Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC) was established by the joint effort of Oxford University and The Chinese University of Hong Kong as a non-profit research centre to carry out research, training and community knowledge transfer in the area of disaster and medical humanitarian response in Greater China and the Asia-Pacific Region a decade ago on 19 April 2011.
To celebrate this milestone of CCOUC, we are organizing CCOUC 10th Anniversary International Webinar Series on Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management, supported by various global partners. The international webinar series aims to allow participants to:
Details of the Inaugural Webinar are as follows:
Title |
Latest frontier and application of Health-EDRM within the scope of COVID-19 (Inaugural Webinar of CCOUC 10th Anniversary International Webinar Series on Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management cum 2021 IRDR International Conference Pre-Session on Global Research Agenda) |
Format |
Zoom |
Date |
19 April 2021 |
Time |
19:00-20:00 (Hong Kong Time, GMT+8) |
Organizer |
Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC), The Chinese University of Hong Kong; IRDR International Centre of Excellence-CCOUC |
Sponsors |
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Co-organizers |
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Programme |
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Target audience |
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Language |
English |
Synopsis |
“Biological hazard” is regarded as a major human security threat to people’s well-being and development. In the era of globalization and rapid technological development, COVID-19 pandemic once again revealed how an emerging communicable disease might impact not only health, but also the socio-economic ecology of people globally. This Webinar and pre-session will examine how the latest World Health Organization Health-EDRM framework (2019) may inform the conceptualisation and assessment of health risks and proposes a Health-EDRM assessments framework for biological hazard. By turning to the centrality of health in emergency and disaster risk management and Health-EDRM’s key principle of multi-disciplinary, the presentation will look into Priority 1 (inspire research that works to better understand the complex interconnections of systemic, compound cascading risks and impacts and their connection with vulnerability and exposure) and Priority 7 (foster interdisciplinary and multi-stakeholder collaboration) of IRDR Global Research Agenda. |
Registration |
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Gc7ewfNfQqm2u6o3aYxkpg |
Enquiries |
Tel: +852 2252 8850 Email: ccouc@cuhk.edu.hk |