Taiwan has a role in ensuring global health security

Infectious diseases know no boundaries. As the world faces the Zika virus, Taiwan looks to Canada to support its participation in the World Health Organization.

Health Minister Jane Philpott, pictured earlier this year, announced last month Canada would spend $5 million to help fight the Zika virus. Taiwan has a high risk of Zika, as the disease is transmitted by the same mosquito species that spreads dengue fever, which last year hit its population hard.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY RONG-CHUAN WU

June 1, 2016

OTTAWA—This year marks the eighth year that the Republic of China (Taiwan) has attended the annual assembly meeting of the World Health Organization as an observer. For most countries, invitations to this event are acquired without obstacles, but for Taiwan, participation in the WHO is often hard ...

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