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About KOFIH2024
Seventh President was inaugurated
(Dr. Il-Soo Ha,, MD., Ph.D.)
2023
Non-standing President becomes full-time
KOFIH Sri Lanka Office opened
2021
KOFIH Vietnam Office opened
Sixth President was inaugurated
(Dr. Kim Chang-yup, MD., Ph.D.)
2018
KOFIH Uganda Office opened
Fifth President was inaugurated
(Dr. Choo Moo Jin, MD., Ph.D.)
2017
KOFIH Tanzania Office opened
2016
President’s title changed in Korean
2015
Fourth President was inaugurated
(Dr. Ihn Yohan (John A. Linton), M.D., Ph.D.)
KOFIH Ghana Office opened
2014
KOFIH Myanmar Office opened
KOFIH overseas offices opened in the Philippines, Ethiopia, and Uzbekistan
2012
KOFIH Cambodia Office opened
Third President was inaugurated
(Dr. Lee Soo-ku, D.D.S., Ph.D.)
2010
Arirang Senior Care Center opened in Uzbekistan
English CI changed (K-FIH → KOFIH)
KOFIH staff dispatched to Kaesong Industrial Complex
KOFIH Laos Office opened
2009
Designated as a public agency
(*Under the Act on the Management of
Public Institutions)
Establishment of the Dr LEE Jong-wook Memorial Prize for Public Health by the World Health Organization
Second President was inaugurated
(Dr. Han Kwang su, MD., Ph.D.)
2007
Dr LEE Jong-wook Fellowship Program started
2006
Enforcement of the Korea Foundation for International Healthcare Act
First President was inaugurated (Dr. Park Jong Hwa)
Establishment of the Center for Medical Devices (Yangju, Gyeonggi-do)
Enforcement of the Korea Foundation for International Healthcare Act
English name changed to the Korea Foundation
for International Healthcare - Dr. Lee Jong-wook
Memorial Fund
2005
Enactment of the Korea Foundation for International Healthcare Act
2004
Establishment of Korea International Foundation for Health and Development (foundation under MOH)