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Taiwan
will post two permanent medical missions to the
Marshall Islands
and
Solomon Islands
in the middle of 2007 to offer free medical services in these two Pacific
countries, Minister of Foreign Affairs
James Huang
said on December 27.
Huang made the announcement at a year-end tea party held by the
International Cooperation and Development Fund (ICDF) under the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs (MOFA).
According to
Huang
,
Taiwan
has dispatched 16 mobile medical missions to its diplomatic allies this year,
with 11 heading to Pacific countries, four to Central and South American
countries, and one to Africa, mobilizing some 130 medical personnel from
Taiwan
.
So far in 2006,
Taiwan
's mobile medical delegations have offered help to more than 35,000 people
abroad in allied countries, and the assistance has been well received and
respected in these nations, Huang added.
Government Information Office Minister Cheng
Wen-tsang noted that although
Taiwan
is not a member of the World Health Organization, it surely is a great
contributor to world health.
(Source: Central News Agency)
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