EDITORIAL
COVID-19 in the Americas: We Are in This Together / PDF
LEADING VOICES ON COVID-19
We are calling for adoption of universal, redistributive and solidarity-based policies with a rights-oriented approach to leave no one behind.
Alicia Bárcena MPA
Executive Secretary, UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Gail Reed MS / PDF
We are living in the geologic age when human activities have dramatically affected our planet and its environment.
Michele Barry MD FACP
Founder, WomenLift Health; Senior Associate Dean and Director, Center for Innovation in Global Health, Stanford University
Gail Reed MS / PDF
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Paradigm Change in Global Scientific Research
Mariana Cárdenas-González MS PhD and Elena R. Álvarez-Buylla MS PhD / PDF / PDF ESPAÑOL
Director of National and International Engagement, National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT)
Director-General, National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT)
In this kind of situation, health as a public good once again becomes paramount…
Jeanette Vega MD PhD
Member, Global Preparedness Monitoring Board; Chief Medical and Innovation Officer, Red de Salud UC-Christus, Chile
Gail Reed MS / PDF
“Universal” doesn’t just apply to health care, but to every sector’s actions taken to protect the population’s health.
Pastor Castell-Florit Serrate MD PhD DSc
Director, National School of Public Health, Cuba; President, National Council of Scientific Societies in Health
Jorge Bacallao-Gallestey PhD DSc / PDF
Are we witnessing the swan song of neoliberalism?
José R. Acosta MD MS PhD
Member, Cuban National Bioethics Committee and UNESCO International
Committee on Bioethics
Alina Alerm-González MD MS / PDF
Much more visible now are the inequalities that have always existed in our system and much clearer the need for stronger state intervention.
Armando De Negri Filho MD PhD
Collaborating Researcher, UN Research Institute for Social Development;
Executive Committee, World Social Forum on Health and Social Security, Brazil
Caitlin Baird PhD / PDF
SCIENCE TAKES ON COVID-19
Bringing Cuban Biotech Research to Bear on COVID-19: All Hands and Minds on Deck
Lila Castellanos-Serra PhD DSc / PDF
Severe COVID-19 Cases: Is Respiratory Distress Partially Explained by Central Nervous System Involvement?
Calixto Machado-Curbelo MD PhD DSc FAAN / PDF
Cuba’s Pedro Kourí Tropical Medicine Institute: Battling COVID-19 One Study, One Test, One Patient at a Time
Gisele Coutin MD MS, Jorge Bacallao-Gallestey PhD DSc, Lila Castellanos-Serra PhD DSc / PDF
Curbing Misinformation and Disinformation in the COVID-19 Era: A View from Cuba
Patricia Alonso-Galbán MD MS and Claudia Alemañy-Castilla / PDF
FROM THE FRONT LINES
Stemming COVID-19 in Cuba: Strengths, Strategies, Challenges
Francisco Durán MD, National Director of Epidemiology, Ministry of Public Health, Cuba
Gail Reed MS / PDF
Cuba’s COVID-19 Strategy: Main Actions through April 23, 2020 / PDF
Mobilizing Primary Health Care: Cuba’s Powerful Weapon against COVID-19
Tania L. Aguilar-Guerra MD MS and Gail Reed MS / PDF
COVID-19 Case Detection: Cuba’s Active Screening Approach
Conner Gorry MA / PDF
Global Collaboration in Times of COVID-19: Cuba’s Emergency Medical Contingent
Conner Gorry MA / PDF
US Physicians Trained in Cuba Battle COVID-19 at Home: A Personal Account from the New York City Epicenter
Gail Reed MS / PDF
ABSTRACTS
Cuban Research in Current International Journals
Use of Interferon for Viral Infections: Research & Articles
Cover photo: Celeste Ramírez Cardentey, 25, is one of four women virologists at the Pedro Kourí Tropical Medicine Institute responsible for analyzing COVID-19 patient tests, using real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Credit: Naturaleza Secreta De Cuba, Facebook page
