Controlling the spread of AIDS is one of the ten major projects of the ROC Department of Health. (Courtesy of the Taipei Municipal VD Control Institute)

A: In 1997, the ROC initiated a campaign to participate in the WHO; however, due to objections from the Chinese mainland, the ROC is still excluded. With the development of rapid and convenient transportation systems, it is inevitable that diseases will spread across borders, as people and commodities circulate freely. Nevertheless, Taiwan has been excluded from the official WHO international epidemic notification system, which is not only detrimental to the health of the 23 million people in Taiwan, but also represents a defect in the world health disease prevention system and is potentially dangerous to people in other countries. Therefore, we have sought observer status in the WHO. Without deprecating our national status and dignity, we hope to contact and cooperate with the WHO through this channel, so as to avoid political intervention. This would benefit Taiwan and all WHO members.

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