SEOUL(Reuters)STORY: Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates called on Tuesday (August 16) for South Korea to play a bigger role in global health and to increase aid, working with his foundation to strengthen the fight against diseases.
Gates highlighted the country’s vaccine manufacturing, diagnostic manufacturing, R&D capabilities and diagnostic capabilities as strengths in a speech at the National Assembly.
“Korea is poised to be a leader in this work,” Gates said, citing its support of multilateral global health initiatives such as a $200 million pledge to vaccine-sharing scheme COVAX.
“This is a crisis moment for global health. This is also a fantastic time for our foundation to strengthen partnership with Korea, providing great ideas for new tools and more resources to help those in need,” Gates said.
Ahead of the speech, he met with South Korean National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo and other lawmakers, where they primarily discussed how to expand health cooperation and details on what he sees as a bigger role for South Korea.
After the parliament events, he held a meeting with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and discussed South Korea’s role in taking the lead to provide help with global health issues.
1. VARIOUS OF MICROSOFT CORP CO-FOUNDER, BILL GATES (LEFT) AND SOUTH KOREA’S PRESIDENT, YOON SUK-YEOL (RIGHT) POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS AND SHAKING HANDS
2. VARIOUS OF MEETING IN PROGRESS
3. GATES SPEAKING
4. YOON SPEAKING
5. MEETING IN PROGRESS
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (AUGUST 16, 2022) (REUTERS – Access all)
6. GATES WALKING TOWARDS PODIUM IN SOUTH KOREAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
7. GATES’S SPEECH STARTING
8. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MICROSOFT CORP CO-FOUNDER, BILL GATES, SAYING:
“Korea is poised to be a leader in this work, not only as you raise your a) generosity, to match being one of the top ten in the world, you also have particular strengths, incredible vaccine manufacturing, incredible diagnostic manufacturing, R&D capabilities, diagnostic capabilities.”
9. LAWMAKERS CLAPPING
10. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MICROSOFT CORP CO-FOUNDER, BILL GATES, SAYING:
“This is a crisis moment for global health, so this is also a fantastic time for our foundation to strengthen the partnership here with Korea. Providing great ideas for new tools and more resources to help those most in need.”
11. GATES STANDING, LAWMAKER CLAPPING
12. GATES AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER KIM JIN-PYO SHAKING HANDS
13. GATES / KIM
14. MEETING IN PROGRESS
15. GATES SPEAKING
16. VARIOUS OF MEETING IN PROGRESS
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This is a crisis moment for global health, so this is also a fantastic time for our foundation to strengthen the partnership here with Korea.
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Providing great ideas for new tools and more resources to help those most in need.
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