National Health Insurance Corporation, meeting with WHO Secretary-General visiting Korea... Discussion on strengthening health cooperation

Seeking to promote exchanges with domestic cooperation centers that support WHO work

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Young-shin = The National Health Insurance Corporation announced on the 22nd that it held a meeting with World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who visited Korea, and sought to strengthen cooperation in the health sector.

At a meeting held on this day at the guesthouse of the Shilla Hotel in Seoul, the results of the activities of the domestic WHO Collaborating Center were shared and ways to revitalize exchanges and future cooperation were discussed.

The WHO Collaborating Center is a specialized organization that supports WHO's work through research, education, technical support, and knowledge exchange. There are 27 designated organizations in Korea. NHN has been working as a WHO collaboration center in the field of health finance since 2020.

In the future, NHIS plans to strengthen cooperation with WHO in various fields, including international events and research, as well as activities of the WHO Collaborating Center in the field of health finance.

Attending the meeting on this day were officials from about 20 domestic WHO collaborating centers, including the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, National Cancer Center, National Institute of Environmental Research, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Tuberculosis Research Institute, and Catholic University Hospice Research Institute.

Kang Cheong-hee, Chairman of the National Health Insurance Corporation, said, "In an era when cooperation between countries and sectors has become important to establish an international health security system, the role of the WHO Collaborating Center is more important than ever."

WHO Director-General Tedros said, "Collaborating centers in each country are contributing greatly to WHO's research, education, and technical support," and added, "WHO's mission is to closely cooperate with each country's collaborating centers and seek development in line with the rapidly changing international health situation."