2010 Advanced Training Workshop on Southeast Asia Regional Health Impacts and Adaptation under Climate Change
August 6th, 2010

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As part of SARCS Capacity Building Program, there will be an Advanced Training Workshop, which will focus on Southeast Asia Regional Health Impacts and Adaptation under Climate Change. The workshop will take place between December 3-9 in Tainan, Taiwan. It is co-organized by Professor Su Huey-Jen of the National Cheng Kung University (NCKU). The Advanced Training Workshop is sponsored by the National Science Council of Taiwan.

The Advanced Training Workshop is focused on illustrating the health impacts and possible adaptations under climate change, especially with the southeastern Asia scenarios as examples of exercises. The event is open to experts from SARCS member countries and other territories of interest. The main objective is to promote climate change and health-related research programs among SARCS member countries, and to provide advanced training on understanding the health impacts and related adaptations in relation to effects of climate change, as well as to develop a climate change and health research collaboration team across SARCS memberships and others.

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