Cuba’s COVID-19 Vaccine Enterprise: Report from a High-Level Fact-Finding Delegation to Cuba

Michael T. Osterholm, Cristina Rabadán-Diehl, Joshua Anzinger, Maria Elena Bottazzi, Celia Christie-Samuels, Ngozi Erondu, Jeanne Marrazzo, Sandra Milan, Peter Kojo Quashie, Thomas Schwaab, David Williams

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Abstract

In June 2022 an international delegation of scientists from the United States, the Caribbean and Africa traveled to Havana, Cuba for a three-day fact-finding mission to better understand Cuba’s COVID-19 vaccine development and vaccination efforts. It was the first time in five years that a scientific delegation with significant US presence had engaged in discussions with medical researchers in Cuba. It also included African and Caribbean members to ensure there was a diversity of scientific and public health perspectives. Together, delegation members represented a broad range of expertise in public health systems, infectious diseases, biotechnology, and vaccine development.

Original languageEnglish (US)
JournalMEDICC Review
Volume24
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2022
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Activities of this MED 阀☀☀ fact-finding delegation were supported in part by a grant from the Open Society Foundations. Delegation members issuing the report are solely responsible for its content.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 MEDICC Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba. All rights reserved.

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