Collaborating Centre for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response

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Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response[1] was established jointly by Oxford University and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) 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.[2] It is housed in the CUHK Faculty of Medicine and its director is Emily Ying Yang Chan as of 2016.

History[edit]

CCOUC was established jointly by Oxford University and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in April 2011. Its founding director is Emily Ying Yang Chan.[citation needed]

Mission[edit]

CCOUC aims to minimise the negative health impact of disasters experienced by vulnerable populations in the region by serving as a platform for research, education, and community knowledge transfer in the areas of disaster and medical humanitarian crisis policy development, planning, and response.[citation needed]

Focus and activities[edit]

CCOUC's main initiatives include the study and promotion of population's disaster preparedness,[3] disaster preparedness kit,[4][5] bottom-up approach to disaster relief,[6] Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction,[7] climate change and health.[8][9] CCOUC also runs an Ethnic Minority Health Project in China to study and promote disaster preparedness and public health in remote rural villages in the country's inland western provinces[10]

The Centre has participated in the World Health Organization (WHO)'s consultation meeting on disaster health risk management and established international co-operation with leading institutions in the field, including the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)[11] in Belgium, and Harvard Humanitarian Initiative[12] and FXB Center for Health and Human Rights[13] at Harvard University.

The Secretariat for World Health Organization Thematic Platform for Health Emergency & Disaster Risk Management Research Group (WHO TPRG) has been set up at CCOUC since October 2016. CCOUC has also been recognised by Integrated Research on Disaster Risk International[14] to lead one of its 12 International Centre of Excellence since November 2016.[15] The Centre has also been appointed Sphere Country Focal Point for China since August 2014 to promote the internationally recognised minimum standards in humanitarian response for the Geneva-based International Sphere Project.[citation needed]

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  1. ^ "Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC)". ccouc.org. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Collaborations and Ventures, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Oxford University". University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Hongkongers are ill prepared for aftermath of natural disaster". South China Morning Post. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  4. ^ "HK$40 kit bag that makes difference of life or death". South China Morning Post. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Hong Kong people not ready to deal with natural disasters, experts say". South China Morning Post. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  6. ^ "More lives saved with bottom-up approach to disaster relief". South China Morning Post. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  7. ^ "RTHK Radio 3's morning current affairs programme "Hong Kong Today" --Workshop on reducing disaster risks". RTHK. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  8. ^ "RTHK Radio 3's main evening newscast "Newswrap" (18:00 – 19:00, 26 April)". RTHK. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  9. ^ "Young Hongkongers lagging the old in adapting to green lifestyle". South China Morning Post. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  10. ^ "Health experts train local communities to prepare for disasters". Reuters. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  11. ^ "Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)". cred.be. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  12. ^ "Harvard Humanitarian Initiative". hhi.harvard.edu/affiliated-programs/. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  13. ^ "FXB Center for Health and Human Rights". fxb.harvard.edu. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  14. ^ "Integrated Research on Disaster Risk International". irdrinternational.org. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  15. ^ "Four New ICoEs Joined IRDR Family!".
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