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Taiwan Campaigns To Be Present at World Health Assembly
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5/5/2025
Civil groups around the world are campaigning for Taiwan to have a voice in global health discussions, just weeks before the World Health Organization’s annual meeting, to which Taiwan has once more not been invited.
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Health has no borders. That's the message from Taiwan as it ups its campaign for entry
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into international health organisations. From op-eds in newspapers in the UK and Sweden,
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to civil group gatherings in the Philippines and Australia, ahead of this year's World
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Health Assembly later this month, Taiwan wants the world to know that its exclusion is harmful
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to global health. Taiwan has historically been excluded from the WHA, the decision-making
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body of the World Health Organisation, due to pressure from China, which claims Taiwan
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as its own. Taiwan was granted observer status under the name Chinese Taipei from 2009-2016,
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when the more China-friendly Kuomintang held the presidency, but hasn't been invited since.
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Despite not receiving the invitation to join again this year, Taiwan has announced plans
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to send an action team anyway. Though they won't be able to attend any official meetings,
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they will continue to garner support from the sidelines.
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With its 30-year-old national health system often ranked among the best in the world,
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and as a leader in AI technology, Taiwan says it has a lot to contribute to the future of
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global healthcare. Health Minister Chiu Taiyuan is urging the United Nations to stick to its
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vision of leaving no one behind, arguing that health is a fundamental human right and should
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not be politicised. But as with anything related to Taiwan's place in the international community,
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the subject is inevitably political.
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And with civic groups planning to mobilise people from over 50 countries to help Taiwan's case,
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including an event outside the UN office in Geneva the day before the assembly begins,
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Taiwan's push for better health for all is also a chance to campaign for its position on the global stage.
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Devon Tai and Rhys Ayers for Taiwan Plus.
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