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The 13th international conference on Public Health among Greater Mekong Sub-Regional countries on "Enhancing transdisciplinary collaborations on Education and Research to tackle priority public health issues in the new Era" has following objectives:

  • To strengthen the relationship of Faculties of Public Health among the Southeast Asian countries and in the world;
  • To share research results in the field of Public Health as well as priority public health issues among greater Mekong Sub-Regional countries;
  • To search for feasible solutions to enhance international collaboration among Public Health Faculties in Mekong Sub-Region and a wider area of the Southeast Asian countries about training and research in Public Health.

An abstract should be in one paragraph with no more 350 words, describing the major aspects of the entire paper in a prescribed sequence that includes: 1) Introduction: The overall purpose of the study and the research problem(s) you investigated; 2) Objective(s): The outcomes that you aim to achieve by conducting research; 3) Method: The basic design of the study; 4) Results: Major findings or trends found as a result of your analysis; and, 5) Conclusions: a brief summary of your interpretations and conclusions.

Thua Thien Hue provincial Association of Public Health and Preventive Medicine in collaboration with the Faculty of Public Health and the Institute for Community Health Research of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hue University, will host a scientific conference on Public Health.  (updating...)

Emerging infectious diseases are, more than ever, at the center of the world’s attention. Join a diverse group of colleagues from around the world as they present new knowledge and breakthroughs about how to discover, detect, understand, prevent and respond to outbreaks of emerging disease threats.

Rescheduled Date: October 3-5th, 2021

Venue: Kaohsiung Marriott Hotel (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)

Length: 2.5 days (+1 day Pre-Event Meeting)

Program: Interest Group Seminars, Summit Programming (Workshops, Oral/Poster Presentations, Symposiums, Alternative Sessions, Plenary Speakers), Welcome Reception, Banquet, Master Classes, Cultural Tours

Recent works

ICHR publication on "Health behavior"
Health behaviors are actions individuals take that affect their health. They include actions that lead to improved...
ICHR publication on "Environmental Health"
Environmental health is the branch of public health that: focuses on the relationships between people and their...
ICHR publication on "Infectious and Tropical diseases"
Vietnam faces infectious diseases, tropical diseases related to the climate characteristics of the region. Research in...
ICHR publication on "Mental health and NCDs"
ICHR Institute has leading experts in these fields in the Central - Central Highlands region, participating in research...
ICHR publication on "Maternal & Child Health and Reproductive Health"
Maternal & Child Health and Reproductive Health is a strong research area of ICHR with the participation of many...

Workshop on summarizing acitvities in the year 2014 and planning in the year 2015 of Institute For Community Health Research

The institute organized a workshop in 8th January 2015 in Hue city. The purpose of the workshop was summarizing activities in 2014 and planning in 2015. The participants of the workshop included A/Prof. Nguyen Vu Quoc Huy (Vice-rector of Hue UMP), Prof. Michael Dunne (QUT), A/Prof. Vo Van Thang (Co- Director of ICHR), five coordinators from 5 project provinces and all members of the Institute.

 

In 2014, a website of the ICHR was activated to popularize and share information (iccchr-hue.org.vn) to interested audiences. 11 scientific researches from departments of Hue UMP and 5 project provinces were conducted and accepted with the financial and technical support of the institute. This activity enhanced the scientific research skills of health staff and provided scientific evidence to assist planning at the local level.  

Other notable activities of the ICHR last year were the participation of members of the institute in international conferences. Some of them carried off great prizes at these conferences such as the prizes for the best oral presentation at the International conference on public health pacific APAC, Malaysia; 2 awards for oral presentations at the 6th International conference on public health among greater Mekong sub-regional countries, Khon Kaen, Thailand. A/Prof. Vo Van Thang was invited to share information at the 2nd International conference on Health literacy in Taipei, Taiwan. The Institute has also received international students from undergraduate to graduate degree coming to Hue to study or to do research. Besides, the institutes provided consultant services to international NGOs in Vietnam such as midterm evaluation for projects of MSI Vietnam. The limitations and difficulties of the operation process were also discussed at the workshop. The experience lessons of last year will be useful for planning activities of the institute in the year 2015.

 

Some main activities was planned in the year 2015, including the financial and technical support of the institute to scientific researches, training courses based on local needs, training course on systematic review, host of 7th International conference on public health among Greater Mekong Sub-Regional Country in Hue, Vietnam and support to members of the Institutes participating in national and international workshops or conferences.   

 

At last, on behalf of the Rector Board of Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy, A/Prof. Nguyen Vu Quoc Huy expressed the support of leaders of the university to activities of the institute in the coming days and belief in the development of the ICHR in the future .

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