On January 29, President Obama spoke by phone with President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff
to discuss shared concerns over the spread of the Zika virus in the
Western Hemisphere.
The leaders
agreed on the importance of collaborative efforts to deepen our
knowledge, advance research, and accelerate work to develop better
vaccines and other technologies to control the virus.
The leaders
also agreed to continue to prioritize building national, regional,
and global capacity to combat infectious disease threats more broadly.
President Rousseff also confirmed her attendance at the Nuclear Security
Summit to be held in Washington, D.C. from March 31 to April 1, and the leaders agreed to work together to make
the Summit a success.
Source: The White House, Office of the Press Secretary
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