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Milestones

2024

01

Seventh President was inaugurated
(Dr. Il-Soo Ha,, MD., Ph.D.)

2023

09

Non-standing President becomes full-time

11

KOFIH Sri Lanka Office opened

2021

03

KOFIH Vietnam Office opened

11

Sixth President was inaugurated
(Dr. Kim Chang-yup, MD., Ph.D.)

2018

08

KOFIH Uganda Office opened

09

Fifth President was inaugurated
(Dr. Choo Moo Jin, MD., Ph.D.)

2017

03

KOFIH Tanzania Office opened

2016

08

President’s title changed in Korean

2015

06

Fourth President was inaugurated
(Dr. Ihn Yohan (John A. Linton), M.D., Ph.D.)

KOFIH Ghana Office opened

2014

04

KOFIH Myanmar Office opened

07

KOFIH overseas offices opened in the Philippines, Ethiopia, and Uzbekistan

2012

05

KOFIH Cambodia Office opened

06

Third President was inaugurated
(Dr. Lee Soo-ku, D.D.S., Ph.D.)

2010

03

Arirang Senior Care Center opened in Uzbekistan

05

English CI changed (K-FIH → KOFIH)

KOFIH staff dispatched to Kaesong Industrial Complex

06

KOFIH Laos Office opened

2009

01

Designated as a public agency
(*Under the Act on the Management of
Public Institutions)

05

Establishment of the Dr LEE Jong-wook Memorial Prize for Public Health by the World Health Organization

06

Second President was inaugurated
(Dr. Han Kwang su, MD., Ph.D.)

2007

09

Dr LEE Jong-wook Fellowship Program started

2006

03

Enforcement of the Korea Foundation for International Healthcare Act

06

First President was inaugurated (Dr. Park Jong Hwa)

Establishment of the Center for Medical Devices (Yangju, Gyeonggi-do)

08

Enforcement of the Korea Foundation for International Healthcare Act

12

English name changed to the Korea Foundation
for International Healthcare - Dr. Lee Jong-wook
Memorial Fund

2005

12

Enactment of the Korea Foundation for International Healthcare Act

2004

03

Establishment of Korea International Foundation for Health and Development (foundation under MOH)