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The Second Core Group Meeting of the WHO Thematic Platform for Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management Research Network

The Second Core Group Meeting of the WHO Thematic Platform for Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management Research Network

Posted 14/12/2020

As a Co-Chair of the WHO Thematic Platform for Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management Research Network (WHO Health-EDRM RN), CCOUC Director Prof Emily Chan participated in the network’s second ...

The 6th Lancet-CMAS Health Conference

The 6th Lancet-CMAS Health Conference

Posted 08/12/2020

Prof Emily Chan, Prof Kevin Hung, Mr C S Wong and Mr Zhe Huang of the CCOUC team participated in the two-day event of the 6th Lancet-CAMS Health Conference held virtually by Chinese Academy of ...

The 24th IRDR Scientific Committee Meeting

The 24th IRDR Scientific Committee Meeting

Posted 08/12/2020

CCOUC Assistant Director Mr C S Wong represented CCOUC as an IRDR International Centre of Excellence (ICoE) to join the 24th IRDR Scientific Committee Meeting via Zoom from Beijing on 10 November ...

Key considerations: COVID-19 in informal urban settlements

Key considerations: COVID-19 in informal urban settlements

Posted 01/12/2020

CCOUC Director Professor Emily Chan, as a Co-Chair of the WHO COVID-19 Research Roadmap Social Science working group, worked with the working group’s partners at the Social Science in Humanitarian ...

Key considerations: online information, mis- and disinformation in the context of COVID-19

Key considerations: online information, mis- and disinformation in the context of COVID-19

Posted 01/12/2020

CCOUC Director Professor Emily Chan, as a Co-Chair of the WHO COVID-19 Research Roadmap Social Science working group, worked with the working group’s partners at the Social Science in Humanitarian ...

APRU Global Health Conference 2020: Universal Healthcare Across the Lifecourse

APRU Global Health Conference 2020: Universal Healthcare Across the Lifecourse

Posted 21/10/2020

Prof Emily Chan, Mr C S Wong and Mr Zhe Huang of the CCOUC team joined the 14th APRU Global Health Conference via Zoom from 19 to 21 October 2020. The conference bringing together more than 2,700 ...

2020 Asia Pacific Science and Technology Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction

2020 Asia Pacific Science and Technology Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction

Posted 20/10/2020

Prof Emily Chan, Mr C S Wong and Mr Zhe Huang of the CCOUC team participated in the 2020 Asia Pacific Science and Technology Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction: “Science and Technology for ...

Presentation on COVID-19 at Asia Pacific Disaster Mental Health Network Meeting

Presentation on COVID-19 at Asia Pacific Disaster Mental Health Network Meeting

Posted 20/10/2020

CCOUC Director Prof Emily Chan delivered a presentation to members of the Asia Pacific Disaster Mental Health Network in the network’s meeting on 14 October 2020 via Zoom. As a Co-chairperson of the ...

IRDR ICoE Online Master Forum Series: Rebuilding from COVID-19 to Achieve Global Agenda 2030

IRDR ICoE Online Master Forum Series: Rebuilding from COVID-19 to Achieve Global Agenda 2030

Posted 30/09/2020

As an IRDR ICoE, CCOUC was represented by Centre Assistant Director Mr C. S. Wong to attend the Online Master Forum Series: Rebuilding from COVID-19 to Achieve Global Agenda 2030 by Dr Gordon McBean ...

ANSO International Symposium – Lessons from and Insights on COVID-19

ANSO International Symposium – Lessons from and Insights on COVID-19

Posted 30/09/2020

Professor Emily Chan, a steering committee member of ANSO-DRR, and Mr C S Wong of CCOUC team attended the ANSO International Symposium – Lessons from and Insights on COVID-19 on 28 September 2020. ...