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

Dabor Resiere; Hossein Mehdaoui; Hedda Dyer; Cyrille Chabartier; André Cabié; Jocelyn Inamo; Keats Compton; Rémi Neviere; Bruno Megarbane; Hatem Kallel

doi:10.1186/s12992-021-00706-3

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

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

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Martinique, CS 97261, Fort-de-France Cedex, 97200, Fort-de-France, Martinique. dabor.resiere@chu-martinique.fr.
² Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Martinique, CS 97261, Fort-de-France Cedex, 97200, Fort-de-France, Martinique.
³ Departments of Surgery, Ross University, Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, Bridgetown, Barbados.
⁴ Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital of Martinique, CS 97261, Fort-de-France Cedex, Fort-de-France, Martinique.
⁵ Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Martinique, CS 97261, Fort-de-France Cedex, Fort-de-France, Martinique.
⁶ Department of Medical and Toxicological Critical Care, Lariboisière Hospital, Paris-Diderot University, 2 rue Ambroise Paré, 75010, Paris, France.
⁷ Intensive Care Unit, Cayenne General Hospital, Av des Flamboyants, 97306, Cayenne, French Guiana.

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.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / epidemiology
COVID-19 / prevention & control*
Caribbean Region / epidemiology
Delivery of Health Care / organization & administration*
Humans
International Cooperation*