世卫总干事到访巴西

 　　UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) chief, Margaret Chan, is in Brazil to assess the Zika virus situation and response, a UN spokesman said here Tuesday.

　　Chan is visiting Brazil together with the director of the Pan American Health Organization, Carissa Etienne, Dujarric said at a daily news briefing here.

　　Their itinerary¹ includes meetings with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday and a visit to the National Center for Risk and Disaster Management, Dujarric said.

　　The visit comes after an increase in babies born with microcephaly in northeast Brazil.

　　WHO chief in Brazil to assess Zika outbreakThe WHO still cautions that more investigation² is needed to better understand the relationship between microcephaly in babies and the Zika virus outbreak.

　　The WHO said that an increase in Guillain-Barre syndrome³ in Brazil has coincided with Zika virus infections.

　　The Zika outbreak in Brazil has caught the attention of the WHO as the virus would cause infants to be born with microcephaly if their mothers are infected during pregnancy⁴.

　　More than 4,000 reported cases of microcephaly have been registered in Brazil, among them more than 400 have been confirmed. Of the confirmed cases, 141 were attributable to the Zika virus.

 

1 itinerary   

n.行程表，旅行路线；旅行计划

参考例句：

• The two sides have agreed on the itinerary of the visit.双方商定了访问日程。
• The next place on our itinerary was Silistra.我们行程的下一站是锡利斯特拉。

2 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

3 syndrome   

n.综合病症；并存特性

参考例句：

• The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome. 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。
• Results indicated that 11 fetuses had Down syndrome. 结果表明有11个胎儿患有唐氏综合征。

4 pregnancy   

n.怀孕，怀孕期

参考例句：

• Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕早期常有恶心的现象。
• Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.怀孕期吸烟会增加流产的危险。