70 years working together for health : The World Health Organization and the Republic of Korea

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4: 1997–2016

2.5 WHO Office in the Republic of Korea In December 1992, following the departure of J. Bertaux who had served as WHO Representative in the Republic of Korea since June 1987, H.D. Mehta of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was appointed as his replacement. He served until 23 April 1999 and was the last person to serve as WHO Representative in the Republic of Korea.

After the departure of Slama, the WHO Office in the Republic of Korea was further downsized. The Director of Programme Management at the WHO Regional Office in Manila, Philippines, took the role of non-resident head of the WHO Office with the support of one administrative assistant locally hired and one driver (32). On 30 September 2012, the Government of the Republic of Korea and WHO finally agreed to close the WHO Office. The decision to close the WHO Office recognized the fact that the Republic of Korea was no longer a developing country that required health assistance from WHO and other donors (33).

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As the need for WHO support to the Republic of Korea decreased, the WHO Office in the Republic of Korea in 2000 was downgraded to Country Liaison Office. J.A. Vanderburg of United States of America served as WHO Country

Liaison Officer in the Republic of Korea from 15 January 2000 to 1 March 2002. G. Slama of Czech Republic then served from 1 March 2002 to 17 January 2004.

QQ The WHO Office in the Republic of Korea closed on 30 September 2012, ending 50 years of operation that began in 1962.

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pages 202-212

References

6min
pages 164-168

5. Summary

1min
page 156

3.3 Support to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea through WHO

3min
pages 152-153

3.2 Noncommunicable disease control

2min
page 151

2.5 WHO office in the Republic of Korea

1min
page 146

References

4min
pages 133-136

2.3 WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific

1min
page 144

1.2 Situation in the Republic of Korea

3min
pages 141-142

2.4 WHO Executive Board

1min
page 145

6. Biographies

10min
pages 126-132

5. Summary

1min
page 125

3.5 Improvement of the national health statistics system

2min
page 121

3.4 Environmental health

2min
page 120

3.2 Development of human resources for health

1min
page 118

References

7min
pages 99-104

3.3 Communicable and noncommunicable disease control

1min
page 119

2.3 Participation in WHO Executive Board

2min
pages 111-112

1.2 Situation in the Republic of Korea

3min
pages 107-108

6. Biographies

10min
pages 93-98

5. Summary

2min
page 92

3.5 Environmental health

3min
pages 86-87

2.3 Survey of the national health situation

2min
pages 54-55

3.6 Other WHO support activities

3min
pages 88-89

3.2 Development of human resources for health

17min
pages 66-75

3.4 The maternal and child health programme

2min
page 85

3.3 Communicable disease control

13min
pages 76-84

2.2 WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific

3min
pages 52-53

4. Summary

2min
page 38

References

5min
pages 43-46

3.3 Communicable disease control

9min
pages 31-36

5. Biographies

8min
pages 39-42

1.2 Situation in the Republic of Korea

4min
pages 49-50

3.4 Maternal and child health

1min
page 37

1.2 Situation in the Republic of Korea

5min
pages 20-23

2.2 Conclusion of basic agreement and discussion of priorities with WHO

1min
page 28
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