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August 3, 2005 (Wednesday)
Time: 12:30 – 14:00 (sandwich lunch from 12:30 – 12:45; seminar begins at 12:45)
Venue: Seminar Room 6, LG/F, Laboratory Block, Faculty of Medicine Building,
21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, HK
Abstract:
There are two components in this session: a presentation and open
discussion. The presentation will begin with an overview of the
WHO global conferences held in Ottawa, Adelaide, Sundsvall, Jakarta
and Mexico city since 1986. The key messages from each of the
five conferences will be highlighted. The Bangkok Conference,
including the draft Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion, will
then be detailed. Open discussion will then follow and it will
focus on two key issues: the impact of the previous five Conferences
and the draft Bangkok Charter.
Bio-sketch:
Dr Tang Kwok-cho is currently working with the World Health Organization
in Geneva as Senior Professional Officer in the Department of
Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion. Prior to his appointment
with the World Health Organization in 2002, he worked in Sydney,
Australia for about 15 years between 1987-2002. He taught at
the School of Public Health and was the Director - International
Development of the Australian Centre for Health Promotion at
the University of Sydney, and worked for the New South Wales
Department of Health in the capacities of Senior Health Promotion
Officer, Area Coordinator – Health Promotion, Special Projects
Coordinator and Senior Research Fellow in southern and south-eastern
Sydney.
Dr Tang was also a community worker in Sydney, working with new
migrants for about one year. Dr Tang has worked for the Evangelical
Lutheran Church of Hong Kong and Sik Sik Yuen. He also taught social
work part-time at a number of academic institutions including the
Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Dr Tang was a graduate in social work at the Hong Kong Baptist
College in 1978. He has a MA in social policy from the University
of York, England, a Graduate Diploma in public sector management
from the University of Technology, Sydney and a PhD in sociology
of health and illness from the University of Sydney.
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