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‘Global Trends in Primary Health Care Reform: Implications for HK’ by Professor Michael Kidd 

 

31 July 2023

Event Date(s)/Period(s)
31 July 2023

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School of Public Health

On 31 July 2023, the School of Public Health hosted a lecture on ‘Global Trends in Primary Health Care Reform: Implications for HK’ by Professor Michael Kidd, Professor of Global Primary Care and Future Health Systems of the University of Oxford, on HKU medical campus. The lecture was joined by over 150 local and international healthcare practitioners, scholars, researchers and students in-person and virtually.

In his lecture, Professor Kidd shared various global experiences to provide insights towards building a resilient primary care system. He advised policymakers and healthcare practitioners to reflect from the local and international experience of COVID-19 and make recommendations on how their healthcare systems can be reformed. 

The lecture was followed by a commentator session by Professor Sophia Chan (陳肇始), Professor of School of Nursing, Director of HKU Primary Health Care Academy, and Senior Advisor of President’s Office, HKU, as well as Dr William Wong Chi-wai (黃志威), Clinical Professor, Chief of Research, and Department Chairperson of Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, School of Clinical Medicine. The event was wrapped up by a Q&A session facilitated by Professor David Bishai (貝大為), Director and Clinical Professor of the School of Public Health.