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International Symposium on Green Development and Integrated Risk Governance (IRG-GD2019): Review of Global Disaster Risk Reduction Activities

International Symposium on Green Development and Integrated Risk Governance (IRG-GD2019): Review of Global Disaster Risk Reduction Activities

Posted 22/10/2019

Prof Emily Chan, CCOUC Centre Director, attended the International Symposium on Green Development and Integrated Risk Governance (IRG-GD2019): Review of Global Disaster Risk Reduction Activities in ...

Academic Conference at University of Northumbria, UK

Academic Conference at University of Northumbria, UK

Posted 28/08/2019

CCOUC Deputy Director, Ms Gloria Chan, and Head of Training and Development, Ms Carol Wong, attended the conference that aimed to stimulate debate and advance thinking around “New Points of Departure ...

Global Health and Humanitarian Medicine Lunchtime Seminar Series cum Ethnic Minority Health Project Experience Sharing: Reducing Vulnerabilities in a Qiang Ethnic Minority Rural Community

Global Health and Humanitarian Medicine Lunchtime Seminar Series cum Ethnic Minority Health Project Experience Sharing: Reducing Vulnerabilities in a Qiang Ethnic Minority Rural Community

Posted 28/08/2019

CCOUC led a team of 50 trainers and trainees to Xiuxi Village, Puxi Township, Li County, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province from 21 to 25 June 2019. Upon return, four ...

Participation in the Sixth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) and Science and Policy Forum 2019

Participation in the Sixth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) and Science and Policy Forum 2019

Posted 18/06/2019

Prof Emily Chan, CCOUC Centre Director, led three CCOUC colleagues, Ms Gloria Chan, Mr Cheuk Pong Chiu, and Ms Asta Man, to attend the Sixth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction ...

The 21st IRDR Science Committee Meeting

Posted 18/06/2019

Ms Gloria Chan, CCOUC Deputy Director, and colleague, Ms Asta Man, attended the 21st Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) Science Committee Meeting at the Norwegian Refugee Council, Geneva on ...

Participation in the International Conference on Silk-road Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable Development in Beijing, China

Participation in the International Conference on Silk-road Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable Development in Beijing, China

Posted 12/06/2019

CCOUC organised a session on Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Health-EDRM) in the International Conference on Silk-road Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable Development (SIDRR), ...

Dr. Ryoma Kayano of World Health Organization Centre for Health Development visited CCOUC

Dr. Ryoma Kayano of World Health Organization Centre for Health Development visited CCOUC

Posted 12/06/2019

Dr. Ryoma Kayano, Technical Officer of World Health Organization Centre for Health Development in Kobe of Japan (WHO Kobe Centre), had attached to CCOUC as a visiting fellow for a month in April 2019 ...

Prof. Rajib Shaw of Keio University visited CCOUC

Prof. Rajib Shaw of Keio University visited CCOUC

Posted 12/06/2019

Prof. Rajib Shaw, Professor of Graduate School of Media and Governance of Keio University (Shonan Fujisawa Campus) in Tokyo of Japan, visited CCOUC and The JC School of Public Health and Primary Care ...

Global Health & Humanitarian Medicine Lunchtime Seminar Series: Early Warning and Response in Global Health Emergencies

Global Health & Humanitarian Medicine Lunchtime Seminar Series: Early Warning and Response in Global Health Emergencies

Posted 18/03/2019

Dr. Elaine Fung Yan Ning, Awardee of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Disaster Preparedness and Response Institute Overseas Training Fellowship for Healthcare Professionals, was invited by CCOUC to deliver ...

HIWeather Workshop – Increasing the value of weather-related warnings

HIWeather Workshop – Increasing the value of weather-related warnings

Posted 18/03/2019

CCOUC postdoctoral fellow Dr Holly Lam participated in the High impact Weather Project (HIWeather) workshop in Beijing, China on 20-22 November 2018. The HIWeather is a 10-year research project ...