Analysis on Activities of International Health and Medical Volunteers Dispatched by the Taiwanese Government

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Purpose : This study is aimed at clarifying the characteristics of Taiwanese health and medical volunteers and to discuss the significance of the activities of such volunteers. Methods : The written materials obtained from the ICDF about the Taiwanese volunteers and the related articles were analyzed. Results : From 1996 till October 2012, Taiwan had dispatched 562 volunteers - 83 of them as medical volunteers, since 1999 - to twenty countries ; out of these four countries did not have diplomatic relations with Taiwan. 50.6% of them were engaged in Latin America and the Caribbean regions. 70 people of the medical volunteers were nurses. 21.4% of them provided nursing care at hospitals and 50.0% of them did community health activities. Volunteer nurses focused on health care mainly in Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, while most of volunteer nurses were engaged in providing nursing care for diseases and injuries in Africa. Conclusion : Dispatch of volunteers was a significant diplomatic strategy for Taiwan. In Africa, nurse volunteers provided manpower at hospitals and promotion of community health is one of the challenges.