Lin Tzou-yien, president of the Taiwan Pediatric Association and director of Chang Gung Children's Hospital, notes that advances in public health and the development of new vaccines have resulted in a sharp decline in infectious diseases. In addition, prenatal healthcare efforts have effectively prevented the spread of many hereditary diseases. For example, thalassemia has become much rarer among Taiwanese children.
台灣兒科醫學會理事長、長庚兒童醫院院長林奏延指出，公共衛生進步、疫苗的發明，已使得感染症和傳染病都大幅減少，再加上近年台灣的優生保健工作做得相當好，有效預防了許多遺傳性疾病，如地中海型貧血等，台灣兒童疾病大幅減少。