<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Inter Press ServiceZika Epidemic Offers Sanitation a Chance in Brazil</title>
	<atom:link href="https://www.ipsnews.net/2016/02/zika-epidemic-offers-sanitation-a-chance-in-brazil/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>https://www.ipsnews.net/2016/02/zika-epidemic-offers-sanitation-a-chance-in-brazil/</link>
	<description>News and Views from the Global South</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:26:23 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Zika Epidemic Offers Sanitation a Chance in Brazil</title>
		<link>https://www.ipsnews.net/2016/02/zika-epidemic-offers-sanitation-a-chance-in-brazil/</link>
		<comments>https://www.ipsnews.net/2016/02/zika-epidemic-offers-sanitation-a-chance-in-brazil/#respond</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2016 02:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mario Osava</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Active Citizens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development & Aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Editors' Choice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Headlines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Population]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poverty & SDGs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TerraViva United Nations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water & Sanitation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dengue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microcephaly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zika Virus]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ipsnews.net/?p=144003</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Three decades of dengue fever epidemic did not manage to awaken a sense of urgency in Brazil regarding the need for improving and expanding basic sanitation. But the recent surge in cases of microcephaly in newborns, associated with the Zika virus, apparently has. Both dengue and Zika are transmitted by the same vector, the Aedes [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Three decades of dengue fever epidemic did not manage to awaken a sense of urgency in Brazil regarding the need for improving and expanding basic sanitation. But the recent surge in cases of microcephaly in newborns, associated with the Zika virus, apparently has. Both dengue and Zika are transmitted by the same vector, the Aedes [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>https://www.ipsnews.net/2016/02/zika-epidemic-offers-sanitation-a-chance-in-brazil/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
