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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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The International Cyber University for Health (ICUH), an initiative of the Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium of Public Health (APACPH) at Yonsei University, is excited to announce the launch of our Spring 2007 semester, commencing March 2nd! Your Gateway to Public Health Education ICUH is your educational focal point for accessing high-quality

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The 38th APACPH Conference 2006 will be held from 3-6 December 2006 in Bangkok, Thailand. The theme for the conference was “Partnership for Human Security and Health”. The theme of the conference is ‘Partnership for Human Security and Health’ which reflects the need for collaboration and cooperation between communities and

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In December 2006 at the annual APACPH conference in Bangkok,Thailand,the APACPH Early Career Network (ECN) hosted its second workshop entitled ‘Practical Research Skills in resource poor settings: chronic disease surveillance, capacity building and community mobilization to improve public health’. From all over the world, primarily the Asia Pacific Region, public

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Dr Jong Wook Lee, Director-General of the World Health Organisation, July 2003 – May 2006 The world lost a valiant and tireless worker for public health with the untimely death on May 22nd of Dr. Jong Wook Lee, the first Korean to head an international agency and the sixth person

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