Abstract

GUERRA IZQUIERDO, Julio; SUAREZ OLIVARES, Abel Tobias  and  VELAZQUEZ TURRO, Roelky. Experiences of the "Henry Reeve" Contingent´s Brigades in Mexico City, 2021. Rev Cub Sal Públ [online]. 2022, vol.48, n.4  Epub Dec 01, 2022. ISSN 1561-3127.

During the confrontation to the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 40 countries received solidarity aid from Cuba through the brigades of the "Henry Reeve" Contingent, and an example of this was their presence in Mexico from December 2020 to April 2021. With the objective of showing the experiences of the Cuban medical brigades of the "Henry Reeve" Contingent during the confrontation of COVID-19 epidemic in Mexico City from December 2020 to April 2021, some challenges faced by the Cuban international medical cooperation team during 3 months of intense work are reported thanks to, in addition, the close collaboration of the health and social authorities, the Ministry of Defense, and the Mexican Ministry of the Navy, that allowed health workers to increase their knowledge about biosecurity and dealing with situations of serious epidemics in field hospitals. Thus, the efforts reached an efficient response with 1700 lives saved. The work carried out by the Cuban health brigades together with Mexican health personnel allowed to provide quality care to those sick with COVID-19 and strengthen the bonds of brotherhood between both peoples.

Keywords : COVID-19; humanitarian aid; pandemic; "Henry Reeve" contingent.