The World Health Organization is scrambling to correct reports that ricocheted around the globe on Thursday indicating that the organization was advising tens of millions of people in Latin and South America to consider delaying pregnancy because of the risks associated with the Zika virus.
In fact, the WHO did not mean to issue any such advice.
William Perea, the WHO official who is coordinating global health guidance on the Zika outbreak, told STAT on Friday that the agency is not trying to push people in Zika-affected countries towards any one choice regarding pregnancy. Instead, he said, the WHO wanted to make it clear that women and men living in places where the virus is spreading should be fully informed about all of their options and the risks they entail.
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