OVERVIEW
This meeting convened eight Advisory Group Members from international and regional organisations, non-profits, and the private sector in Asia and Europe. During the Meeting, members discussed the future direction for the ASEF Public Health Network and provided technical inputs to the Network’s activities for 2011. Partnership possibilities for future initiatives were also discussed.
The meeting was followed by a Public Talk, jointly organised with the Centre for Non-traditional Security, S. Rajaratnam School for International Studies, Nanyang Technological University (RSIS Centre for NTS Studies), on “Regional Integration and Emerging and Re-Emerging Diseases’ Surveillance in Asia and Europe.” The keynote speaker, Dr. Ailan Li, Medical Officer of World Health Organization — Western Pacific Regional Office, spoke about the present state of disease surveillance mechanisms and discussed challenges and possible ways forward.
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