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Health for Whom, from Where, and by What

WEBWritten by Chia-Shuo Tang. This article is a story about Taiwan's multi-million US dollars health aid in an African country and its aftermath. It involves two hospitals, …

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Health Care for All Humanity

WEBWritten by Najee Woods (葉正忠).. Image credit: Health by GotCredit/Flickr, license: CC BY 2.0 “It is the purpose of the World Health Organisation to serve the …

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Asking ‘what it does’ rather than ‘what it is’: The invisibility and

WEBWritten by Kai-Yuan Cheng, Po-Han Lee, Po-Chang Tseng, Yunhung Jordy Tu, Shun-Te Wang. In this context, the exclusion of the Taiwanese people – currently …

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Why Do We Have Poor Health

WEBWritten by Wasiq Silan. Despite the varying colonial histories with Indigenous peoples in other parts of the world, Indigenous people in Taiwan have one …

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Towards a Resilient Healthcare System in Taiwan

WEBDuring the spring of 2021, when Taiwan experienced its first wave of major domestic outbreaks, the high COVID-19 case-fatality rate (CFR) of over 5% was an …

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Taiwan’s Single-Payer National Health Insurance at a Crossroads

WEBWritten by Tsung-Mei Cheng. Chronic financial instability and the difficulty the government has with raising the premium rate to balance the budget aside, the NHI …

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Taiwan’s elections over, new hope for Taiwan’s healthcare

WEBIn the almost thirty years since, the NHI has looked after the health care needs of Taiwan’s population of 23.4 million with generous benefits at a cost of 6.6% of …

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The Entangled Histories of Taiwan’s Women’s

WEBWritten by Elizabeth Frost. Much of Taiwan’s impresive progress towards gender equality is thanks to the Taiwanese island’s women’s movement. Two groups …

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Healthcare in Taiwan – Taiwan Insight

WEBtowards a resilient healthcare system in taiwan written by chunhuei chi towards a better new normal: the solidarity of differences and cultural safety of public health written by po-han …

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Towards a Better New Normal: The Solidarity of Differences and …

WEBWritten by Po-Han Lee. The ethical imperative of the human rights-based approach to public health requires the ‘acceptability’ (including cultural appropriateness) …

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Welfare State System Development in Taiwan: The Causal …

WEBWritten by Christian Aspalter.. Taiwan today has a relatively comprehensive welfare state system due to the work of Lee Teng-Hui and millions of Taiwanese. These …

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THE CORONAVIRUS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TAIWAN'S DISEASE …

WEBWritten by Abby Huang, translated by Corey Bell.. This article is republished from The News Lens.Read the original article.. Image credit: 12.23 副總統出席「Taiwan …

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Sustainable Universal Health Coverage: Lessons from Taiwan’s …

WEBWritten by Tsung-Mai Cheng. 1 March 2020 will mark the 25th anniversary of Taiwan’s National Health Insurance (NHI), a government-run single-payer health care …

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The Global Story of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Italy, China …

WEBWritten by Daniele Mario Buonomo. The diffusion and practice of Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an important issue both in the Chinese and Western worlds. …

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Health Issues Facing Tongzhi/LGBTQ+ People in Taiwan

WEBA few Taiwan studies about tongzhi/LGBTQ+ health are situated outside the two most common themes discussed above. For example, Leung and Huang studied the …

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From Miracle to Bottleneck: the Future of Municipal Solid Waste in

WEBWritten by Natalie Wong. The economic boom and intensive urbanisation of the late 1970s generated a mountain of garbage in Taiwan. Improper waste disposal …

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The Political and Economic Implications from Taiwan’s Covid-19

WEBWritten by Chun-Chien Kuo. According to the latest Bloomberg Covid-19 Resilience Report, Taiwan’s ranking has slumped to 44th place in June from the 15th in …

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Taiwan’s “Warm Power”: Gender Equality and the New …

WEBThese achievements are gradually gaining the attention of the global community. As part of Taiwan’s “warm power” strategy, the island has been sharing its …

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Envisioning Migrant Worker Policy: Toward Dignity and Well-being

WEBWritten by Hang-Tang Chen; translated by Yu-Chen Chuang. Taiwan needs to refine its migrant worker policies to focus not only on labour contributions but also on …

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