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APRU Global Health is doing something new this year. We will be organizing a series of smaller, focused activities in lieu of our annual conference. Stay tuned for more updates.

The APRU 2021 Global Health Conference will be held virtually on November 16-18, 2021. The conference theme is GLOBAL URBAN HEALTH and will be hosted by The University of Hong Kong.

Stay tuned for more details.

A total of 45 teams from 22 universities in 12 economies (Australia, China, Ecuador, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and the US) registered for the competition. Teams were asked to create innovative proposals to address elderly care. The winners were selected through a voting process that included input from all conference participants.

The University of Indonesia team earned the top spot and received the US $500.00 cash prize. The other two finalist teams were from Chinese University of Hong Kong and Yonsei University.

The APRU Global Health Conference Committee would like to thank everyone who joined the health case competition. Congratulations to all the winners!

The APRU Global Health Conference 2020 panned out amidst the pandemic and went fully online with more than 2,000 participants who joined via livestreaming.

Renowned experts were invited to tackle key topics such as global health security, life course perspective, migration, women’s health, aging and COVID-19.

The conference program can be found at: APRU Global Health Conference 2020 – APRU

The recordings are available at:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCkIJyGcW6I&list=PL72szUuwsFYdi7vaS7JmQTcgNEmk-JrPG

The article, published in July 2020, was titled “COVID-19 apps-are there enough ethical safeguards?” 

Read the article here.

A news article featured the USC-based Global Health Program as APRU called for interdisciplinary collaboration in time for the coronavirus pandemic.

See full article here.

The APRU Global Health Student Case Competition called for students to help address a global health challenge – Improving elderly care in the Asia-Pacific using critical-thinking and problem-solving skills.

A total of 45 teams from 22 universities in 12 economies (Australia, China, Ecuador, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and the US) sent in their entries to showcase creative and evidence-based proposals to address the health challenge.

The three finalist teams (in alphabetic order) are:

• MoreDoe from Yonsei University
• The Yellow Jackets from University of Indonesia
• Toilet Paper Hoggers from The Chinese University of Hong Kong

The three runner-up teams were PH Pro (Fudan University), Team Medeavour (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), and Terps for Health (University of Maryland, College Park).

A panel of fifteen international judges were invited to review the entries.

The winning team will be selected and announced at the APRU Global Health Conference 2020.  A prize of USD 500 will be awarded.

Last June, a webinar was organised by the bioethics group of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities’ (APRU) Global Health Program.

The working research group looks into the issues of privacy, informed consent and confidentially with the use of contact-tracing apps.

Read full news feature here.