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Taiwan is holding out bigger hopes of taking part in next month’s World Health Assembly (WHA), as international support for the self-ruled island grows amid a wave of anti-Beijing sentiment. Taiwan had observer status at the WHA – the governing body of the World Health Organisation (WHO) – from 2009-2016, when relations were warmer with Beijing. It has been seeking. ....
<strong>Ministry puts nannies at risk</strong> Our family employs a nanny to help take care of our children. She anxiously told us that she and others in her position were required to attend a weekend job training session, and that if she did not attend, she could be disqualified from doing her job. As working nannies, the attendees are all looking after babies and young children, and some of them could have up to four children on their hands none of whom have been vaccinated, given that the minimum age for COVID-19 vaccination in Taiwan is 12. At a time when COVID-19 ....
The World Medical Association (WMA) has called on WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to facilitate the meaningful participation of Taiwan at the World Health Assembly (WHA). The WHA, the decisionmaking body of the WHO, is to hold its annual meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, from May 22 to 28. The WMA General Assembly in October last year voted 91-16 in favor of a resolution supporting Taiwan’s participation in all WHO health programs and the WHA. “We all have to strive now for inclusion, diplomacy and peaceful cooperation of those who are willing to live in peace,” the WMA said in an open letter dated ....
PEACEFUL COOPERATION: The World Medical Association urged the WHO to grant Taiwan observer status at the WHA and participation in all WHO health programsBy Lin Hui-chin, Yang Cheng-yu and Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporters, with staff writer ....