Abstract
The article analyzes the impact of Ebola international sanitary crisis on the rights of an asylum seeker, which was considered the first case of Ebola suspicion in Brazil, during October 2014. The case study was conducted focused on the patient's view, who was interviewed in July 2015. A public servant who was with the patient by then was also interviewed. Official documents, specialized literature and news were also studied, as well as legislation and doctrine. The paper studies violations to the information and consent rights of the patient; shows that the wide diffusion of his semblance and name constituted a flagrant violation of the sanitary and asylum rights; finally, it presents the case repercussion over migrant's rights and institutional answers it created.
Keywords:
Global Health; Ebola; Human Rights; Refugee Law