CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – St. Lucia has referred to as for Taiwan to be included within the World Well being Group (WHO) actions because the United Nations physique gears up for its govt board assembly on the finish of this month.
The assembly will focus on the world’s most urgent well being points, and the chief, comprising representatives of 34 member states appointed by regional members on a rotational foundation, previews the objects that will probably be offered and determined upon on the full assembly of the 194 member states on the World Well being Meeting in Could.
St. Lucia is considered one of a handful of Caribbean Neighborhood (CARICOM) international locations with diplomatic relations with Taiwan that China regards as renegade provisions and has vowed to unite the Asian nation with the mainland below the “One China coverage.” Beijing has not dominated out army drive to attain its goal.
Well being, Wellness, and Aged Affairs Minister Moses Jn Baptiste, in advocating help for Taiwan within the actions and conferences led by the WHO, stated the Asian nation is well-known for its proactive and profitable well being initiatives.
“Taiwan has confirmed itself to be a worthwhile associate. It has supported WHO’s Triple Billion targets and health-related SDGs (Sustainable Improvement Targets) and contributed to the worldwide struggle towards communicable and noncommunicable ailments (NCDs).
“Due to this fact, St. Lucia calls on the World Well being Group to incorporate Taiwan in all technical conferences, actions, and mechanisms and invite Taiwan to take part within the World Well being Meeting as an observer,” Jn Baptiste stated, noting a few of the booming well being packages Taiwan has applied.
“Taiwan has all the time been vigilant in its NCD prevention and administration strategy. It has efficiently applied numerous related packages, together with initiatives specializing in most cancers prevention and screening, schooling and motion on tobacco use, and metabolic syndrome analysis.”
The well being minister famous Taiwan’s help through the problematic pandemic in St. Lucia helped curb the unfold of the virus.
“Through the COVID-19 pandemic, Taiwan’s superior public well being system, well-trained epidemic prevention personnel, and complete, cutting-edge illness surveillance, investigation, and evaluation system helped include and sluggish the unfold of the virus.
“The great response mannequin established by Taiwan facilitates superior deployment and early response within the occasion of an epidemic. Primarily based on the teachings discovered from combating COVID-19 and different infectious ailments, Taiwan acknowledges the very important function of sharing genetic sequencing info.”
Jn Baptiste stated that as the worldwide neighborhood faces growing well being threats, St. Lucia is re-emphasizing the need of working collectively to deal with these challenges successfully.
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