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First anniversary of Nepal earthquake: Slow progress in rehabilitation

First anniversary of Nepal earthquake: Slow progress in rehabilitation

Posted 02/06/2016

Nepal was devastated by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake on 25 April 2015 and stricken by another magnitude-7.3 earthquake about two weeks later. In the following year, while the victims were overcoming ...

Results of “Hong Kong People’s Carbon-Reduction Behaviours and Health”

Results of “Hong Kong People’s Carbon-Reduction Behaviours and Health”

Posted 26/04/2016

A recent territory-wide large scale study by the Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC) found that  Higher proportion of ...

Community Knowledge Transfer: Climate and Health – Spring

Posted 28/04/2016

As part of the Centre’s effort in community knowledge transfer, CCOUC Centre Director Professor Emily Chan was featured on episode 120 “Climate and Health – Spring” of the Hong Kong Observatory’s ...

The Leader of the Year 2015 Award

The Leader of the Year 2015 Award

Posted 21/03/2016

CCOUC Director Professor Emily Chan won the Leader of the Year Award 2015 for the Community/Public Affairs/Environment & Conservation category as recognition of her leading CCOUC team in promoting ...

Meeting with new Vice-Chancellor of University of Oxford

Meeting with new Vice-Chancellor of University of Oxford

Posted 28/04/2016

CCOUC Director Professor Emily Chan visited University of Oxford together with the delegation of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) led by Vice-Chancellor Professor Joseph Sung from 31 March ...

CGH & CCOUC Lunch-Time Lecture Series 2016: Fresh from the field: Experience sharing from CCOUC’s evaluation trip to Yunnan Province, China

CGH & CCOUC Lunch-Time Lecture Series 2016: Fresh from the field: Experience sharing from CCOUC’s evaluation trip to Yunnan Province, China

Posted 01/04/2016

A team of 22 student trainees from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and Harvard University undertook a CCOUC field visit to Manbangtang Village at Yunnan ...

International Conference on the Implementation of the Health Aspects of Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015 – 2030 in Bangkok, Thailand

International Conference on the Implementation of the Health Aspects of Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015 – 2030 in Bangkok, Thailand

Posted 01/04/2016

Four CCOUC members participated in the International Conference on the Implementation of the Health Aspects of Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015 – 2030, jointly convened by the United ...

A visit to the Ministry of Health and Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan in the Kingdom of Bhutan

A visit to the Ministry of Health and Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan in the Kingdom of Bhutan

Posted 23/05/2016

A four-person team of the Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC) and JC School of Public Health and Primary Care (JCSPHPC) of The ...

UNISDR Science & Technology Conference in Geneva on Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

UNISDR Science & Technology Conference in Geneva on Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

Posted 23/02/2016

Five CCOUC members participated in the UNISDR Science & Technology Conference on the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, hosted by The United Nations Office ...

WHO Thematic Platform Meeting on Emergency and Disaster Risk Management for Health (EDRM-H) in Geneva

WHO Thematic Platform Meeting on Emergency and Disaster Risk Management for Health (EDRM-H) in Geneva

Posted 23/02/2016

Five members of CCOUC were invited to attend the Thematic Platform Meeting on Research, Knowledge and Evidence for Emergency and Disaster Risk Management for Health (EDRM-H), hosted by WHO in Geneva, ...