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The Belt and Road Initiative Global Health International Congress in Xi’an, China

The Belt and Road Initiative Global Health International Congress in Xi’an, China

Posted 30/10/2017

CCOUC members, Dr. Tony Yung and Ms. Carol Wong, participated in The Belt and Road Initiative Global Health International Congress and 2017 Chinese Preventive Medicine Association – Chinese Society ...

Urban Safety and the Belt and Road Disaster Medical Rescue International Forum in Shanghai, China

Urban Safety and the Belt and Road Disaster Medical Rescue International Forum in Shanghai, China

Posted 18/10/2017

CCOUC members, Dr. Tony Yung and Dr. Chunlan Guo, participated in the 2017 Academic Annual Meeting & Urban Safety and the Belt and Road Disaster Medical Rescue International Forum of Chinese Society ...

Climate Disaster Governance international conference in Singapore

Climate Disaster Governance international conference in Singapore

Posted 20/10/2017

CCOUC member Mr Chi Shing Wong participated in the international Conference on “Climate Disaster Governance” organized by Asia Research Institute (ARI) of National University of Singapore from 21 to ...

Three Poster Presentations at the HKCCM Annual Scientific Meeting 2017

Posted 14/12/2017

Three CCOUC members, Mr Sida Liu, Ms Carlo Wong and Mr Zhe Huang, participated in the HKCCM Annual Scientific Meeting 2017 held in Hong Kong on 16 September 2017. CCOUC delivered three poster ...

CCOUC "Between Extremes: Threatening Heat and Cold" video clip series now online Introducing climate change and its health impact

CCOUC "Between Extremes: Threatening Heat and Cold" video clip series now online Introducing climate change and its health impact

Posted 18/09/2017

Under the influence of the severe tropical storm Hato, the Hong Kong Observatory recorded the highest ever temperature of 36.6°C on 22 August since records began in 1884. The temperature in Wetland ...

CCOUC Director Awarded 2017 UGC Teaching Award

CCOUC Director Awarded 2017 UGC Teaching Award

Posted 12/09/2017

In recognition of the excellent leadership and promotion by Prof. Emily Ying Yang Chan, Director of CCOUC, in the teaching, learning and research of disaster and medical humanitarian response, the ...

Asia-Pacific Housing Forum 6

Asia-Pacific Housing Forum 6

Posted 12/09/2017

  CCOUC Director Prof Emily Chan participated as a speaker in the sixth Asia-Pacific Housing Forum organised by Habitat in Hong Kong on 6 September 2017. The two-day forum is a biennial conference ...

CCOUC won an award in the 49th Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH) Conference

CCOUC won an award in the 49th Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH) Conference

Posted 28/08/2017

  Dr Chunlan Guo of CCOUC won an Outstanding Oral Presentation Award with the presentation entitled “Disaster Preparedness on Fire Incidents of Urban Public Transportation System: A Cross-sectional ...

The Third China Committee for Integrated Research on Disaster Risk

The Third China Committee for Integrated Research on Disaster Risk

Posted 22/08/2017

  CCOUC Director Professor Emily Chan was appointed a member of the Third China Committee of Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR China) in the 1st meeting of the new committee of IRDR China ...

Second Meeting of the WHO Thematic Platform for H-EDRM Research Group

Posted 28/08/2017

  The WHO Thematic Platform for Health Emergency Disaster Risk Management (H-EDRM) Research Group held their second meeting in Hong Kong on 6 July 2017 for core members to review the outcomes ...