TaiwanIHA Medical Team Helps Tsunami Victims in the Solomon Islands

In early April this year, a devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami struck the Solomon Islands, causing severe damage to the area. Taiwan International Health Action (TaiwanIHA) immediately dispatched a medical mission to this country. The team initially took with it more than 300 kilograms of medicine and first aid equipment. Water and food from Honiara...

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Taiwan doctors leap into the outbreak zone By Alexander Chou

The humble mosquito has been one of the greatest mass murderers known to mankind. Malaria and dengue fever are just two of the most commonly known mosquito-borne diseases that have claimed many lives. But, in December 2006, some of Taiwan’s brightest doctors and scientists went into battle against another lethal virus. In December 2006, an...

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