Download Republic of Korea and WHO Joint Mission to start from 9 June 2015

Press Release, Unofficial Translation
8 June 2015
The Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea and WHO Joint Mission to start from 9 June 2015
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Mr. Moon Hyungpyo, Minister of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea, announced that
the Korea - WHO Joint Mission will be conducted for 5 days, from 9 to 13 June 2015.
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The joint mission team consists of 16 experts – 8 from WHO and 8 from the Republic of
Korea WHO and Korea (see Annex 1). It will be co-led by Dr. Jong-Koo Lee, Director of
JW LEE Center for Global Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and
Dr. Keiji Fukuda, Assistant Director-General for Health Security, WHO. A temporary
office for the joint mission will be set up in the Korea Centers for Disease Control &
Prevention (KCDC).
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The joint mission will begin with a meeting with Minister Moon Hyungpyo on 9 June 2015.
Its planned activities will include: discussing epidemiological investigations into the
confirmed cases and infection control, visiting the hospitals that had confirmed cases or are
keeping isolated patients, and analysing the characteristics of the MERS-CoV in Korea in
cooperation with KCDC.
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The mission will end with its official reporting to the Korean Minister of Health and
Welfare followed by a press conference on 13 June(Sat).
Press Release, Unofficial Translation
8 June 2015
The Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea
Annex 1. List of Korea/WHO Joint Mission team members
WHO
1. Dr Keiji FUKUDA, Assistant Director-General for Health Security, WHO
2. Dr Ailan LI, Director, Division of Health Security and Emergencies, WHO Western
Pacific Region
3. Dr Kidong PARK, Executive Officer, Country Support Unit, WHO Western Pacific
Region
4. Dr Abdullah ASSIRI, Director, Prevention and Infection Control General Department,
Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia
5. Dr David HUI, Head, Division of Infectious Diseases, JC School of Public Health and
Primary Care, Chinese University of Hong Kong
6. Dr Maria VAN KERKHOVE, WHO Task Force for MERS-CoV
7. Dr Malik PEIRIS, Chair of Virology, Director of the Centre of Influenza Research ,
WHO H5 Reference Laboratory, University of Hong Kong
8. Dr Martin CETRON, Director, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, US
Center for Disease Control & Prevention
Korea
1. Dr Jong-Koo LEE, Director, JW LEE Center for Global Medicine, Seoul National
University College of Medicine
2. Dr Youngmee JEE, Director, Center for Immunity and Pathology, Korea National
Institute of Health, Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
3. Ms Ok PARK, Manager, Biological Resource Banking, Korea Centers for Disease
Control & Prevention
4. Dr Hae-Kwan CHEONG, Professor, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine,
Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine
5. Dr Moo-Sik LEE, Department of Preventive Medicine, Konyang University College of
Medicine
6. Dr Hong Bin KIM, Professor of Infectious disease, Seoul National University Bundang
Hospital
7. Dr Hyang Soon OH, Professor, Department of Nursing, Woosong University
8. Dr Dae-Sup SONG, Professor, Korea University College of Pharmacy