In 1948, the adaptation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights demonstrates the determination and commitment of various nations to protect human rights. Ever since, the effort to protect human rights gained influence throughout the world. However, due to various limitations, the implementation of the declaration has met difficulties and is overshadowed by other issues, such as global economy, during assembly meetings. Fortunately, many realized the urgency of the situation and have established many non-government affiliated organizations to fill the gap, resulting in international networks that aim to advance the issue. Most refer to these organizations as the third department or Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). These organizations take part in a variety of domains, and mostly work on human rights or environmental issues. In recent years; the issue of human rights has evolved from those traditionally related to politics to those related to food safety and sanitation. Abundant research indicates that region lacking in sanitation and medical services would cause serious impact on public safety and societal stability, even the function of human rights protecting system. Hence, providing medical assistance as a form humanitarian aid has been gaining widely in recent years.

NGOs are unafraid of difficulties and often proceed to various regions in need. By gathering societal resources and soliciting help from volunteers, corporations, and governmental departments, NGOs are able to develop multiply networks and sustainable successful projects. According to statistics collected by the Ministry of the Interior and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there are currently 2157 NGOs in Taiwan founded international service work in various domains . Among these NGOs, those involved in providing medical assistance are increasing every year. The major NGOs providing medical assistance in Taiwan are the Hospice Foundation in Taiwan , Foundation of Integrated Medicine and Taiwan AIDS Foundation.

In 2006, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' project with Southern Pacific Nations, Taipei Medical University's three affiliated hospitals provided medical assistance to various nations, such as Panama, Guatemala, Marshall Islands, Republic of Palau, Republic of Haiti, Sri Lanka, Laos, and Vietnam. In collaboration with humanitarian efforts by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Department of Health, Taipei Medical University has organized 659 visiting groups from 63 countries and 5 continents.

Following the medical mission team sent to the Kingdom of Swaziland , Taipei Medical University again accepted the invitation by the International Cooperation and Development Fund ( ICDF) to help organize and manage the medical mission team being sent to São Tomé e Príncipe, an island nation in Western Africa with a population of 160,000, starting from January 2010. This project serves as a means to develop diplomatic relationships for the government of Taiwan as well as expand the presence of Taipei Medical University on the international arena. Since December 2008, Taipei Medical University has continuously sent numerous medical personnel to provide medical service to the Kingdom of Swaziland and São Tomé e Príncipe, including physicians from various specialties, such as neurosurgery, orthopaedic surgery , general surgery, dentistry, and family practice, as well as nursing staff specializing in emergency medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics. Taipei Medical University has become Taiwan 's largest medical mission team, serving to further develop the exchange and collaboration between the two nations.

In addition to providing general medical services, the two medical mission teams also plan to improve the quality of life as well as techniques for treating injury through education work. Moreover, the teams aim to educate the location population correct treatments of food and water to decrease the incidents of diarrhea as well as the spread of water-borne diseases. The university also aims to establish a mobile medical team to better serve patients with disability, to develop local healthcare services, and to track the progression of various diseases in the area. Furthermore, the medical mission team aims to document the life, customs, culture, and environment of the local people as well as work of the medical team. Such efforts could be used to show the difficulties encountered by the people of the Kingdom of Swaziland and São Tomé e Príncipe as well as showcase Taiwan 's humanitarian efforts and mission. Under the trend of globalization, Taipei Medical University Healthcare System aims to provide humanitarian assistance to countries and to truly become a responsible world citizen.

Taipei Medical University 's medical mission teams have provided the international community with the most basic security that it needs and deserves. Furthermore, Taipei Medical University has pioneered and developed a type of model characterized by the cooperation through community grass root movement and government effort. Such model revise the traditional conception of governance methodology and sing up a new target that collaborate with government is not only provide comprehensive human rights protection but further develop diplomatic relationships.