{"id":195897,"date":"2016-03-04T10:54:22","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T10:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=195897"},"modified":"2016-03-04T10:54:22","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T10:54:22","slug":"google-donates-1m-to-fight-zika-virus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=195897","title":{"rendered":"Google donates $1m to fight Zika virus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Google&#8217;s charitable arm has donated $1m (\u00a3710,000) to Unicef to help stop the spread of the Zika virus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The virus is suspected to be linked to a large number of babies born with underdeveloped brains in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In February, the World Health Organization declared the Zika virus a global public health emergency.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Google said its grant would help to raise awareness, reduce mosquito populations and support the development of vaccines.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<figure style=\"width: 599px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/A8BB\/production\/_88559134_zikad.png\" alt=\"Google search result\" width=\"599\" height=\"337\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Google has given prominence to Zika information in some countries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Today we have Google engineers working with Unicef to analyse data, to determine how to map and anticipate the virus,&#8221; the company said in a blog post.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The firm&#8217;s team of volunteers is designing open-source software that will be able to collate data, such as weather and travel information, to help predict how Zika may spread.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Google said it had also updated its search engine to display detailed information about Zika &#8211; available in 16 languages &#8211; for visitors to the US and other countries. The company is also working with popular YouTube channels in Latin America to produce information videos about the virus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The World Health Organisation has identified the Zika virus as a serious global threat, in the same category of importance as Ebola.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But unlike Ebola, where aid organisations focused on getting &#8220;boots on the ground&#8221; to treat patients and prevent transmission, with Zika the attention is on understanding the virus&#8217; link with microcephaly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Microcephaly is when a baby is born with an unusually small head, as the brain has not developed properly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google&#8217;s charitable arm has donated $1m (\u00a3710,000) to Unicef to help stop the spread of the Zika virus. The virus is suspected to be linked to a large number of babies born with underdeveloped brains in Brazil. In February, the World Health Organization declared the Zika virus a global public health emergency. 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