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<journal-id>1029-3043</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Medicentro Electrónica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Medicentro Electrónica]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1029-3043</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1029-30432022000400938</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[La política científica cubana como una fortaleza para enfrentar la pandemia de la COVID-19]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Cuban scientific policy as a strength to face the COVID-19 pandemic]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Medina Borges]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rosa María]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Garrido Céspedes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge Laureano]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
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<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>26</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>938</fpage>
<lpage>955</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1029-30432022000400938&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1029-30432022000400938&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1029-30432022000400938&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN El cambio multidimensional que significó el proceso revolucionario cubano, permitió el desarrollo científico de la isla. El objetivo de este artículo es explicar la relación entre la política científica cubana y sus consecuentes fortalezas para el enfrentamiento a la pandemia de la COVID-19. Se revisaron varias investigaciones sobre la política científica cubana, la Biotecnología, los estudios actualizados sobre el enfrentamiento del mundo a la COVID-19, y la respuesta de Cuba. Se realizaron búsquedas bibliográficas en sitios de internet y libros impresos. Cuba, país en vías de desarrollo, históricamente se ha visto afectado por un sistema económico, comercial y político internacional desigual y excluyente. Aun así, cuenta con una política científica coherente y sistemática, que exhibe resultados no perfectos, pero respetables y honestos. A través de la ciencia y el Sistema de Salud, se puede decir que la respuesta cubana ante esta pandemia, ha sido, en lo fundamental, exitosa.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT The multidimensional change in the Cuban revolutionary process allowed the scientific development of the island. The objective of this article is to explain the relationship between the Cuban scientific policy and its consequent strengths to face the COVID-19 pandemic. Several investigations on Cuban scientific policy, Biotechnology, updated studies on the world's confrontation with COVID-19, and Cuba's response were reviewed. Bibliographic searches were carried out on Internet sites and printed books. Cuba, a developing country, has been historically affected by an unequal and exclusive international economic, commercial and political system. Even so, it has a coherent and systematic scientific policy, which exhibits results that are not perfect, but respectable and honest. Thanks to its Health System and the development of science, it can be said that the Cuban response to this pandemic has been, fundamentally, successful.]]></p></abstract>
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