All provide only temporary relief, an approach widely considered by international groups as somewhat ineffective. MOFA is the only Taiwan organization providing long-term medical aid, which it supplies to some African countries with which Taiwan has diplomatic relations. In accordance with the terms of such understandings, MOFA has also dispatched long-term medical teams consisting of between 5 and 15 people to Burkina Faso, Chad, Sao Tome and Principe and Malawi. The DOH, however, responded, in April this year, saying that Taiwan is also short of doctors, making it very difficult to supply medical professionals for overseas aid. The grading system for medical doctors causes difficulties for doctors who are considering working abroad, according to some doctors attending the symposium.
Many Taiwanese doctors serving abroad are just a joke.
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