By Peace Post Staff/ Image: Christopher Cottrell The Sino-Luso International Medical Forum Series 37 is bringing a strong healthcare delegation to Beijing and Macau. Doctors and health officials from Brazil, Portugal, Cape Verde, the Philippines, Hong Kong and Macau will hold symposiums and workshops in Beijing from May 18th -20th, …
Read More »25 Million Children Missing School in Conflict Zones
By Peace Post Staff/ Image: UNICEF Whether by direct war or standoffs, more than 25 million children worldwide are missing school because of armed conflict. According to UNICEF Chief of Education Josephine Bourne, “At no time is education more important than in time of war. Without education, how will children …
Read More »Hong Kong lasers and medical research
By Peace Post Staff/ Image: University of Hong Kong Researchers at the University of Hong Kong have devised a revolutionary laser—with far reaching applications from disease diagnosis to basic scientific research. Pioneered by Dr. Kevin Tsia, Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Hong Kong, …
Read More »All that jazz in Havana
By Peace Post Staff/ Image: UNESCO The 6th International Jazz Day is taking place on April 30, 2017 in Havana, Cuba. Hosted with world jazz ambassador Herbie Hancock, the Havana concert takes place at the Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alonso under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture of …
Read More »United Nations: Anti-Mine Action “Needs Driven. People Centered”
By Peace Post Staff/ Images: United Nations “Peace without mine action is incomplete peace,” says United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. In remembering April 4 as International Mine Awareness Day, the United Nations called for this year to be “Needs driven” and “People Centered.” Secretary-General António Guterres further noted, “I urge …
Read More »Stimulating Simulations: Enhancing medical training and technology in Asia
By Christopher Cottrell/ Images: Peace Post “We don’t have anything like this back in Portugal,” says Prof. Madalena Patricio, Director of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Lisbon and former president of Association of Medical Education of Europe (AMEE). Before her are several medical simulation training machines—from sonograms to …
Read More »Macau Medicine Partners with Portugal, Australia
By Christopher Cottrell and Ralph Novotney/ Images: Peace Post The thirty-sixth Sino-Luso International Medical Forum opened last night with the signing of major medical MOUs. These MOUs entail cooperation with high skills medical education, simulation training, and faculty and student exchanges between Macau, Portugal, and Australia. And, like the past …
Read More »Simulation Education in Macau at Sino Luso 36
PRESS RELEASE: The 36th Sino-Luso International Medical Forum in Macau from March 30 – April 2 2017 is titled, “Best Practice in Medical Education and Surgical Skills.” President of the Forum Prof. Manson Fok comments, “It is my pleasure to welcome international and local healthcare providers to this special medical …
Read More »Macau doctors train for poison
By Christopher Cottrell /Photo Credits: Sino Luso International Medical Forum Doctors from Macau, Hong Kong, and Taipei joined together in Macau to address poison treatment, including auto accidents where drug driving was involved. Over 120 Macau medical frontline providers were organized by the the Sino Luso International Medical Forum led …
Read More »The Song of Sir James Marie Mancham (August 11, 1939—January 8, 2017)
Seychelles Founding President and global citizen dies. By Christopher Cottrell/ Photo Credits: Christopher Cottrell Sir James Marie Mancham’s passing on January 8, 2017 and memorial yesterday in his native Seychelles close an important chapter on the life of one of the Indian Ocean’s and Africa’s greatest leaders. As the Seychelles …
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