Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/09/01
By: Chen Shih- chung (陳時中)

Taipei, Sept. 1 (CNA) U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar has pledged to support Taiwan’s efforts to participate in the World Health Assembly (WHA), Taiwan’s health minister said Saturday.

Speaking at a press conference, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih- chung (陳時中) said he met with Azar in Washington, D.C. earlier this week to exchange opinions on diseases and disaster prevention, as well as other issues related to public health.

Chen said the U.S. looks forward to working with Taiwan and that the country is pleased to continue its support for Taiwan’s WHA efforts.

According to the health minister, Azar also told him that he had recently called on the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, to seriously consider allowing Taiwan to participate in the WHA.    [FULL  STORY]