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Examine how the Cuban Revolution developed healthcare strategies and their outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

April 10, 2026

Healthcare System and Pharmaceutical and Biotechnological Industries in Cuba: Or How a Socialist Revolution Can Materialize–Part II

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Examine how the Cuban Revolution developed healthcare strategies and their outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Analyzed health authorities' response to COVID-19 in Cuba
Reviewed the structure of health missions and research systems
Assessed the impact of US embargo on healthcare delivery
Cuban health authorities implemented unique strategies against COVID-19
Socialist principles guided the medical research and healthcare framework
Challenges were exacerbated by the ongoing US embargo

Abstract

This second of two articles explains how the Cuban Revolution built its internationalist health missions. It also analyzes the measures taken on the island by health authorities against the COVID-19 pandemic, the originality of the health and medical research systems within the framework of a socialist society, as well as the problems faced, largely attributable to the US embargo.

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R. M. Herrera

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Agrarian South Journal of Political Economy A triannual Journal of Agrarian South Network and CARES

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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne

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Healthcare System and Pharmaceutical and Biotechnological Industries in Cuba: Or How a Socialist Revolution Can Materialize–Part II

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