"Enhancing Korea's Bio Status" Ministry of Health and Welfare Conducts Vaccine Workforce Training in Latin America

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The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced on the 22nd that, in collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), it will conduct practical training on vaccine and biopharmaceutical production processes for the Latin American region as a new curriculum of the "Global Bio Workforce Training Hub."

The Latin American region has low vaccine self-sufficiency, but the pharmaceutical market is rapidly expanding, centered on countries such as Brazil and Argentina. Additionally, as a group of beneficiary countries of the messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) technology transfer hub, there is a high demand for bio production personnel.

This training aims to strengthen vaccine production capabilities in the Latin American region and cultivate talented individuals who will lead the regional pharmaceutical industry, with the IDB covering the training costs.

The training will be held twice for 4 weeks each, starting from the 23rd, targeting 40 bio personnel from the Latin American region, conducted in Seoul and Osong, Chungbuk. Participants include employees from vaccine-related companies, research institutes, and public institutions from countries such as Brazil, Argentina, and Colombia.

Furthermore, practical on-site training will be provided in connection with domestic bio companies such as GC Green Cross and Daewoong Pharmaceutical, so synergy effects through inter-company cooperation networking are also expected in the future.

In addition to this IDB cooperation program, the Ministry plans to enhance Korea's status as a global leader in biohealth by cooperating with international organizations' efforts to strengthen vaccine production capabilities by continent, such as the Asia-Pacific workforce training supported by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the African workforce training to be conducted with support from the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Hwang Seung-hyun, head of the Ministry's Global Vaccine Hub Promotion Team, stated, "This year, Korea has taken the first step in strengthening vaccine production capacity training in the Latin American region through cooperation with the IDB, and is also enhancing training according to the demands of continents such as Asia and Africa. We will continue to expand cooperation with the World Health Organization, the IDB, the ADB, the Africa CDC, and the African Development Bank (AfDB), among others," he emphasized.

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