00:00Excluding Taiwan from global health conversations is a loss for all.
00:04That's the message from the foreign and health ministries as they prepare to send an entourage to Switzerland
00:09ahead of the World Health Assembly, despite not being given a seat at the table.
00:16AI-integrated medical treatments and experience developing one of the world's most respected national health care systems.
00:23That's what Taiwan is offering as it prepares to campaign from the sidelines of the annual World Health Assembly.
00:29The decision-making body of the World Health Organization and convince the world that its tech and medical expertise are not to be ignored.
00:37We are planning to open a national newspaper meeting with the world's media journalists to encourage more countries and all of the international health care systems to support Taiwan.
00:52Taiwan has not held back its criticism of the WHO, calling its decision to place politics above health, a betrayal and miscarriage of its core duty, one the foreign minister was keen to repeat.
01:13It's the ninth year in a row that Taiwan has been denied access, and even before then it was only granted observer status.
01:28China, which claims Taiwan as its own, continues to block Taiwan's participation.
01:32Taiwan's medical diplomacy campaign is an annual affair, but calls for it to join international bodies like the United Nations and WHO are growing,
01:52particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic, when Taiwan demonstrated its medical prowess tackling the virus.
01:58Just weeks ago, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that pledged American support for Taiwan's participation in such organizations.
02:07More than just an opportunity to flex its medical and technological might,
02:12the meetings on the sidelines of the upcoming World Health Assembly will give Taiwan a chance to garner more support for its cause,
02:19to be allowed in the room where the conversations are happening about the future of health for all.
02:24Kline Hwang and Ries says for Taiwan Plus.
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