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In the course of its development, Taiwan experienced 1996 when the TaiwanICDF was established. However,
an economic miracle, with its achievements in public as the philosophical classic Tao Te Ching states,
health and medicine gaining particular recognition “Disaster is the avenue of fortune, and fortune is the
worldwide. In recent years, the TaiwanICDF has concealment for disaster.” These tough times underline
prioritized international cooperation in this area, thus the importance of steadfast diplomacy and rational
galvanizing public-private partnerships and generating assistance, and feedback from society has given us
synergy by bringing together domestic medical valuable insights. The TaiwanICDF will continue to strive
institutions and partner countries’ national resources. In to improve upon its solid foundations in promoting the
response to the diverse development needs of partner sustainable development of partner countries. We look
countries, it has extended programs from medical forward to another 20 inspirational years of international
personnel training and maternal and neonatal care to development assistance through global participation and
chronic disease prevention and the creation of medical cooperation in conjunction with the country’s steadfast
information systems. diplomacy policy.

Striving for continuous improvement
Last year, the world was filled with uncertainty and
Taiwan’s diplomatic challenges were daunting, just as in

David Tawei Lee, Ph.D.
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Chairman, TaiwanICDF

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