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Medical and public health professionals from Guangdong, Macau and Hong Kong will attend the seventh Tripartite Meeting on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases to be held in Hong Kong tomorrow and Friday (July 26 and 27).
During the two-day meeting, experts from the three places will review the implementation of the agreement in 2006 and discuss the way ahead, covering issues relating to the overall situation of infectious disease, emergency preparedness in handling public health incidents, and collaboration of medical and public health experts in the three places.
Led by the Director of Health, Dr Lam Ping-yan, the Hong Kong delegation will include Controller of the Centre for Health Protection (CHP), Dr Thomas Tsang, and Heads of different branches under CHP, Dr Wilina Lim, Dr Tam Cheuk-ming, Dr Raymond Yung, Dr Thomas Chung and Ms Helen Tang, as well as the Hospital Authority's Director (Strategy and Planning), Dr Wong Taam Chi-woon, and Chief Manager (Infection, Emergency and Contingency), Dr Liu Shao-haei.
Officials from the Guangdong Province and Macau will be led by the Associated Director of the Department of Health of Guangdong Province, Mr Huang Fei and Director of the Health Bureau of Macao, Dr Koi Kuok-leng.
Ends/Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Issued at HKT 16:44
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