President Lee Jae-myung met with World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the Blue House on the 21st to discuss expanding global health cooperation and joint responses to infectious diseases.
Lee said South Korea's role and contribution in the international community need to expand further, and called for stronger cooperation with the WHO and greater support for Korean professionals pursuing careers in global health.
Tedros praised Korea's contributions to global health and expressed hope for broader cooperation in artificial intelligence and biotechnology. He highlighted that about 4,000 people from more than 100 countries have been trained through the WHO Global Biomanufacturing Training Hub in Korea.
The two sides shared concerns over the recent spread of Ebola in Africa and agreed to strengthen international coordination on preventing and responding to infectious diseases.