More than ten million Taiwanese travel abroad each year and the demand for medical care and consultation on travel medicine is increasing.? Currently, there are 23 hospitals nationwide collaborating with Center of Disease Control (CDC) and having established travel medicine clinics in Taiwan. They are providing the most up-to-date and individualized information regarding to specific destinations ranging from vaccinations, prophylactic chemotherapy and consultation.
　　National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) and CDC jointly established “Training Center of Travel Medicine” in 2008 to promote travel medicine in Taiwan.? The center is responsible for providing services and education to the public, medical professionals and research in travel medicine. The center has published several books and won merits in excellence of publication from NTUH. This year, the center has designed a handy travel APP device for the general public to use before and during travel.
　　Aside from providing medical services and education to the public, “Taiwan Association for International Health” was founded concurrently in 2008. The association is aimed to enhance international health research, develop international health specialty, strengthen contact and exchange with global international health organizations, and to audit quality and standards of international health care in Taiwan. Recently, the association has initiated the auditing process of travel agents to guarantee and upgrade the quality of services provided to the general public.
　　As travel medicine prospers in Taiwan, we hope and welcome more general practitioners to collaborate with us to make it a promising subspecialty in the upcoming future.