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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. ...

Sphere Webinar: From Ebola to COVID-19: Lessons learned from the DRC

Sphere Webinar: From Ebola to COVID-19: Lessons learned from the DRC

Posted 25/09/2020

CCOUC Assistant Director Mr Chi Shing Wong participated in the Sphere Webinar entitled “From Ebola to COVID-19: Lessons learned from the DRC” on 23 September 2020. It is part of a series of webinars ...

Contributing to World Health Organization Updated Global Guidance on COVID-19 Home Care

Contributing to World Health Organization Updated Global Guidance on COVID-19 Home Care

Posted 25/08/2020

On August 12, the World Health Organization updated the global guidance for home care for COVID-19 patients released in mid-March ...

WMO Climatological, Meteorological and Environmental Factors in the COVID-19 Pandemic Symposium

WMO Climatological, Meteorological and Environmental Factors in the COVID-19 Pandemic Symposium

Posted 25/08/2020

Prof Emily Chan and Mr C S Wong of CCOUC team joined a 3-day virtual Climatological, Meteorological and Environmental Factors in the COVID-19 Pandemic Symposium jointly organised by World ...

First Batch of CCOUC Humanitarian Scholarship Awardees

Posted 25/08/2020

Two CUHK medical students, Mr Tayyab Salim Shahzada and Miss Tiffany Sze Tung Sham, have been selected as the first batch of CCOUC Humanitarian Scholarship awardees for the year 2019/2020. ...