These Zika mothers went to battle — and their cry was heard



Ruti Pereira sits with her daughter Tamara in their apartment in Maceião, eastern Brazil. Tamara, whose development was affected in utero due to the Zika virus, eats through a feeding tube.After the Zika outbreak ended in Brazil, many families faced a new reality: a child whose life was irreversibly changed after the mother became infected with the virus while pregnant. Here’s what happened next.

(Image credit: Ian Cheibub for NPR)

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