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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 ...

Fourth Meeting of the UNISDR Asia Science Technology and Academia Advisory Group

Fourth Meeting of the UNISDR Asia Science Technology and Academia Advisory Group

Posted 28/08/2017

  CCOUC hosted the fourth meeting of the Asia Science Technology and Academia Advisory Group (ASTAAG) of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) in Hong Kong from 2 to 3 July 2017. This ...

Croucher Summer Course 2017

Croucher Summer Course 2017

Posted 22/08/2017

  With generous support from the Croucher Foundation, CCOUC organsied Croucher Summer Course 2017 on Research Methodology for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response from 3 to 7 July 2017. The ...

17th Scientific Committee Meeting of the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR)

17th Scientific Committee Meeting of the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR)

Posted 20/06/2017

On 23 May 2017, three CCOUC members participated in the 17th IRDR Scientific Committee meeting in Cancun, Mexico. The Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) is a decade-long research programme ...

Academic Exchanges in Mexico

Academic Exchanges in Mexico

Posted 20/06/2017

CCOUC team including Prof Emily Chan and Dr Tony Yung visited the top two universities in Mexico on 22 May 2017 to promote academic exchange and collaborations. They first visited the Universidad ...

2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Cancun, Mexico

2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Cancun, Mexico

Posted 20/06/2017

Five CCOUC members participated in the 2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR), jointly convened by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and the Government ...

CCOUC Statement for 2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

Posted 24/05/2017

The following is the Statement that CCOUC makes in attending the 2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Cancun, Mexico. CCOUC is committed to invest in research, education and knowledge ...

The Inaugural Planetary Health/Geohealth Annual Meeting in Boston, USA

The Inaugural Planetary Health/Geohealth Annual Meeting in Boston, USA

Posted 09/05/2017

Former CCOUC member and current PhD student Ms Janice Ho attended the Inaugural Planetary Health/Geohealth Annual Meeting held at the Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA from 29 to 30 April 2017. ...

The 20th WADEM Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine in Toronto, Canada

The 20th WADEM Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine in Toronto, Canada

Posted 09/05/2017

Three CCOUC members attended the 20th World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM) Congress held in Toronto, Canada from 25 to 28 April 2017. The four-day event brought together ...

The 15th World Congress on Public Health in Melbourne, Australia

The 15th World Congress on Public Health in Melbourne, Australia

Posted 09/05/2017

CCOUC members Dr Tony Yung and Mr Zhe Huang participated in the 15th World Congress on Public Health (WCPH) in Melbourne, Australia from 3rd to 7th April 2017. Being held every 2-4 years, the WCPH is ...