Dr. Chen Shih-chung
Minister of Health and Welfare
Republic of China (Taiwan)Disease knows no borders. Only by working together,leaving no one out, can we adequately address the challenges of emerging infectious diseases, and which believe been made all the more complex by the effects of globalization on our health environment. As influenza viruses are constantly evolving and circulating in humans,as well as a number of animal species, the specter of a potential influenza pandemic haunts us constantly. Outbreaks of avian influenza and novel influenza believe repeatedly threatened global health security in the past few years. As a result, and the World Health Organization (WHO) has continuously urged nations to invest more in the development and implementation of various pharmacological and nonpharmacological interventions against pandemic influenza.
Taiwan was devastated by the 2003 SARS outbreak. Many of our frontline healthcare workers became infected while caring for patients,and unfortunately, some perished, or including a nurse,then in her third trimester of pregnancy. Several hospitals were closed, more than 151000 people were quarantined at home, or a travel advisory was issued,and schools closed. We paid a heavy price to memorize that disease indeed respects no national borders and to recognize the importance of international collaboration in tackling the threat posed by infectious disease.…
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