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Healthcare Assistance for North Korea

Our healthcare assistance for North Korea targets North Korean residents at the humanitarian level, aiming to improve their quality of life and level of health on the Korean Peninsula in preparation for the reunification. KOFIH is dedicated to creating a healthier community on the Korean Peninsula through mutual exchanges and cooperation for the lives, health, and future of both North and South Korean people.


2019 ~ Present	International Symposium jointly hosted by the National Assembly and National Health Insurance Corporation
2018 ~ 2019	Held the Public-Private Partnership Forum for Inter-Korean Health and Welfare
2013 ~ Present	Opening North Korea Healthcare Support Academy
2019	Amended the white paper on the North Korean healthcare
2018	Establishment of Action Plan for Inter-Korean Health and Medical Cooperation
2015	Trained the healthcare practitioners of North Korea (Germany)
2013	Published North Korean healthcare white paper
2012 ~ 2014	International seminar on healthcare assistance for North Korea
2010~2012	Project to vaccinate North Korean children against hepatitis B
2009	Hosted the Korea-Germany symposium in preparation for the integrated South-North healthcare
2008	Seminar on North Korean healthcare development assistance tasks and implementation strategies
2008 ~ 2009	Koryo Pharmaceutical Factory Construction Program (basic design)
2007 ~ 2017	TB and other infectious diseases control project in Naseon, North Korea
2007 ~ 2008	Supported North Korean pharmaceutical factory to manufacture basic medicine
2007 ~ 2009	Trained North Korean healthcare workers (Germany)
2006 ~ 2009	Supporting and providing ambulances (Ministry of Unification-WHO commissioned)
2006 ~ 2009	Follow-up management of the already-supported projects (Onjeong People’s Hospital, the Red Cross Hospital, clinic in Gaeseong Industrial Complex)