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. 2021 May 10;17(1):55.
doi: 10.1186/s12992-021-00706-3.

Covid-19 in the Caribbean: lessons learned from the ongoing international medical and scientific cooperation

Dabor Resiere  1 , Hossein Mehdaoui  2 , Hedda Dyer  3 , Cyrille Chabartier  2 , André Cabié  4 , Jocelyn Inamo  5 , Keats Compton  2 , Rémi Neviere  2 , Bruno Megarbane  6 , Hatem Kallel  7
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Covid-19 in the Caribbean: lessons learned from the ongoing international medical and scientific cooperation

Dabor Resiere et al. Global Health. .

Abstract

The coronavirus disease (Covid-19) crisis presents as human, social and economic challenges. The advent of Covid-19, unfortunate as it is, has highlighted the need for close medical cooperation between states. Medical cooperation is the key counter to fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

Keywords: Caribbean; Coronavirus; Covid-19; International medical cooperation; Regional healthcare systems.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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