1 Jan 2016 Jahr - Politics and Zika response Brazil

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The 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro influenced government response because officials did not want to discourage potential tourists.
The government's national healthcare system, Sstema nico de Sade (SUS), was unable to provide adequate financial and technical assistance to the most affected areas.
A combination of a sudden change in government and a deteriorating economy resulted in a reduction in funding for SUS, which resulted in inadequate care for Zika-infected women and infants.

Gómez, E. J., Perez, F. A., & Ventura, D. (2018). What explains the lacklustre response to Zika in Brazil? Exploring institutional, economic and health system context. BMJ global health, 3(5), e000862. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2018-000862
This article highlights Brazil’s lackluster response to increasing Zika cases in 2015. Important context to Brazil’s response is the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. The Zika outbreak emerged throughout Brazil and had a particularly strong impact on the economically deprived northeast region. The government's national healthcare system, Sístema Único de Saúde (SUS), was unable to adequately provide the necessary financial and technical assistance to the areas most affected. The combination of a sudden change in government and a deteriorating economy resulted in a decrease in funding for SUS, which subsequently led to inadequate care for women and infants suffering from Zika. According to the article, a government with a long history of responding positively to international pressure by implementing stronger policies to tackle health epidemics may abandon this tradition and weaken its response to new public health threats due to sudden changes in government, increasing political instability, and economic recession as seen with Brazil.

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