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Taiwan Speaks out at Speakers’ Corner (Taipei Representative Office in the U.K.)

On the 20th of April 2008 large crowds of Taiwanese and British passers by assembled in Hyde Park’s Speakers’ Corner in London to promote Taiwan’s entry into the World Health Organisation ......< Full Story >

Reflection on Global Health Development and 60th Anniversary of WHO (Taipei Representative Office in Belgium)

At the invitation of MEP Mr. Miroslav OUZKÝ (Czech Republic) and Ambassador Michael KAU from Taiwan, many members of the European Parliament and delegates of civil societies participated in an important seminar ......< Full Story >

TaiwanIHA medical relief team in Peru for humanitarian aid

A medical relief team sent by Taiwan International Health Action (TaiwanIHA) arrived in Peru’s capital, Lima, at 2pm on August 18. The team, together with Mr. Huang Lien-sheng, the Representative of Oficina Economicay Cultural de Taipei, immediately left by Peruvian military plane for Pisco, the city hardest hit, and was the first such foreign team to arrive ......< Full Story >

Ambassador Beraki Jino of the Solomon Islands to Present Awards to Three Medical Experts Sent by TaiwanIHA to the Solomon Islands for Tsunami Rescue

On behalf of Mr. Clay Soalaoi, Minister of Health and Medical Services of the Solomon Islands, Ambassador Beraki Jino is scheduled to present awards to three of Taiwan’s medical experts: Mr. Hou-chaung Chen (Taichung Hospital), Ms. Shu-chuan Tseng (Wanfang Hospital) and Ms. Mei-chu Chou, a public health expert from Yale University.......< Full Story >

Mr. Miroslav Ouzky, Chairman of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety of the European Parliament, is to visit Taiwan.

Mr. Miroslav Ouzky, Chairman of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety of the European Parliament, and Ms. Magdalena Frischová, Head of the Office of Dr. Ouzky, will visit Taiwan from July 2-6 at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs......< Full Story >

Hon. Parliamentarian Lamjav Gundalai, former Mongolian Minister of Health to Visit Taiwan

Hon. Parliamentarian Lamjav Gundalai, former Mongolian Minister of Health, and Hon. Parliamentarians Choinzon Sodnomtseren and Tseren Jargal are scheduled to visit Taiwan from May 28 to June 1, 2007. The delegation will meet with Mr. David Chung, Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Yuan, James C.F. Huang, Minister of Foreign Affairs,......< Full Story >

The Reception Commemorating the 4th Anniversary of SARS is hoping to draw the international attention to Taiwan's aspiration to join WHO

he Department of Health and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are scheduled to hold the Reception Commemorating the 4th Anniversary of SARS, in Songshan Armed Forces General Hospital at 9 AM on May 4, 2007. President Chen Shui-bian, Minister of Foreign Affairs, James Huang, Minister of Health, Sheng-mou Hou and former Minister of Health, Chen Chien-jen will all give speeches. Minister Chang Fu-mei of the Overseas Compatriot Affairs Council will be present.......< Full Story >

Taiwan—A Partner in Global Health

Promoting Taiwan's participation in the World Health Organization; Calling for public health and medical professionalism to take precedence over politics; and Highlighting China's duplicitous tactics toward Taiwan and international society.
On May 16, 2006, Minister Cheng Wen-tsang of the Government Information Office, Minister Hou Sheng-mou of the Department of Health, and Deputy Minister Michael Ying-mao Kau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a joint press conference on the subject of "Taiwan—A Partner in Global Health." ......< Full Story >

President Chen's Remarks at the Videoconference with Prominent European Opinion Leaders in Geneva

It is indeed a great pleasure to have this opportunity to meet with our European friends via this videoconference. Although quite a distance lies between Taiwan and Europe, we share a belief in the universal values of freedom, democracy, human rights, and peace, and it is these values that have laid a most important foundation for an increasingly close relationship of exchanges and interactions between Taiwan and the European Union. ... <.Full Story

Statement on Taiwan's voluntary early compliance with IHR 2005

Taiwan acknowledges with appreciation the World Health Organization (WHO) Resolutions WHA58.3 on the revision of the International Health Regulations (IHR) and WHA58.5 on strengthening pandemic-influenza preparedness.......< Full Story >

Premier Su urges Taiwan delegation visiting Geneva to do best in working out WHO deal

Premier Su Tseng-chang on Monday said that each year the Foundation of Medical Professional Alliance in Taiwan (FMPAT) and other private sector organizations organize delegations to visit Geneva to try and obtain membership for Taiwan in the World Health Organization and participation in the World Health Assembly......< Full Story >

An International Workshop on “WTO Agreements and Public Health”

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will sponsor a workshop organized by the Chung-Hua Institute for Economic Research (Taiwan WTO Center), to be held at Tsiang Memorial Hall at the Institute, from 2:30 PM today till the end of tomorrow......< Full Story >

Taiwan International Health Action (Taiwan IHA) organized a delegation to attend the Dubai International Humanitarian Aid and Re-Development Conference and Exhibition (DIHAD 2006)

Taiwan International Health Action (Taiwan IHA), an ad hoc inter-agency body, was established by the Executive Yuan's Department of Health and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It organized a delegation to attend the Dubai International Humanitarian Aid and Re-Development Conference and Exhibition (DIHAD 2006) on April 10-12. ......< Full Story >

President Chen Inspects National Health Institute's Anti-Avian Flu Drug Production Facility

President Chen Shui-bian inspected the National Health Institute (NHI) Chunan Branch on the morning of March 3, congratulating the scientists on having grasped the know-how in developing tamiflu and giving directions for further preventive work ......< Full Story >

TaiwanIHA donates the second shipment of materials to Burkina Faso to prevent avian flu

In early April, the deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza was detected in Burkina Faso. Subsequently, on April 7th, four experts representing TaiwanIHA were sent with a shipment of donated materials and equipment to sanitize the infected areas and also hold seminars. These efforts received detailed coverage in the press, which gained the attention and recognition of both the people and government of Burkina Faso. ......< Full Story >

Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemns China for blocking a proposal concerning Taiwan's WHA observer status at the WHO Executive Board meeting

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemns China for maneuvering its political clout to block a proposal concerning Taiwan's observer status at the World Health Assembly (WHA) during the 117th Session of the WHO Executive Board held from January 23-27 in Geneva. China's latest blockage of Taiwan's WHA participation comes at a time when global disease-prevention cooperation is desperately needed to contain the increasingly rapid spread of avian flu. ......< Full Story >

Taiwan's Participation in the WHO Is Vital for Fighting the Threat of Avian Flu

The emerging threat of a pandemic of unprecedented proportion due to the spread of the H5N1 avian influenza has caught the attention of world leaders. The world learned a hard lesson from the crisis of the SARS outbreak in 2003, caused by a lack of cooperation in combating the deadly contagious disease that claimed 800 innocent lives and traumatized the entire world. In January 2004, the world faced disconcerting developments in Southeast Asia, where human lives were at stake as a result of the avian flu. ......< Full Story >