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CCOUC Appointed Secretariat for WHO Thematic Platform for Health Emergency & Disaster Risk Management Research Group

Posted 14/03/2017

CCOUC was appointed as Secretariat for the World Health Organization Thematic Platform for Health Emergency & Disaster Risk Management Research Group (WHO H-EDRM Research Group), which has been ...

Workshop on Emergency and Disaster Risk Management for Health

Workshop on Emergency and Disaster Risk Management for Health

Posted 14/03/2017

CCOUC organised an international workshop entitled “Emergency and Disaster Risk Management for Health: New Frontiers for Public Health Science” on 23 September 2016 to examine the research landscape ...

Lancet “Healthy Cities in China” meeting, Xiamen, China

Lancet “Healthy Cities in China” meeting, Xiamen, China

Posted 14/03/2017

Professor Emily Chan and Mr Sida Liu of CCOUC were invited to attend the Lancet Commission meeting held in Xiamen, China from 11 to 13 September 2016. The 2nd meeting is part of a newly commissioned ...

CALL FOR PAPERS: International Journal of Disaster Risk Science

Posted 21/12/2016

Submission due date: 17 February 2017 Guest Editor: Professor Emily Chan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong   Introduction Asia-Pacific is the world’s most disaster-prone region. In addition to ...

Academic Exchange with Tibetan Medical College

Academic Exchange with Tibetan Medical College

Posted 24/11/2016

A 8-person team from the Tibetan Medical College visited the Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) for academic exchange with CCOUC on 11 ...

Bhutan 2nd International Conference on Medical and Health Sciences

Bhutan 2nd International Conference on Medical and Health Sciences

Posted 24/11/2016

A 3-member CCOUC team visited Thimphu, Bhutan to attend the Bhutan 2nd International Conference on Medical and Health Sciences organised by Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan on 5 ...

The 1st International and 19th National Conference on Environmental Health and Sustainable Development in Tehran, Iran

The 1st International and 19th National Conference on Environmental Health and Sustainable Development in Tehran, Iran

Posted 24/11/2016

A 4-person team led by CCOUC Director Professor Emily Chan visited Iran from 18 to 23 October 2016 to participate in the 1st International and 19th National Conference on Environmental Health and ...

The 48th Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH) Conference in Tokyo, Japan

The 48th Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH) Conference in Tokyo, Japan

Posted 05/10/2016

Former CCOUC member and current PhD student Ms Janice Ho attended the 48th Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH) Conference held in Tokyo, Japan from 16 to 19 September 2016 on ...

First Asian Science and Technology Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction in Bangkok

First Asian Science and Technology Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction in Bangkok

Posted 12/09/2016

Two CCOUC members were invited to participate in the 1st Asian Science and Technology Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction (ASTCDRR) in Bangkok, Thailand from 23 to 24 August 2016. The conference ...

Meeting with Jilin Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention and International Disaster Risk Research Groups in Beijing

Meeting with Jilin Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention and International Disaster Risk Research Groups in Beijing

Posted 26/08/2016

A four-person CCOUC team led by CCOUC Director Professor Emily Chan conducted an exploratory trip to Jilin Province and Beijing from 20 to 23 July 2016 and held meetings with Jilin Provincial Center ...