The Hong Kong Observatory and World Green Organisation jointly organised a "Climate Change Forum: Overview of Latest Scientific Findings of IPCC AR5 Report" on 15th October, 2013 at the City ...
The theme of this year is “Living with Disability and Disasters”. It focuses on some one billion people around the world who live with some form of disability. Representing one-fifth of the world's population, persons living with disabilities have unique contributions, often overlooked, to help reduce the risk of disasters and build resilient societies and communities.
Living With Environmental Change (LWEC) Health Conference On 8 October 2013, delegates from CCOUC had been invited to attend the Health Conference hosted by The Living With Environmental Change ...
Professor William Goggins, Honorary Biostatician of CCOUC, attended a press conference organised by Green Monday on Tuesday, 24 September, 2013. The mission of Green Monday is to reduce carbon emissions and lessen individuals' impact on the environment through promoting green diet in Hong Kong. Prof. Goggins shared findings of a recent study, which was published in the World Health Organization Bulletin, on the increase in hospital admissions as a result of higher average daily temperatures. In addition, Mr. David Yeung, co-Founder of Green Monday, presented six new initiatives of the organisation in its mission in promoting green diet during the well-attended press conference.
CCOUC has signed an Agreement of Understanding for Collaborations with Harvard University’s FXB Center in July 2013 to cooperate in research design, intervention, data collection and data analysis. ...
A five-day Croucher Summer Course on “Research Methodology for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response” was held between 22 and 26 of July at The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary ...
The 2013 CCOUC Fellowship Programme was officially kicked off on 2 July 2013. Fifteen practitioners and researchers from Hong Kong, Mainland China, and Bhutan will participate in the summer courses ...
The 18th World Congress on Disaster & Emergency Medicine was held in Manchester, United Kingdom from 28 to 31 May. It is the official congress of the World Association of Disaster & Emergency ...
CCOUC members participated in and presented at the International Disaster Medicine Forum on Earthquake Medical Rescue in Sichuan, 11-13 May 2013. The forum was organised by the Chinese Society of ...
As part of the CUHK Golden Jubilee Wu Zhi Qiao bridge-building activity, CCOUC organized a series of public health activities for the local community in Dangzheng village, Gansu, between 28 ...