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Why WHO Matters

Why the WHO Matters to Taiwan

In a global community, the whole world is vulnerable to global diseases that call for global collaboration and global response to prevent and control.

Taiwan needs direct and immediate access to up-to-date disease control information. Not being a member of the World Health Organization, Taiwan is unable to acquire immediately the necessary information needed for disease control and prevention. Even when the information is later published on the official website of the WHO, it is too little and too late. With immediate and direct access to up-to-date information, Taiwan would be able to work more efficiently to prevent outbreaks from taking place without any delay.

Taiwan's exclusion from the WHO also prevents it from taking part in the WHO mechanism for the allocation of vaccines and other disease control supplies. Taiwan's inability to make use of this allocation mechanism during international outbreaks hampers its disease control efforts and has a strong negative impact on the health of people in Taiwan.

Original Source: http://www.roc-taiwan.org/la/press/20040423/2004042302.html