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South Korea on Tuesday agreed to expand global health partnership with foundation founded by Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist bill gates.
The deal comes after Gates arrived in South Korea late Monday calling for Seoul to play a bigger role in global health and increase aid.
The agreement includes enhanced private and public sector cooperation between the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and South Korea on projects such as the Global Health Research Fund, as well as enhanced cooperation with health agencies, including CEPI. , South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Health said in a statement.
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The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) works with public, private, philanthropic and civil society organizations to develop vaccines against future epidemics.
South Korea will also help train 370 people in low-income countries in vaccine production this year, with plans to expand to 2,000 people annually from 2026, the ministry said.
“This is a critical moment for global health,” Gates said in his address to Congress. It’s also a great time to provide more resources to help.” early Tuesday.
Gates met with South Korean parliamentary speaker Kim Jin-pyo and other lawmakers, calling for more funding for groups that will help improve the poor country’s health and prevent a pandemic, and said South Korea would seek international aid. I asked if it could be expanded.. 0.3% of GDP.
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Later, Gates met with President Yoon Suk-yeol and said the South Korean government wanted to establish a cooperative relationship with Gates’ foundation to foster high-quality biohealth technology.
Gates also met with leaders at SK Biosciences, which received $10 million in funding from CEPI to develop a COVID-19 vaccine.