Taiwan is unable to join the World Health Organization. Thus, Taiwan was not properly equipped to deal with the 2003 SARS epidemic, and is to this day barred from participating in WHO programs for allocating vaccines and other supplies for disease control.
台灣無法加入世界衛生組織，以致 2003 年 SARS 蔓延時孤軍奮戰，傷亡慘重，迄今仍被峻拒於 WHO 全球疫情通報機制外；