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The World Health Organization said on Tuesday - again - its opinion on the sexual transmission of Zika and said that couples who live in areas where it should be circulated offered contraception and counseling to decide they are when they become pregnant.
A spokeswoman said the agency's announcement to clarify the confusion about whether women to avoid previously advised pregnancy during the epidemic. WHO does not provide such advice, but they were, seemed to be the same officials have said in June.
WHO also suggests that men and women who visit and return transfer areas Zika practicing safe sex or mosquitoes for six months of abstinence. The board as long - instead of eight weeks the former border - on the persistence of the virus in the semen on new data.
Two men in Italy, which were visited Haiti in January and February recently found viral RNA six months later in sperm. The researchers were able to grow live virus samples, but it was not clear whether they were so long infectious.
confirmed sexual transmission occurred about two months after a man of Zika virus is infected, said WHO spokesman, Nyka Alexander, so that couples are now wait six months invited provide a safety margin. It also became clear that people without symptoms can transmit the disease.
In early June, when the last WHO recommendations for new sexual transmission output, which said that women "should be informed and oriented, drag to delay properly pregnancy."
Although Ms. Alexander at the time confirmed that the text meant "delinquent until we have more answers, more tests, more science.", Other officials who supported later by saying that "he would not women to delay pregnancy rates
"The last time, our guide was very confusing," Alexander said on Tuesday. "We want to be clear that we do not advise anyone to slow down."
The problem has since the epidemic a source of controversy. The health authorities in several countries, including Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador and Jamaica, and the Minister of Health of Puerto Rico asked the female citizens of pregnancy to delay, if they can.
Some public health experts supports this approach, arguing that pregnancy during the peak transmission season prevent is the only sure way to prevent harm to the fetus. Infection with the virus during pregnancy can cause brain damage in newborns.
No country has been able to completely prevent the transmission of Zika virus mosquitoes, and the risk to the fetus is so highly regarded that all major public health authorities have advised pregnant women to avoid areas where the virus circulates visit.
However, the WHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have repeatedly said that women are not advised to delay pregnancy.
"While the Council Directive can be interesting, not supported by any evidence," said Dr. James Kiarie, coordinator of the WHO team of human procreation said Tuesday.
At the same time, WHO urges countries highly available contraceptives such as making the CDC, asked corporate donations for birth control pills and devices for use in Puerto Rico, who fights Zika epidemic diffusion.
Both organizations have avoided directly addressing a contentious issue: whether women know that their fetuses should be distorted by the virus provide abortions.
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