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<journal-id>0375-0760</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Med Trop]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0375-0760</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro Nacional de Información de Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0375-07602022000300022</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Respuesta de Cuba para enfrentar la COVID-19 y sus retos]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Cuba&#8217;s response to COVID-19 and its challenges]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Portal Miranda]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José Angel]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Ministerio de Salud Pública  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ La Habana]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>74</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0375-07602022000300022&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0375-07602022000300022&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0375-07602022000300022&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Conferencia Magistral del Ministro de Salud Pública de la República de Cuba, Dr. José Angel Portal Miranda, Dr. C., durante la Inauguración del xxvi Congreso de la Federación Latinoamericana de Parasitología (FLAP), xv Congreso Centroamericano y del Caribe de Parasitología y Medicina Tropical (ACACPMT), x Congreso Cubano de Microbiología y Parasitología, vii Congreso Nacional de Medicina Tropical, vii Seminario Internacional sobre la Infección por el VIH y el Sida en Cuba. La Habana, 1 de noviembre del 2022.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Keynote Address by the Minister of Public Health of the Republic of Cuba, Dr. José Angel Portal Miranda, PhD, during the Opening Session of the 25th Congress of the Latin American Federation of Parasitology (FLAP), 15th Central American and Caribbean Congress of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine (ACACPMT), 10th Cuban Congress of Microbiology and Parasitology, 7th National Congress of Tropical Medicine, and 7th International Symposium on HIV Infection and AIDS in Cuba.]]></p></abstract>
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