The Zika virus, suspected of causing brain damage in babies in Brazil is likely to spread to all countries in the Americas except for Canada and Chile, the World Health Organization has said.
Margaret Chan, the WHO director-general, told the organisation's executive board on Monday that she had asked Carissa Etienne, head of the WHO in the Americas, to brief the board later this week on the WHO's response to the outbreak.
"The [WHO] Regional Directors and I are determined to change the way we respond to outbreaks and emergencies," Dr Chan said.
"The complexity of humanitarian emergencies underscores the need for transformational changes in our response capacity," she said.
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