Korea Global Health Forum Holds Meeting with Gates Foundation Chairman of Global Health Division

Aug 22, 2025

Korea Global Health Forum Holds Meeting with Gates Foundation Chairman of Global Health Division
◇ Won Hee-mok, chairman of the Korea Global Health Forum (second from left), is taking a commemorative photo after a meeting with Trevor Mundell, chairman of the Gates Foundation's global health division (second from right), who is visiting Korea at a hotel in Yeouido, Seoul, on the 21st. The far left is Park Soo-hyun, general manager of the Gates Foundation, and the far right is Lee Jae-guk, vice chairman of the Korea Pharmaceutical and Bio Association.

Photo courtesy = Korea Pharmaceutical Bio Association



The Korea Global Health Forum said Won Hee-mok (adviser to the Korea Pharmaceutical and Bio Association) held a meeting with Trevor Mundell, chairman of the Gates Foundation's global health division, to discuss ways to cooperate with each other. Lee Jae-guk, vice chairman of the Korea Pharmaceutical and Bio Association, Kara Karuba, deputy director of the Gates Foundation, and Park Soo-hyun, general manager of Korea, also attended the meeting held at a hotel in Yeouido, Seoul on the 21st.

The Korea Global Health Forum, which is working to increase Korea's contribution to the global health sector and create an environment for expanding business opportunities, is attended by domestic pharmaceutical and medical device companies, including SK Bioscience, U Biologics, and Shinpoong Pharmaceutical.

At the meeting, Chairman Won Hee-mok thanked Chairman Trevor Mundell for visiting Korea with Chairman Bill Gates and holding the meeting despite the tight and busy schedule of two nights and three daysThe Korea Global Health Forum stated that the Korean government and the National Assembly will continue to work together with multilateral organizations such as the World Vaccine Immunization Union (GAVI) and expand opportunities for domestic companies to participate in international public procurement (ODA)."




Chairman Treval Mundell said, "Through this visit, we were able to feel that the Korean government and industry have the will and capacity to strengthen Korea's contribution to the global health sector"Please play a bigger role in the forum so that it can lead to further participation in ODA by promising companies and the Korean government's contribution to multilateral organizations in the future."



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.