Between November 2015 and May 2018, Brazil’s health ministry registered more than 3 000 cases linked to Zika infections during pregnancy

Scientists have confirmed that the virus causes microcephaly.

Cape Verde, which recorded 22 suspected cases of Zika in the first week of March alone, has reported its first case of microcephaly.

The Ebola outbreak on the continent showed how countries with poor health systems are unfit to fight epidemics.

A Brazilian graduate has been thrust into the spotlight after writing a book about living with microcephaly