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

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Ruty Pereira sits with her daughter, Tamara, in their apartment in Maceió, in eastern Brazil. Tamara, whose development was impacted in utero by 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 irrevocably altered after the mother contracted the virus while pregnant. Here’s what happened next.

(Image credit: Ian Cheibub for NPR)

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