Radio Taiwan International 
Date: 13 May, 2019
By: Andrew Ryan

Members of 20 medical groups in Taiwan, including the Taiwan Medical Association, are calling on the WHA to allow Taiwan’s participation.

The World Health Assembly (WHA) is set to convene in Geneva next week. Participants will include health officials from almost everywhere in the world – everywhere that is, except Taiwan.

Taiwan participated in the annual meetings of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) governing body for many years as an observer. But China has blocked Taiwan’s participation since 2017.

The US, the UK, Japan, Canada and the EU have already voiced support this year for Taiwan’s participation. On Monday, Taiwan’s medical professionals held a press conference to speak out on their own behalf.

“Taiwan should be allowed to join the WHA”. That was the call on Monday from twenty local medical groups, including the Taiwan Medical Association. They’re pushing for Taiwan’s participation in the World Health Assembly which begins on May 20 in Geneva.
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