View more photosGomes, 34, already was raising four boys on her own when she met Gilberto’s father. Gomes was already raising four boys on her own when she met Gilberto's father. “I raised my head,” she said, “and carried on alone.” Gomes is among a growing number of women in Brazil who are raising children damaged by the Zika virus on their own. It was weeks before Gilberto’s father visited him, Gomes said. The fear for children damaged by Zika is compounded by the poverty and youth of many of the parents, some of them teenagers.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 21, 2016 21:00 UTC