Congratulations! Director Joseph Wu has been awarded the 2024 Medical Dedication Award for His Decade-Long Commitment to Local Medical Development.
We are proud to announce that Joseph Wu, one of GRASP’s esteemed directors, has been awarded the 2024 Medical Dedication Award. Joseph, a global health development worker and researcher based in Malawi, working with a Norwegian nongovernmental supporting the country’s health information system enhancement and capacity building. He also serves as an adjunct lecturer at National Taiwan University, Mzuzu University and the University of Livingstonia.
“Seventeen years of working experience in Malawi has deeply underscored the importance of cultivating human resources in the international development area” Joseph shares. The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are ambitious and challenging to achieve, especially in developing regions where the needs are immense. Meanwhile, there is a clear gap in implementation and contribution from developed regions. However, Joseph believes that talented Taiwanese can bring innovative approaches and resources to mitigate the gaps.Driven by the vision of empowering local communities and fostering long-term capacity building, Joseph and several other directors co-founded GRASP. “I envision GRASP becoming a platform for Taiwan’s resiliency and energy to be brought to bear with the needed population. I expect GRASP to work like glue, liquid, and gentle, sticking all puzzles together concretely for all of us to attain the SDGs and beyond.”
GRASP members and Joseph
今年，GRASP理事之一，吳宗樹（Joseph Wu），因其在全球衛生發展領域的卓越貢獻，榮獲第34屆醫療奉獻獎「個人醫療奉獻獎」項目！！Joseph是一位常駐馬拉威的全球健康發展工作者和研究人員。自2008年以來，他與挪威非政府組織合作，致力於支持馬拉威的衛生資訊系統強化和當地能力建構。同時，Joseph還在國立台灣大學、姆祖祖大學以及李文斯頓大學擔任兼職講師。
「在馬拉威工作17年的經歷，讓我深刻理解到在人道發展領域中，培養人力資源的重要性。」Joseph表示。聯合國倡議的永續發展目標（SDGs）雄心勃勃但難以實現，尤其在開發中國家需求龐大，已開發國家在實施和貢獻上仍存在差距。然而，Joseph相信台灣充滿活力與創意的才能，可以帶來創新的方法和資源來縮小這些差距。
秉持著人才培力以永續接棒的理念，Joseph與其他幾位理事共同促成了GRASP的成立。「我期許GRASP能成為一個將台灣的韌性與能量灌注至所需人群的結合平台。我希望它能像膠水一樣，溫柔但堅定地將能解決難題的各方資源牢牢結合在一起，讓全人類實現超越SDGs的永續發展目標。」
Joseph 連結馬拉威與台灣，長期從事公衛人才培育
2009年接待高醫大海外志工團
2010年在姆祖祖大學講授地理資訊系統於流行病學的應用
組織台大公衛實習生與李文斯頓大學教授以及馬拉威研究助理進行研究會議討論的合影