{"id":112293,"date":"2017-08-16T02:02:15","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T06:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=112293"},"modified":"2025-01-15T01:24:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T06:24:28","slug":"zika-causes-up-to-usd18-b-losses-in-latam-undp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/16\/zika-causes-up-to-usd18-b-losses-in-latam-undp\/","title":{"rendered":"Zika causes up to USD18-B losses in LatAm: UNDP"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BRASILIA<\/strong>\u00a0— The economic impact on Latin America of the Zika virus has been estimated to reach USD18 billion from 2015 to 2017, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) said here Tuesday.<\/p>\n

“Zika is responsible for tangible losses to gross domestic product, estimated to range from USD7 billion to USD18 billion over 2015-2017 alone,” according to a UNDP study.<\/p>\n

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The report, “A Socio-Economic Impact Assessment of the Zika Virus in Latin America and the Caribbean”, focuses on three of the countries worst hit by the mosquito-borne virus, Brazil, Colombia and Suriname.<\/p>\n

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Those losses impose “an immediate burden on health care and social welfare systems” but “more long-term, could undermine decades of hard-earned health gains and social development progress”, the study warns.<\/p>\n

The UNDP report calls on countries to offset the adverse impact of the virus by investing more “in prevention, preparedness and response strategies at the local, national and regional levels”.<\/p>\n

Also, Zika is bound to have a greater impact on the region’s more fragile economies, the agency said.<\/p>\n

“While larger economies, such as Brazil, are expected to bear the greatest share of the absolute cost, the severest impacts will be felt in the poorest countries,” the report said.<\/p>\n

Haiti and Belize, for example, could lose 1.13 percent and 1.19 percent of GDP annually, respectively.<\/p>\n

The mosquito-borne virus has been linked to birth defects, with the number of infants born with microcephaly or abnormally small heads, skyrocketing in Brazil following the Zika outbreak.<\/p>\n

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