the doctor who discovered the link between newborns with microcephaly and pregnant women infected with Zika, a virus transmitted by the mosquito Aedes Aegypti. Dr. Adriana now runs the IPESQ institute, where 127 children receive special therapies and donations. Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil, Feb. 16, 2022.
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A mother carries her son in a special trolley to the institute IPESQ, where children born with microcephaly are treated. Over 4.000 cases of this congenital condition were reported in Brazil between 2015 and 2016. Adriana Melo is the doctor who discovered the link between newborns with microcephaly and pregnant women infected with Zika, a virus transmitted by the mosquito Aedes Aegypti. Dr. Adriana now runs the IPESQ institute, where 127 children receive special therapies and donations. Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil, Feb. 16, 2022.
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Maíra Erlich
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