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CCOUC Delivers Seminar on Natural Hazards and Disaster Risk Management in China for Secondary School Teachers

CCOUC Delivers Seminar on Natural Hazards and Disaster Risk Management in China for Secondary School Teachers

Posted 23/10/2026

On 17 April 2026, the Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC) contributed to the National Education Series for Teachers by ...

CCOUC Participates in Beijing Symposium on Vector-Borne Diseases and Dengue Prevention

CCOUC Participates in Beijing Symposium on Vector-Borne Diseases and Dengue Prevention

Posted 22/10/2026

On 13 April 2026, Dr Chunlan Guo represented CCOUC at the “Symposium on Vector-Borne Diseases and Dengue Fever Control Strategies”, organized by GX Foundation in Beijing. The symposium brought ...

CCOUC Hosts Research Seminar on Ethical Challenges in Managing the Dead

CCOUC Hosts Research Seminar on Ethical Challenges in Managing the Dead

Posted 21/10/2026

On 18 March 2026, the Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC), in collaboration with the Centre for Global Health (CGH), hosted a ...

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 ...