Victor Hoe

The 41st APACPH Conference with the theme of “University Role in Education for Globalization and Health, Historical Milestone for APACPH and Health, Peace and Harmony” was held from 3rd to 6th December 2009. The conference was jointly organized by APACPH, and Taipei Medical University, Taiwan Public Health Association and College

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The world of today is marked by a large population which draws heavily on the supply of humankind’s basic needs: water, food and energy While population growth rates have slowed and life expectancy is longer than ever before, there are many emerging challenges to global health. These include the destruction

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The Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH) successfully held its 40th Annual Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from November 7-9, 2008. This followed the unforeseen cancellation of the conference in its original location of Hanoi, Vietnam, due to circumstances involving the World Health Organization Vietnam and the Vietnam Ministry

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From: Secretary General on behalf of APACPH KL Conference Committee To: Colleagues from APACPH member universities and conference participants We regret to inform you that the 40th APACPH conference to be held in Hanoi has been cancelled due to very unfortunate circumstances. The reasons are briefly explained below. However, the

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An APACPH mission that included the Secretary General Walter Patrick, Medical School University of Hawaii; Dean Jimba Masamine, University of Tokyo; Prof Colin Binns, Head of Nutrition SPH Curtin University; Prof Paula Palmer; Associate Director IPH, University of SouthernCalifornia and Prof Koja, University of the Ryukyus visited Cambodia from December

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2007 was an exciting year for the Early Career Network. Two successful workshops were held on Qualitative research methods; a regional workshop in Sri Lanka in August and the ECN annual workshop at the APACPH Conference in Japan last November. The workshops were facilitated by Dr Ilse Blignault from the

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The 39th APACPH Conference with the theme “Lifestyle Related Disease Prevention: The Challenge for Nutrition and Public Health” was held from 21-25 November 2007 at Kagawa Nutrition University, Sakado City, Saitama prefecture, Japan. On 22 November, the Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health held its General Assembly meeting at Kagawa

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The Early Career Network (ECN) of APACPH has launched a programme to promote qualitative research methods among medical and public health professionals in the region. This programme is conducted with the participation of academic experts from APAPCH member institutions under the guidance of the Research and Development Committee of the

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The Early Career Network of APACPH is proud to announce an exciting new creative initiative for 2007- the ”REFLECTIONS” photography competition! We are inviting public health professionals, researchers, staff and students to submit selections of their photographic work, which illustrate the theme of the 2007 APACPH conference Lifestyle Related Disease

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