Taiwanese American Federation of Northern California

挺台灣進世衛，支持台灣加入國際衛生組織

我們懇切呼籲世界衛生組織（WHO）秉持專業、中立之原則，拒絕不當政治干擾，完整接納台灣參與WHA相關會議、活動與機制。近年來，台灣模式防疫的成功經驗已經獲得全球80餘國、超過1700名國會議員公開呼籲WHO接納台灣。傳染病無國界，國際健康衛生議題必須由全球各國共同參與，台灣不應被排除在外，成為潛在漏洞或防疫破口。

全球資料庫網站Numbeo每年公布醫療保健指數（Health Care Index），台灣從2018年起已經連續6年居全球之冠。台灣有建構完善的醫療及防疫體系，加上國際級的醫衛實力，應該被納入全球公共衛生及防疫體系，得以對國際醫衞及防疫合作做出貢獻。

北加州台灣同鄉聯合會將在5/20在華盛頓郵報刊登廣告，寄望在5/20世界衛生大會上，WHO成員可以看見台灣，讓台灣共同為全球的人民健康福祉一起努力。

#LetTaiwanHelp

In the past few years, leaders around the world have participated in a #LetTaiwanHelp campaign to advocate for Taiwan’s inclusion in the World Health Assembly. We are proud and grateful that they have recognized Taiwan’s capacity for and demonstration of good global citizenship, particularly in healthcare and addressing the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Taiwanese American Federation of Northern California would like to add our appeal to the World Health Organization, as members of the Taiwanese diaspora. This year, we are crowdfunding to purchase a full-color advertisement in the Washington Post to bring more attention to Taiwan's exclusion from the World Health Assembly and the risk this political bullying poses to us all. The advertisement will feature art we have commissioned by Taiwanese American Alicia Chen.

“We cope with natural disasters by working together. But we create political tragedies when we make decisions about who matters, and who doesn’t; about who should be helped and who gets left behind; about who can help and who is shut out. We cannot avoid natural disasters. But we can make better human decisions.”

We know movements like this can take a lifetime to achieve, but we will persist in our conviction that #TaiwanCanHelp and our contributions should be recognized and shared more widely. Taiwan deserves full participation in the World Health Assembly, and we as global citizens deserve a World Health Organization that fully realizes its vision of health as a basic human right, and health for all without political exception.