Advancing health equity and promoting a healthier Taiwan on the 30th anniversary of Taiwan’s National Health Insurance system
By Dr. Chiu Tai-yuan - Minister of Health and Welfare: ROC (Taiwan)
ROC Ministry of Health and Welfare in Taipei (Image: Taiwan Today/CNA)
Health is a fundamental human right and a universal value. Improved health results in greater well-being for the people and has ramifications for the survival and development of a country and even the world. At the 77th World Health Assembly, members adopted the World Health Organization (WHO) Fourteenth General Programme of Work for 2025-2028. The program includes such strategic objectives as improving health service coverage and bolstering financial protections to ensure universal health coverage. WHO has called on all countries to take action on these issues.
As concerns universal health coverage, Taiwan laun...