National Medical Sciences Information Center & INFOMED, Havana.
MEDICC Rev. 2008 Jan;10(1):52. doi: 10.37757/MR2008.V10.N1.11.
The only sustainable way to avail ourselves of opportunities provided by information and communications technologies (ICTs) for health is when they're folded into a clear, specific political commitment to improve health systems; there are no magic recipes or technologies. Cuba's achievements in using ICTs for health are the result of a social and political process based on universal, equitable health services and education. Together these explain the paradox of how a country in severe economic crisis managed to create a nationwide network providing access to health information and medical knowledge, so that today, Cuba is making strategic use of the Internet and international networks.
要想充分利用信息和通信技术（ICTs）为卫生保健带来的机会，唯一可持续的方法是将其纳入改善卫生系统的明确、具体的政治承诺中；没有神奇的配方或技术。古巴在利用信息通信技术促进卫生方面取得的成就，是基于普及、公平的卫生服务和教育的社会和政治进程的结果。这些共同解释了一个严重经济危机的国家是如何设法创建一个全国性网络，提供获取健康信息和医学知识的途径，以至于今天古巴正在战略性地利用互联网和国际网络。
