We propose four major activity areas:
- Education and training
- To establish public health education programmes to meet the needs of communities, run either at CUHK or at a distant base;
- To place School of Public Health and Primary Care students in public health field practices;
- To provide technical training and organize scientific meetings and events in the Asia-Pacific Region; and
- To educate and engage the public in humanitarian issues.
- Research and evaluation
- To establish research fellowships to enable scholars from Asia pacific countries to study public health issues based at CUHK .These fellowships may be for short periods or for a full course [MPH, PhD] and field work may be in country of origin;
- To conduct relevant field-based research (such as field need assessments and health impact evaluations);
- To exchange ideas /develop effective strategies through exchange with international health experts; and
- To hold forums such as conferences and seminars and disseminate learning.
- Policy development
- To support development of healthy public policy in developing countries;
- To advance policy development in health systems;
- To advise governments and NGOs in public health policy development;
- To support health and human rights through our work; and
- To propose policy formulation frameworks for developing countries and fragile states in the Asia Pacific region.
- Public health relief and post-emergency assistance
- To advise and support the establishment of public health programmes in post-emergency settings (such as natural disasters and armed conflicts);
- To evaluate the effectiveness and appropriateness of post-emergency public health programmes; and
- To create formal link to relevant NGOs, such as MSF, Red Cross.
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