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A Visit to the Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment

A Visit to the Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment

Posted 06/09/2018

A collaborative project about the mapping the disaster risk of along the Belt and Road between the Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment (IMHE), Chinese Academy of Sciences and the CCOUC was ...

Meeting of Chinese Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CCUGH)

Meeting of Chinese Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CCUGH)

Posted 31/07/2018

Representing CCOUC, CUHK Centre for Global Health and CUHK JC School of Public Health and Primary Care (JCSPHPC), Dr. Tony Yung was invited to attend the 2nd meeting of the 3rd Executive Committee of ...

Research Summit on Health-Related Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (H-EDRM)

Research Summit on Health-Related Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (H-EDRM)

Posted 31/07/2018

CCOUC, in collaboration with participants of the WHO Thematic Platform for Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management Research Network, organized a Research Summit on Health-Related Emergency and ...

Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction 2018 (AMCDRR), Mongolia

Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction 2018 (AMCDRR), Mongolia

Posted 17/07/2018

Two CCOUC members participated in the Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction 2018 (AMCDRR), jointly convened by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and ...

2018 International Society for Environmental Epidemiology/Exposure Science (ISEE/ES) Asian Chapter conference

2018 International Society for Environmental Epidemiology/Exposure Science (ISEE/ES) Asian Chapter conference

Posted 10/09/2018

CCOUC members, Dr Holly Lam and Ms Asta Man, participated in the 2018 International Society for Environmental Epidemiology/Exposure Science (ISEE/ES) Asian Chapter conference in Taipei, Taiwan from ...

Hong Kong - Bhutan Experience Sharing Session 2018: Bhutan: Aggravated Disaster Risk along with Development

Hong Kong - Bhutan Experience Sharing Session 2018: Bhutan: Aggravated Disaster Risk along with Development

Posted 31/07/2018

On 20 June 2018, a Hong Kong - Bhutan Experience Sharing Session 2018 was held by the Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC). Four ...

Lecture on Extreme Temperatures and Health at Academia Sinica, Taipei

Lecture on Extreme Temperatures and Health at Academia Sinica, Taipei

Posted 17/07/2018

Professor Emily Chan, Director of CCOUC, was invited by Integrated Research on Disaster Risk International Centres of Excellence, Taipei, Taiwan (IRDR ICoE-Taipei) to deliver a lecture on “Scientific ...

Emergency Disaster Relief Forum 2018 in Sichuan Province, China

Emergency Disaster Relief Forum 2018 in Sichuan Province, China

Posted 12/06/2018

CCOUC Director Prof Emily Chan and members Mr Sida Liu and Ms Carol Wong were invited to participate in the “Natural Disaster Health Emergency Forum 2018” of the Emergency Disaster Relief Forum 2018 ...

6th UNISDR Asia Science Technology Academia Advisory Group (ASTAAG) Meeting

6th UNISDR Asia Science Technology Academia Advisory Group (ASTAAG) Meeting

Posted 08/06/2018

Prof. Emily Chan and CCOUC delegates attended the 6th UNISDR Asia Science Technology Academia Advisory Group (ASTAAG) Meeting in Beijing on 18 Apr 2018. The meeting was moderated by Prof. Peijun Shi ...

The Launch of Lancet Report on Healthy Cities in Beijing

The Launch of Lancet Report on Healthy Cities in Beijing

Posted 08/06/2018

Prof. Emily Chan and CCOUC delegates were invited to the launching ceremony of “Tsinghua-Lancet Commission on Healthy Cities in China: Unlocking the Power of Cities for a Healthy China” held in ...