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A ground crew member directs the loading of a shipment of Cuba’s homegrown COVID-19 vaccines donated to Syria, on the tarmac of the Jose Marti International Airport, in Havana, on Jan. 7, 2022. (AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa)

Big Pharma vs. Little Cuba: Why Cubans trust vaccines and how they’re helping vaccinate the world

Jennifer Ruth Hosek, Queen's University, Ontario

Cuba is acting on the scientific fact that humanity will be safest when all who can be vaccinated are vaccinated. It is following the science and earning its trusted reputation.
Cuba’s Finaly Institute, which is developing three ‘Soberana’ vaccine candidates for COVID-19. Yamil Lage/EPA

Cuba’s push for coronavirus vaccine sovereignty

Daniel Merino, The Conversation and Gemma Ware, The Conversation

A transcript of episode 14 of The Conversation Weekly podcast, including how people make their life’s biggest decisions.
Cuba’s Soberana 02 coronavirus vaccine is one of two in phase 3 clinical trials. Ramon Espinosa/EPA

Cuba’s race to make its own coronavirus vaccine – podcast

Daniel Merino, The Conversation and Gemma Ware, The Conversation

Plus, a psychologist on how we look back at our big decisions in life. Listen to episode 14 of The Conversation Weekly podcast.
A doctor shows an empty vial of the experimental Soberana 02 vaccine for COVID-19 being developed at the Molecular Immunity Center during a media tour of the facility’s vaccine production in Havana on Feb. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

The scene from Cuba: How it’s getting so much right on COVID‑19

Jennifer Ruth Hosek, Queen's University, Ontario

Cuba’s access to internationally produced vaccines was nearly impossible due to the U.S. blockade. Its decision to make its own vaccines stands to pay off handsomely.

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