Equity and the Cuban National Health System's response to COVID-19

• Main Authors: Pedro Mas Bermejo (Author), Lizet Sánchez Valdés (Author), Lorenzo Somarriba López (Author), Nelly Cristina Valdivia Onega (Author), María Josefina Vidal Ledo (Author), Ileana Alfonso Sánchez (Author), Armando Seuc Jo (Author), Yudivian Almeida Cruz (Author), Roberto Morales Ojeda (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Pan American Health Organization, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Cuba's National Health System has managed to guarantee an effective and equitable response to COVID-19. Universal and free health coverage, based on primary care, follows the principle of equity and the greatest resources are allocated to areas of the lowest socioeconomic stratum (where higher...