Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/05/18
By: Elaine Hou and Elizabeth Hsu 

Taipei, May 18 (CNA) Taiwan has not been invited to the annual World Health Assembly (WHA) again this year, but it still intends to have a presence on the sidelines of the event in Geneva, including advertising its strength in the medical field.

The Taipei-based International Cooperation and Development Fund (TaiwanICDF), a government-funded agency that runs foreign aid programs, will hold a presentation on Taiwan’s cooperation projects related to public health in Geneva on May 23, Lee Pai-po (李栢浡), the agency’s deputy secretary-general, told CNA on Friday.

The WHA is being held from May 21 to 26.

At the planned event, TaiwanICDF will share how it helped two allies, Belize and Saint Kitts and Nevis, establish basic facilities to prevent and control chronic kidney disease, which people in those countries are prone to, Lee said.    [FULL  STORY]