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Joined 31 months ago

“No man is an island, entire of itself.” Certainly not the 23 million citizens and 400,000 plus foreign nationals residing in Taiwan. Regrettably, for over a quarter of a century, people in Taiwan have been unjustly denied normal access to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the opportunities to contribute to and benefit from this major health forum of the world. Pandemics don't discriminate, nor do they know national boundaries. Today, Taiwan serves as not only an important hub of international human and cargo traffic, but also a transit stopover for 351 species of migratory birds around 1.25 million in number. By excluding Taiwan from the WHO, a gap has been created in the global health network. If that gap continues to exist, it could be detrimental to the international effort to fight infectious diseases, such as the potential outbreak of avian influenza, which, according to the WHO estimate, could cost millions of lives worldwide. The WHO enshrines in its Constitutio

Website: http://who.mofa.gov.tw/index.asp