<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp92036726yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="ydp92036726yiv6000656272"><div><div class="ydp92036726yiv6000656272ydpeecd1f93yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-size:16px;font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><p class="ydp92036726yiv6000656272ydpb2089b10MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:medium;text-align:center;"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;">COVID-19 in Cuba and the Americas:</span></b></p><p class="ydp92036726yiv6000656272ydpb2089b10MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:medium;text-align:center;"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;">Policy, Science & The Frontline Fight</span></b></p><p class="ydp92036726yiv6000656272ydpb2089b10MsoNormal" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"> </p><p class="ydp92036726yiv6000656272ydpb2089b10MsoNormal" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;">Women head the roster of interviews with top leaders in Latin America and the Caribbean, still the world’s most unequal region. They and colleagues in the following pages address COVID-19´s economics, politics, multisector actions, public health strategies, clinical care, and new drugs and vaccine research<b>.</b></span><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"> The expertise and experience assembled here attest to the Global South’s vital role in overcoming the pandemic—not only asking the right questions, but also finding the right answers.</span><b><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"></span></b></p><p class="ydp92036726yiv6000656272ydpb2089b10MsoNormal" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><b><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"> </span></b></p><p class="ydp92036726yiv6000656272ydpb2089b10MsoNormal" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><b><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;">In this issue:</span></b><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"></span></p><div><ul><li><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><a href="https://mediccreview.org/we-are-calling-for-adoption-of-universal-redistributive-and-solidarity-based-policies-with-a-rights-oriented-approach-to-leave-no-one-behind/" style="color:rgb(149, 79, 114);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Exclusive<strong>:</strong> Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC Executive Secretary: Our economic order must change</a><br></font></li><li><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><a href="https://mediccreview.org/bringing-cuban-biotech-research-to-bear-on-covid-19-all-hands-and-minds-on-deck/" style="color:rgb(149, 79, 114);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cuban Biotechnology vs. COVID-19: Drug and Vaccine Research </a><br></font></li><li><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><a href="https://mediccreview.org/mobilizing-primary-health-care-cubas-powerful-weapon-against-covid-19/" style="color:rgb(149, 79, 114);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Primary Health Care: Unsung Hero in COVID-19 Control</a><br></font></li><li><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><a href="https://mediccreview.org/us-physicians-trained-in-cuba-battle-covid-19-at-home-a-personal-account-from-the-new-york-city-epicenter/" style="color:rgb(149, 79, 114);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A US Cuban-Trained Doc on the Front Lines in New York City</a><br></font></li><li><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><a href="https://mediccreview.org/the-covid-19-pandemic-and-paradigm-change-in-global-scientific-research/" style="color:rgb(149, 79, 114);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Human Responsibility for Zoonoses</a><br></font></li><li><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><a href="https://mediccreview.org/mobilizing-primary-health-care-cubas-powerful-weapon-against-covid-19/" style="color:rgb(149, 79, 114);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">COVID-19 Protocols, Patients and Testing in Cuba</a><br></font></li><li><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><a href="https://mediccreview.org/severe-covid-19-cases-is-respiratory-distress-partially-explained-by-central-nervous-system-involvement/" style="color:rgb(149, 79, 114);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CNS Involvement Linked to Respiratory Distress in Severe COVID-19?</a><br></font></li><li><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><a href="https://mediccreview.org/global-collaboration-in-times-of-covid-19-cubas-emergency-medical-contingent/" style="color:rgb(149, 79, 114);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cuba’s Emergency Medical Contingent Heads to 20+ Countries</a><br></font></li><li><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><a href="https://mediccreview.org/curbing-misinformation-and-disinformation-in-the-covid-19-era-a-view-from-cuba/" style="color:rgb(149, 79, 114);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Misinformation: Confronting the World’s Dangerous Infodemic </a><br></font></li><li><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><a href="https://mediccreview.org/global-collaboration-in-times-of-covid-19-cubas-emergency-medical-contingent/" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(149, 79, 114);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Redefining Global Scientific Collaboration, COVID-19 and Beyond</a><i style="font-size:16px;"> </i></font><br></li></ul></div><p class="ydp92036726yiv6000656272ydpb2089b10MsoNormal" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><b><i><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;">And more...see full list below.</span></i></b></p><p class="ydp92036726yiv6000656272ydpb2089b10MsoNormal" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><b><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"> </span></b></p><p class="ydp92036726yiv6000656272ydpb2089b10MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:medium;text-align:center;"><b><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;">Table of Contents April 2020 (Vol 22, No 2)</span></b></p><p style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;">EDITORIAL</span></strong><b><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"><br><br></span></b><a href="https://mediccreview.org/covid-19-in-the-americas-we-are-in-this-together/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;">COVID-19 in the Americas: We Are in This Together</span></b></a><b><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"><br><strong><br>LEADING VOICES ON COVID-19<br></strong><br></span></b><a href="https://mediccreview.org/we-are-calling-for-adoption-of-universal-redistributive-and-solidarity-based-policies-with-a-rights-oriented-approach-to-leave-no-one-behind/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><em><b><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;color:windowtext;">We are calling for adoption of universal, redistributive and solidarity-based policies with a rights-oriented approach to leave no one behind.</span></b></em></a><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"><br><strong>Alicia Bárcena MPA</strong><br><strong>Executive Secretary, UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the</strong><br><strong>Caribbean (ECLAC)</strong><br><em>Gail Reed MS</em><br><br></span><a href="https://mediccreview.org/we-are-living-in-the-geologic-age-when-human-activities-have-dramatically-affected-our-planet-and-its-environment/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><em><b><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;color:windowtext;">We are living in the geologic age when human activities have dramatically affected our planet and its environment.</span></b></em></a><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"><br><strong>Michele Barry MD FACP</strong><br><strong>Founder, WomenLift Health; Senior Associate Dean and Director, Center for</strong><br><strong>Innovation in Global Health, Stanford University</strong><br><em>Gail Reed MS</em><br><br></span><a href="https://mediccreview.org/the-covid-19-pandemic-and-paradigm-change-in-global-scientific-research/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;color:windowtext;">The COVID-19 Pandemic and Paradigm Change in Global Scientific Research</span></strong></a><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"><br><em>Mariana Cárdenas-González MS PhD and Elena R. Álvarez-Buylla MS PhD</em><br>Director of National and International Engagement, National Council of<br>Science and Technology (CONACYT)<br>Director-General, National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT)<br><br></span><a href="https://mediccreview.org/in-this-kind-of-situation-health-as-a-public-good-once-again-becomes-paramount/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><em><b><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;color:windowtext;">In this kind of situation, health as a public good once again becomes paramount…</span></b></em></a><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"><br><strong>Jeanette Vega MD PhD</strong><br><strong>Member, Global Preparedness Monitoring Board; Chief Medical and</strong><br><strong>Innovation Officer, Red de Salud UC-Christus, Chile</strong><br><em>Gail Reed MS</em><br><br></span><a href="https://mediccreview.org/universal-doesnt-just-apply-to-health-care-but-to-every-sectors-actions-taken-to-protect-the-populations-health/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><em><b><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;color:windowtext;">“Universal” doesn’t just apply to health care, but to every sector’s actions taken to protect the population’s health.</span></b></em></a><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"><br><strong>Pastor Castell-Florit Serrate MD PhD DSc</strong><br><strong>Director, National School of Public Health, Cuba; President, National Council of Scientific Societies in Health</strong><br><em>Jorge Bacallao-Gallestey PhD DSc</em><br><br></span><a href="https://mediccreview.org/are-we-witnessing-the-swan-song-of-neoliberalism/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><em><b><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;color:windowtext;">Are we witnessing the swan song of neoliberalism?</span></b></em></a><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"><br><strong>José R. Acosta MD MS PhD</strong><br><strong>Member, Cuban National Bioethics Committee and UNESCO International</strong><br><strong>Committee on Bioethics</strong><br><em>Alina Alerm-González MD MS</em><br><br></span><a href="https://mediccreview.org/much-more-visible-now-are-the-inequalities-that-have-always-existed-in-our-system-and-much-clearer-the-need-for-stronger-state-intervention/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><em><b><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;color:windowtext;">Much more visible now are the inequalities that have always existed in our system and much clearer the need for stronger state intervention.</span></b></em></a><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"><br><strong>Armando De Negri Filho MD PhD</strong><br><strong>Collaborating Researcher, UN Research Institute for Social Development;</strong><br><strong>Executive Committee, World Social Forum on Health and Social Security,</strong><br><strong>Brazil</strong><br><em>Caitlin Baird PhD</em><br><strong><br>SCIENCE TAKES ON COVID-19</strong><b><br></b><br></span><a href="https://mediccreview.org/bringing-cuban-biotech-research-to-bear-on-covid-19-all-hands-and-minds-on-deck/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;color:windowtext;">Bringing Cuban Biotech Research to Bear on COVID-19: All Hands and Minds on Deck</span></strong></a><b><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"><br></span></b><em><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;">Lila Castellanos-Serra PhD DSc</span></em><i><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"><br></span></i><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"><br></span><a href="https://mediccreview.org/severe-covid-19-cases-is-respiratory-distress-partially-explained-by-central-nervous-system-involvement/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;color:windowtext;">Severe COVID-19 Cases: Is Respiratory Distress Partially Explained by Central Nervous System Involvement?</span></strong></a><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"><br><em>Calixto Machado-Curbelo MD PhD DSc FAAN</em><br><br></span><a href="https://mediccreview.org/cubas-pedro-kouri-tropical-medicine-institute-battling-covid-19-one-study-one-test-one-patient-at-a-time/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;color:windowtext;">Cuba’s Pedro Kourí Tropical Medicine Institute: Battling COVID-19 One Study, One Test, One Patient at a Time</span></strong></a><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"><br><em>Gisele Coutin MD MS, Jorge Bacallao-Gallestey PhD DSc, Lila Castellanos-Serra PhD DSc</em><br><br></span><a href="https://mediccreview.org/curbing-misinformation-and-disinformation-in-the-covid-19-era-a-view-from-cuba/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;color:windowtext;">Curbing Misinformation and Disinformation in the COVID-19 Era: A View from Cuba</span></strong></a><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"><br><em>Patricia Alonso-Galbán MD MS and Claudia Alemañy-Castilla</em><br><strong><br>FROM THE FRONT LINES</strong><b><br><strong><br></strong></b></span><a href="https://mediccreview.org/stemming-covid-19-in-cuba-strengths-strategies-challenges/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;">Stemming COVID-19 in Cuba: Strengths, Strategies, Challenges</span></b></a><b><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"><br><strong>Francisco Durán MD, National Director of Epidemiology, Ministry of Public Health, Cuba</strong><br></span></b><em><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;">Gail Reed MS</span></em><i><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"><br></span></i><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"><br></span><a href="https://mediccreview.org/cubas-covid-19-strategy-main-actions-through-april-23-2020/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;color:windowtext;">Cuba’s COVID-19 Strategy: Main Actions through April 23, 2020</span></strong></a><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"><br><br></span><a href="https://mediccreview.org/mobilizing-primary-health-care-cubas-powerful-weapon-against-covid-19/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;color:windowtext;">Mobilizing Primary Health Care: Cuba’s Powerful Weapon against COVID-19</span></strong></a><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"><br><em>Tania L. Aguilar-Guerra MD MS and Gail Reed MS</em><br><br></span><a href="https://mediccreview.org/covid-19-case-detection-cubas-active-screening-approach/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;color:windowtext;">COVID-19 Case Detection: Cuba’s Active Screening Approach</span></strong></a><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"><br><em>Conner Gorry MA</em><br><br></span><a href="https://mediccreview.org/global-collaboration-in-times-of-covid-19-cubas-emergency-medical-contingent/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;color:windowtext;">Global Collaboration in Times of COVID-19: Cuba’s Emergency Medical Contingent</span></strong></a><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"><br><em>Conner Gorry MA</em><br><br></span><a href="https://mediccreview.org/us-physicians-trained-in-cuba-battle-covid-19-at-home-a-personal-account-from-the-new-york-city-epicenter/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;color:windowtext;">US Physicians Trained in Cuba Battle COVID-19 at Home: A Personal Account from the New York City Epicenter</span></strong></a><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"><br><em>Gail Reed MS</em><br><br></span><a href="https://mediccreview.org/about-the-contributors-36/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;color:windowtext;">ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS</span></strong></a><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"><br><br></span></p><p style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><strong><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;">ABSTRACTS</span></strong><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"><br><br></span><a href="https://mediccreview.org/cuban-research-in-current-international-journals-44/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;">Cuban Research in Current International Journals</span></b></a><strong><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"><br></span></strong><b><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"><br></span></b><a href="https://mediccreview.org/use-of-interferon-for-viral-infections-research-articles/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Use of Interferon for Viral Infections: Research & Articles</a><span style="font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"></span></p><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br></div><p class="ydp92036726yiv6000656272ydpb2089b10MsoNormal" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;">MEDICC Review</span></i></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;">is a unique open-access platform for Latin American and Caribbean praxis addressing today’s critical interactions between human health, development of sustainable societies, and the health of our planet. Drawing upon the contributions of the region in social medicine, social movements, rich diversity and scientific prowess, Latin America and Caribbean authors published in the journal can help fill gaps in thinking and evidence sorely needed to build a sustainable future and a hopeful legacy for future generations. We look forward to contributing to increased visibility for their work and to its positive impact on both regional integration and worldwide solutions. MEDICC Review is published by MEDICC, a US nonprofit organization founded in 1997, based in Oakland, California, USA, and dedicated to US, Cuban and global health cooperation and equity. <b><i>MEDICC Review</i></b> online (ISSN 1527-3172) is an open-access publication: see our Creative Commons License online for details.</span></p><p class="ydp92036726yiv6000656272ydpb2089b10MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:medium;text-align:center;"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;">www.mediccreview.org </span></b></p><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;">Copyright © 2020, <b>MEDICC Review</b></span></div><p class="ydp92036726yiv6000656272ydpb2089b10MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:medium;text-align:center;" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Palatino Linotype, serif;"></span></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>