"This report was researched and written by Margaret Wurth, researcher in the Children's Rights Division, João Bieber, consultant in the Women's Rights Division, and Amanda Klasing, senior researcher in the Women's Rights Division at Human Rights Watch"--Page 103. Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
Recommendations -- Methodology -- I. Background -- II. Findings -- III. The Brazilian government's human rights obligations -- Acknowledgments. "This report documents gaps in the Brazilian authorities' response that have a harmful impact on women and girls and leave the general population vulnerable to continued outbreaks of serious mosquito-borne illnesses. The outbreak hit as the country faced its worst economic recession in decades, forcing authorities to make difficult decisions about allocating resources. But even in earlier times of economic growth, government investments in water and sanitation infrastructure were inadequate. Years of neglect contributed to the water and wastewater conditions that allowed the proliferation of the Aedes mosquito and the rapid spread of the virus, Human Rights Watch found."--Publisher's description.
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