As the health care situation improves in the ROC, the infant mortality rate has been reduced from 84.1 per thousand live births in 1906 to 5.9 in 2000. (Photo by Huang Chung-Hsin)

A: Health has no borders. Humanity has no borders. Disease has no borders. The WHO Constitution states that the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, and economic or social condition. However, Taiwan, with a population of 23 million, which is larger than the population of 75 percent of the WHO member nations, is excluded from the WHO. In the areas of global health policy discussions, technology exchanges, terrorist bio-chemical attacks, and the monitoring, prevention, and cure of epidemic disease, Taiwan is officially denied information, cooperation, contributions, and benefits of the global system, because it is not a WHO member. Taiwan must return to the WHO, in order to ensure the "Health for All" rights of its 23 million people and to contribute to the international community. Taiwan should be represented in the WHO, so it can fulfill its global health and medical responsibilities.

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