![Suriname boosts risk communication for Zika and beyond](/sites/default/files/stories/AD/HSD/MediaCenter/suriname-zika-risk-comm-150.jpg)
"Can talking save lives?" This was a discussion topic at a workshop in Suriname that brought together representatives of the health sector and emergency response. The objective was to speed up the development of a risk communication strategy for the country, which notified WHO of its first cases of Zika in November 2015. Suriname was one of the earlier countries to experience the outbreak.