Abstract

GISPERT ABREU, Estela de los Ángeles  and  CASTELL-FLORIT SERRATE, Pastor. Response from the public health to the pandemic by SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Rev Cubana Salud Pública [online]. 2020, vol.46, suppl.1, e2568.  Epub Nov 20, 2020. ISSN 0864-3466.

Pandemics and epidemics put in danger humans survival and reduce the ability of producing resources to secure it; therefore, they need appropriate responses from the public health field. Thus, the aim of this article is to show some of the general considerations on the public health responses to the pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. From the study of documentary sources, it was known that international agencies agree in respecting health as a human right and the inclusive´s public health decision makings should be in the frontline against the pandemic. Nevertheless, in some contexts, essential elements has been avoided which has provoqued the increase of ill people and deads. The Americas´ region is the current epicentre of the pandemic and it shows major difficulties for its control; however, Cuba strengthen its epidemiologic surveillance and control’s system from the first level of the primary health care with intersectoral actions, participation of the populations, governmental leadership and the introduction of results from the national scientific-technologic development, and in addition, collaboration in a solidary way with different countries of the continent.

Keywords : Public health; pandemic; SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus; COVID-19.

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