News Updates

A Press Release on the February Cold Spell

Posted 24/02/2014

A Press Release on the February Cold Spell The cold wave starting on 9 Feb 2014 when the minimum temperature dropped to 10.40C may have claimed hundreds of lives in Hong Kong without being aware ...

Donation of Chinese version Sphere Standard Handbook to China CDC

Posted 07/03/2014

China is one of the countries most affected by natural disasters, which caused an average of 2,000 deaths and affected more than 300 million people annually during the last two decades. To further ...

CCOUC Disaster and Humanitarian Seminar Series 2013-2014: Exploring Health Needs and Disaster Risk in Qinghai Tibetan Communities

Posted 27/01/2014

CCOUC Disaster and Humanitarian Seminar Series 2013-2014 on the topic “Exploring Health Needs and Disaster Risk in Qinghai Tibetan Communities” was held on 22 January 2014 to share the experience and ...

Knowledge transfer training workshop: Towards a Healthy City

Posted 24/02/2014

CRED Director Visited CCOUC

Posted 29/01/2014

Professor Debarati Guha-Sapir, Director of the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) of Université catholique de Louvain in Belgium, visited CCOUC on 17 January 2014 to discuss ...

Obituary

Posted 09/01/2014

Professor Shiu Hung LEE, founding member of CCOUC Advisory Board and an eminent public health specialist, passed away at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Hong Kong on 9 January 2014 at the age of ...

Publication of the WHO document "Building Back Better - sustainable mental health care after emergencies"

Posted 06/01/2014

CCOUC worked with WHO to complete the adaptation and translation of the Chinese executive summary of the Building Back Better guide for mental health care after emergencies.Electronic version of the ...