Building a resilient and inclusive global health system together—Taiwan can help

Thanks to its robust health system, rigorous testing strategies, information transparency, and public-private partnerships, Taiwan’s response to COVID-19 has been one of the world’s success stories.

Public trust and co-operation with the government’s response have been key to successfully containing COVID-19, writes Taiwan’s Health and Welfare Minister Shih-chung Chen. Photograph courtesy of Pexels

Opinion

BY SHIH-CHUNG CHEN

May 3, 2021

The threat that emerging infectious diseases pose to global health and the economy, trade, and tourism never ceases. Pandemics can spread rapidly around the world due to international aviation and transport. As of March 2021, a novel form of pneumonia that first emerged in Wuhan, China, at the end o...

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