On February 1, 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Zika a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern,” based on growing evidence that women who have theZika virus during pregnancy are at increased risk of having their children born with microcephaly.1 On November 20, 2016, while this letter was in press, WHO declared that Zika was no longer a Public Health Emergency of International Concern because the link between Zika and microcephaly has been found to be robust and in need of a longer-term global strategy.2,3 To stem the spread of Zika, travel-related policies have been issued by federal public health agencies and are still in place, advising in particular pregnant women or women trying to become pregnant not to travel to areas with ongoing Zika virus outbreaks.4 These policies may have the unintended result of decreasing women's input on the planning, implementation, and evaluation of global health projects. This is important to the field as a whole, because gender-balanced teams are crucial for implementing effective global health programs and projects. As a woman global health scholar and practitioner, I reflect on potential negative impacts of …