Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-01-29
Taiwan is making a renewed effort to participate in the World Health Assembly (WHA) this year. That’s after it was shut out of the annual World Health Organization (WHO) meeting last year, due to pressure from China, which claims to provide for Taiwan’s health needs.
Several countries spoke out on behalf of Taiwan at a meeting of the WHO’s executive board last week. Those countries were the United States and several of Taiwan’s diplomatic allies, including Swaziland, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Haiti. The upcoming World Health Assembly will take place in Geneva, Switzerland from May 21-26.
Meanwhile, Health Minister Chen Shih-chung responded on Monday to calls for a more forceful push to participate this year. [FULL STORY]