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Description Hold Me Mother, 2018 - Wellcome Photography Prize 2019.jpg |
English:
Mother embraces her child born with microcephaly.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. João was born with microcephaly – he has a smaller head and under-developed brain. This once-rare condition is becoming more common in Brazil because of Zika outbreaks. Many families struggle to cope with the needs of children with microcephaly, and more and more are abandoned – including João. He was later adopted by Marilene and given a loving home. The wider story. In October 2015, Brazil reported a link between Zika infections among pregnant women and cases of microcephaly in their newborn babies. The condition can cause long-term physical impairments, but researchers have recently found that certain treatments within the first six months of infancy, such as physiotherapy, can reduce these effects. |
Source | https://wellcome.ac.uk/what-we-do/our-work/wellcome-photography-prize/2019#&gid=8&pid=3 |
Author | Felipe Fittipaldi / Wellcome Photography Prize 2019 |
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