On April 28, 2009, Minister of Health Yeh Ching-chuan received a letter from Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization, formally inviting Taiwan-under the name "Chinese Taipei" and with "observer" status-to attend the 62nd World Health Assembly (WHA) meeting to be convened in Geneva on May 18.
4 月 28 日，我國衛生署長葉金川接獲世界衛生組織（WHO）總幹事陳馮富珍來函，正式邀請台灣以「中華台北」為名、以「觀察員」身份，參與 5 月 18 日起在瑞士日內瓦舉行的第 62 屆世界衛生大會（WHA）。