From left to right:  Dr. KH Kim, Ambassador at Large for Liberia; Dr. Kyung Taik Han, IVI Deputy Director General for Government and Global Affairs; Ms. Piang Chit Kim; Mr. Uddav Neupane, Embassy of Nepal; Ms. Soyeun Park, Embassy of the Netherlands; Dr. Julie Lynch, IVI Deputy Director General for Development and Delivery; Mr. Supanant Chan-Um, Embassy of Thailand; H.E. Ambassador Antoine Azzam, Embassy of Lebanon; IVI Director General Jerome Kim; Ms. Jhoanna Jarasa, Embassy of the Philippines; H.E. Ambassador Oscar Herrera, Embassy of Ecuador; Ms. Helen Aitsi, Embassy of Papua New Guinea; Colin McCann, IVI Global Affairs Associate; Ms. Nayantara Dabariya, Embassy of India; Mr. Hunkoo Kim, Honorary Consul General of Bhutan; Dr. Florian Marks, IVI Head of Epidemiology; Mr. Johnny Reinoso, Embassy of Ecuador; Mr. Diomedes Carles, Embassy of Panama; Ms. Carmen Azurin, Embassy of Peru; Dr. Ayan Dey, IVI Clinical Immunology Scientist; Ms. Youngmi Cho, IVI head of Government and Global Affairs.

On Tuesday, September 4 IVI hosted its annual Member State Meeting. IVI briefed the diplomatic representatives of its signatory countries on IVI’s latest international projects and accomplishments and gave a tour of IVI’s laboratories. The meeting coincided with IVI’s 18th International Vaccinology Course, a weeklong event which provides vaccinology training to professionals from around the globe.