Details

2019 APACPH Conference: Parallel Session

  • Event number:AB004
  • 2019/11/21

Introduction

Parallel Session
Title/Theme: NCDs: Success and Challenges
Date and Time: 2019/11/21 13:30-15:00
Location: Ballroom C, Amari Watergate, Bangkok Hotel
 
Overview
Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health Collaborating Centres for Health Promotion (APACPH CCHP) will co-host this parallel session with Taiwan Health Promotion Administration, Department of Health and Welfare and Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth).
 
This parallel session will bring health promotion experts in the Asia-Pacific Region together to share the experiences from their countries on prevention and management of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). They will not only share the successful cases but also the challenges they faced with. We welcome everyone to join our parallel session to exchange valuable experiences and discuss significant public health issues associated with health promotion capacity building in the Asia-Pacific Region.

 
Invited Speakers
  • Dr. Hung-Yi Chiou
Vice President Finance, APACPH
Director and Distinguished Professor, Master Program in Applied Molecular Epidemiology, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
  • Dr. Ying-Wei Wang
Director-General, Health Promotion Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan
  • Dr. Yik-Ying Teo
Dean, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore
  • Dr. Nor Izzah Hj Ahmad Shauki
Director, Institute for Health Systems Research, Ministry of Health, Malaysia
  • Dr. Pairoj Saonaum
Director, Healthy Lifestyle Promotion Section, Thai Health Promotion Foundation, Thailand
 
 
Parallel Session Organizing Committee
  • Dr. Ying-Wei Wang
Director-General, Health Promotion Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan
  • Dr. Hung-Yi Chiou
Vice President Finance, APACPH
Director and Distinguished Professor, Master Program in Applied Molecular Epidemiology, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
  • Dr. Ya-Wen Betty Chiu
Director, Taiwan Regional Office, APACPH
Director and Professor, Ph.D. Program in Global Health and Health Security; Master Program in Global Health and Development, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
  • Dr. Wen-Hsuan Hou
Professor, Master Program in Long-Term Care, College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
  • Dr. Po-Ya Chang
Assistant Professor, Department of Leisure Industry and Health Promotion, College of Health Technology, National Taipei University of Nursing Health Sciences, Taiwan
  • Li-Yin Jessica Lin
Secretariat, APACPH Taipei Treasure Office
  • Yu-Kai Huang
Project Manager, APACPH CCHP
  • Jo-Chien Jasmine Ho
Project Manager, APACPH CCHP