Snubbed by China for 10th year, Taiwan holds health expo on the sidelines of WHA
Snubbed by China for 10th year, Taiwan holds health expo on the sidelines of WHA
2026-05-18
The World Health Assembly is taking place in Geneva, Switzerland this week. For the tenth year, Taiwan is not included. This time, the foreign and health ministries took matters into their own hands to organize a healthcare and healthtech expo on the sidelines, to demonstrate what Taiwan can offer to global public health. On Monday, both ministers opened the event and called on the World Health Organization not to put politics before human lives.
Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung and Health and Welfare Minister Shih Chung-liang open the Taiwan Smart Medical & HealthTech Expo in Geneva, Switzerland, on the sidelines of the World Health Assembly. For the tenth year, China has blocked Taiwan’s participation at the WHA.
Shih Chung-liang
Minister of Health and Welfare
Health is a fundamental human right. It should never be subjected to political conditions. The exclusion of Taiwan from the global health system not only undermines this principle, but also creates unnecessary gaps in global health preparedness and response.
In this decade alone, Taiwan has outperformed the rest of the world in successfully containing and mitigating COVID during the pandemic, and eliminating Hepatitis C ahead of the World Health Organization’s schedule. Despite having these success stories to share, Taiwan is yet again getting snubbed by China. Barred from the main stage, Taiwan is instead holding an expo with the participation of 30 healthcare and healthtech organizations.
Lin Chia-lung
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Its achievements can serve as valuable reference for the World Health Organization and its members. Once again, I strongly urge the WHO Secretariat not to let political interference affect the organization’s professionalism and neutrality. The global public health and pandemic prevention systems can greatly benefit from Taiwan’s inclusion.
Representatives of Taiwan’s formal diplomatic allies are attending the expo’s press conference and opening in support of Taiwan’s participation in global public health. The expo’s slogan, “WHO Cares? TAIWAN Cares!” demonstrates the country’s willingness to improve global health standards, and urges the World Health Organization to put professionalism—and human lives—above politics.
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林佳龍.石崇良雙部長合體 籲WHO"因勿政治因素影響健康人權"
2026-05-18
世界衛生大會，周一在瑞士日內瓦正式登場，我國連續第10年沒受邀，外交部與衛福部特別在場邊規劃健康智慧醫療展，邀請我國30家醫療院所及企業，一同展現醫療成果，外交部長林佳龍也特別親赴現場，雙部長難得同台，向世界衛生組織喊話"別因政治因素影響國際健康權利"!
外交部長林佳龍、衛福部長石崇良，同台剪綵，替我國策畫的健康醫療展覽揭開序幕，要向國際宣示，參與WHA決心。
[[衛福部長 石崇良]]
“健康是一項基本人權，它不應該受到政治因素影響，將台灣排除在全球衛生體系之外，不僅破壞了這項原則，也對全球衛生的準備與應對，造成了不必要的缺口”
我國不只在COVID-19疫情期間有效防疫，消除C型肝炎的經驗，更是提前達到世界衛生組織目標，在醫療貢獻上，享譽國際，如今因中國打壓，我國連續10年未受邀世界衛生大會，只能透過在場邊辦展，邀集國內30家醫療企業，向國際分享成果。
[[外交部長 林佳龍]]
“(台灣防疫)成就，可以作為世界衛生組織 (WHO)及其會員國的重要借鏡，我再次強烈呼籲世界衛生組織，不要讓政治干預，影響該組織的專業性與中立性，全球公共衛生與疫情防治體系，都能因為台灣的參與而受益匪淺”
兩位部長聯手，在WHA場邊，重申我國希望參與的立場，友邦代表也出席相挺，展覽會以"誰在乎?台灣在乎!"為口號，喊話世界衛生組織，別因小失大。
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