MANU QUINTERO
Photographer

The quick spread of the Zika Virus has forced the OMS to declare a global health emergency.

In Venezuela, which is suffering from an ongoing economic crisis which has lead to severe medication shortages, the crisis may be particularly fatal- as doctors struggle to combat infections and its potentially fatal complications like Guillaum-Barre syndrome without the necessary medications and facilities.

As a Venezuelan photographer living through yet another crisis, I have photographed this disease and its effects on the population.

This reportage was featured in LENS - The New York Times.

A member of the Sucre's municipality epidemiology department spreads poison smoke in a green area inside Petare slum in Caracas, Venezuela. zika virus venezuela crisis
A member of the Sucre's municipality epidemiology department spreads poison smoke in a green area inside Petare slum in Caracas, Venezuela. zika virus venezuela crisis
A member of the Sucre's municipality epidemiology department spreads poison smoke in a green area inside Petare slum in Caracas, Venezuela. zika virus venezuela crisis
A member of the Sucre's municipality epidemiology department spreads poison smoke in a green area inside Petare slum in Caracas, Venezuela. zika virus venezuela crisis
A member of the Sucre's municipality epidemiology department spreads poison smoke in a green area inside Petare slum in Caracas, Venezuela. zika virus venezuela crisis
A member of the Sucre's municipality epidemiology department spreads poison smoke in a green area inside Petare slum in Caracas, Venezuela. zika virus venezuela crisis
A member of the Sucre's municipality epidemiology department spreads poison smoke in a green area inside Petare slum in Caracas, Venezuela. zika virus venezuela crisis
A member of the Sucre's municipality epidemiology department spreads poison smoke in a green area inside Petare slum in Caracas, Venezuela. zika virus venezuela crisis
A member of the Sucre's municipality epidemiology department spreads poison smoke in a green area inside Petare slum in Caracas, Venezuela. zika virus venezuela crisis
A member of the Sucre's municipality epidemiology department spreads poison smoke in a green area inside Petare slum in Caracas, Venezuela. zika virus venezuela crisis
A member of the Sucre's municipality epidemiology department spreads poison smoke in a green area inside Petare slum in Caracas, Venezuela. zika virus venezuela crisis
A member of the Sucre's municipality epidemiology department spreads poison smoke in a green area inside Petare slum in Caracas, Venezuela. zika virus venezuela crisis
A member of the Sucre's municipality epidemiology department spreads poison smoke in a green area inside Petare slum in Caracas, Venezuela. zika virus venezuela crisis
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