Published July 8, 2014, last updated on July 22, 2014
From China Health Focus:
News from the China International Center for Chronic Disease Prevention Issue 9, June 2014
Bethesda, Maryland is a bustling suburban community located in Montgomery County, Maryland, northwest of Washington, DC, USA. It is home to some of the world’s leading research centers, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
April 13-16, 2014, renowned non-communicable disease experts and staff from around the world congregated in the city for a big NCD event- The 9th and Final Semi-Annual Global Health Centers of Excellence Steering Committee Meeting (SCM).
The Global Health Centers of Excellence (CoEs) is a worldwide network of 11 centers jointly established by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of NIX and UnitedHealth Group in 2009, whose mission is to help combat the rising chronic disease burden in developing countries, to enable the development of research and training infrastructures and to foster research on new or improved approaches.
As 2014 will be the last year of this five year global health initiative, the conference was convened to not only present each of the center’s research efforts and capacity building outreaches, but also to acknowledge the network’s great accomplishments and discuss potential collaborations in the future.
On behalf of the China International Center for Chronic Disease Prevention (China CoE) [of which DGHI is a partner] and Professor Yangfang WU, Professor Lijing Yan gave a report on the Center’s outcomes in the past few years. “China CoE received great success with the magnificent guidance and support from our international and domestic stakeholders. Since its inception in 2009, the China CoE has enlarged its team to over 35 staff and kept on strengthening the capacity building. It has in total 20 projects with over 40 journal articles and book/book chapters published and over 50 conference reports presented. In order to transfer evidence into practice, China CoE organized a series of high-profile events including the Annual Forum on NCD Prevention and Control, and Health Policy Roundtable, convening and fostering conversations among hundreds of leaders and experts both domestic and international to bring the greatest impact on health care in China. China CoE has acted effectively and will continue our work and mission of fighting against NCDs in China.”
China CoE has acted effectively and will continue our work and mission of fighting against NCDs in China.
