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Cuba y seguridad sanitaria mundial

Cuba’s role in global health security

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ID21878673
AuthorsClare Wenham (0000-0001-5378-3203, London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author), Sonja Kittelsen (University of Oslo), Sonja K Kittelsen (University of Oslo)
Year2020
Volume5
Issue5
Pagese002227
Publication date2020-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMJ Global Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2059-7908 • E-ISSN: 2059-7908
PublisherBMJ (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1136/bmjgh-2019-002227
PMID32409329
OpenAlexW3013328474
LanguageES
Citations received4
References cited26

Cuba has been largely absent in academic and policy discourse on global health security, yet Cuba’s history of medical internationalism and its domestic health system have much to offer contemporary global health security debates. In this paper, we examine what we identify as key traits of Cuban health security, as they play out on both international and domestic fronts. We argue that Cuba demonstrates a strong health security capacity, both in terms of its health systems support and crisis response activities internationally, and its domestic disease control activities rooted in an integrated health system with a focus on universal healthcare. Health security in Cuba, however, also faces challenges. These concern Cuba’s visibility and participation in the broader global health security architecture, the social controls exercised by the state in managing disease threats in Cuban territory, and the resource constraints facing the island—in particular, the effects of the US embargo. While Cuba does not frame its disease control activities within the discourse of health security, we argue that the Cuban case demonstrates that it is possible to make strides to improve capacity for health security in resource-constrained settings. The successes and challenges facing health security in Cuba, moreover, provide points of reflection relevant to the pursuit of health security globally and are thus worth further consideration in broader health security discussions

Economic growth · Economics · Global health · Health care · Health equity · International health · Political science · Public health · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Cuban History and Society · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Health Policy

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Citations per year0,67
Citation span2020 - 2025 (6)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
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