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A Talk on Medical Humanitarianism at Peking University Health Science Centre

A Talk on Medical Humanitarianism at Peking University Health Science Centre

Posted 30/12/2025

CCOUC Director Prof Emily Ying Yang Chan visited Peking University Health Science Centre in Beijing, China on 12 December 2025 and delivered a talk on “Latest Frontiers of Medical and Health ...

CCOUC participated in a Brazil meeting of the “After the End” research group funded by Wellcome Trust

Posted 30/12/2025

CCOUC member Caroline Dubois participated in the meeting of After the End researchers, held in the region of Alagoas in Brazil from 30 November to 5 December 2025. The meeting was hosted by After the ...

CCOUC Participating in WHO Webinar on Using Technology to Facilitate Risk-Informed Governance

CCOUC Participating in WHO Webinar on Using Technology to Facilitate Risk-Informed Governance

Posted 24/12/2025

CCOUC Director Prof Emily Ying Yang Chan visited the headquarters of World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland on 25 November 2025 as one of 10 invited speakers from around the world to ...

A Public Health Talk at Oxford University

A Public Health Talk at Oxford University

Posted 30/12/2025

CCOUC Director Prof Emily Ying Yang Chan visited Oxford University on 27 November 2025 and delivered a public talk to the Oxford Public Health Society on public health and her medical humanitarian ...

Rethinking Gaza’s Post-Conflict Medical Humanitarian Needs on United Nations Day

Posted 24/10/2025

The 24 October marks the United Nations Day and 2025 marks the UN’s 80th anniversary. The key message marking the 80th anniversary is that “By promoting peace, human rights and social progress, ...

CCOUC & CGH Health-EDRM Seminar Series 2025 cum Overseas Field Training Experience Sharing on Building Disaster Resilience in Vanuatu

CCOUC & CGH Health-EDRM Seminar Series 2025 cum Overseas Field Training Experience Sharing on Building Disaster Resilience in Vanuatu

Posted 24/10/2025

Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC), Centre for Global Health (CGH) and their NGO partner GX Foundation organised a Global ...

CCOUC participated in an international climate change and health dialogue between China and Africa

CCOUC participated in an international climate change and health dialogue between China and Africa

Posted 30/10/2025

CCOUC, as an Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) International Centre of Excellence (ICoE-CCOUC), participated in the Special Session on “Strengthening international collaboration in reducing ...

Public talk on public health, disaster, climate change and humanitarian medicine

Public talk on public health, disaster, climate change and humanitarian medicine

Posted 30/10/2025

CCOUC Co-Director, Professor Emily Chan, presented her recent works in public health, disaster, climate change and humanitarian medicine in various locations in four continents to an audience of ...

Presentation at Asia Pacific Disaster Mental Health Network on healthcare delivery in the Asia Pacific

Presentation at Asia Pacific Disaster Mental Health Network on healthcare delivery in the Asia Pacific

Posted 30/10/2025

CCOUC Co-Director, Professor Emily Chan, presented her works in healthcare delivery in various locations in Asia Pacific to academic, government and NGO members of the Asia Pacific Disaster Mental ...

Presentation on best practices in reducing the health impact of climate change at Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) meeting

Presentation on best practices in reducing the health impact of climate change at Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) meeting

Posted 30/10/2025

CCOUC Co-Director, Professor Emily Chan, gave a presentation on best practices in reducing the health impact of climate change at the review meeting of IRDR Pilot Study “Work Stream on Climate Change ...