Local Participation in Global Health
Africa is the priority region for the progress towards Sustainable Development Goals, and it is also the region with the most severe health and economic inequities, as well as environmental pollution. This project aims to take students to Africa to participate in collaboration projects, in order to expand their horizons, and bring National Taiwan University’s (NTU) social responsibility to the world.
This project is based on the long-term collaboration established by NTU’s College of Public Health in Malawi, Kenya and other countries in Africa in the past decade, combining the resources from multiple stakeholders such as faculty and students, alumni, international public health experts, and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Through field participation, we aim to cultivate the global health practical experience, international vision, and the culture and humanities knowledge of NTU faculty and students. The project is expected to begin from the College of Public Health, expanding to other colleges and departments, to promote the participation of all NTU faculty and students. Through multi-discipline collaboration, we would be able to propose ideas that are both scientifically-base and practical, that could help promote the population health of African countries we collaborate with, and implement the global health ideology of “one health”.
Through this project, the faculty and students of NTU can gain a deeper understanding of foreign cultures, and promote sustainable health through practical experiences, using scientific evidence as the basis to reduce the risk of community diseases by establishing clean drinking water systems and circular agriculture. We expect the implementation of this project at NTU will initiate “localization of global health” – providing executable health promotion methods by fusing Taiwan’s experiences with local practices; “community collaboration” – invite local colleges and government health administration to collaborate, and improve resident’s life quality at a community level; and “community-centered” - concrete implementation of SDGs including local health, clean drinking water, no hunger, and education.
During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, governments have made epidemic prevention a priority, and invested all their public health personnel and funding into this global health crisis. In response to the formal request of our long-term collaborator Luke International Norway (LIN), our project formed an undergraduate student team to actively participated in the investigation and control of the epidemic in Malawi, by integrating Taiwan’s non-pharmaceutical intervention (NPI) policies for the reference of the local government, and coordinate the resources such as home quarantine packages, hospital personal protective equipment (PPE), health promotion posters, and social distancing promotion stickers. Under the guidance of Prof. Chang-Chuan Chan and LIN Malawi representative and NTU public health alumnus Joseph Wu, the students involved in this project first compiled the Taiwan Model of COVID-19 prevention strategies into a video for the reference of the local government. As the number of students involved gradually expanded, they gradually developed a more organized group including the leader group, health promotion group, package development group, logistics group, public relations group, and evaluation group, etc. Through actual participation, students can understand Malawi’s health system and policy planning, assist Malawi’s implementation of Taiwan Model to achieve COVID-19 prevention and control, and allow students to put what they learnt in school to use, applying their public health knowledge to practice while fulfilling their university social responsibility.
This project is based on the long-term collaboration established by NTU’s College of Public Health in Malawi, Kenya and other countries in Africa in the past decade, combining the resources from multiple stakeholders such as faculty and students, alumni, international public health experts, and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Through field participation, we aim to cultivate the global health practical experience, international vision, and the culture and humanities knowledge of NTU faculty and students. The project is expected to begin from the College of Public Health, expanding to other colleges and departments, to promote the participation of all NTU faculty and students. Through multi-discipline collaboration, we would be able to propose ideas that are both scientifically-base and practical, that could help promote the population health of African countries we collaborate with, and implement the global health ideology of “one health”.
Through this project, the faculty and students of NTU can gain a deeper understanding of foreign cultures, and promote sustainable health through practical experiences, using scientific evidence as the basis to reduce the risk of community diseases by establishing clean drinking water systems and circular agriculture. We expect the implementation of this project at NTU will initiate “localization of global health” – providing executable health promotion methods by fusing Taiwan’s experiences with local practices; “community collaboration” – invite local colleges and government health administration to collaborate, and improve resident’s life quality at a community level; and “community-centered” - concrete implementation of SDGs including local health, clean drinking water, no hunger, and education.
During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, governments have made epidemic prevention a priority, and invested all their public health personnel and funding into this global health crisis. In response to the formal request of our long-term collaborator Luke International Norway (LIN), our project formed an undergraduate student team to actively participated in the investigation and control of the epidemic in Malawi, by integrating Taiwan’s non-pharmaceutical intervention (NPI) policies for the reference of the local government, and coordinate the resources such as home quarantine packages, hospital personal protective equipment (PPE), health promotion posters, and social distancing promotion stickers. Under the guidance of Prof. Chang-Chuan Chan and LIN Malawi representative and NTU public health alumnus Joseph Wu, the students involved in this project first compiled the Taiwan Model of COVID-19 prevention strategies into a video for the reference of the local government. As the number of students involved gradually expanded, they gradually developed a more organized group including the leader group, health promotion group, package development group, logistics group, public relations group, and evaluation group, etc. Through actual participation, students can understand Malawi’s health system and policy planning, assist Malawi’s implementation of Taiwan Model to achieve COVID-19 prevention and control, and allow students to put what they learnt in school to use, applying their public health knowledge to practice while fulfilling their university social responsibility.
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Measures for Leaving a Message to Enter the Draw for the Live Streaming of the Opening Ceremony
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Event Period
From 13:00 to 14:00 on December 12 (Saturday), 2020
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Event Measures
Log in to your personal Facebook or Google account to proceed with leaving a message; each account with a successful message of #2020usrexpo left before the end of the live streaming of the opening ceremony will have an opportunity to enter the draw, and each account is restricted to winning the prize once only.
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List of Winners
On December 14 (Monday), 2020, the list of winners will be announced on the event official website https://2020usrexpo.org/) Announcement of the list of winners
Event Prize Content
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1st Prize
“Huei Yeh” Power Extreme Massage Gun 1 winner
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2nd Prize
Nestle Dolce Gusto Genio 2 1 winner
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3rd Prize
KINYO Bluetooth 5.0 Wireless Speaker 2 winner
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4th Prize
7-11 Gift Voucher valued at NT$200 27 winner
Announcement of the list of winners
The various prizes are expected to be notified via email and also announced on the event official website on December 14 (Monday), please will the prize winners pay attention to the prize-winning information, and send back the relevant documents according to the notices & explanations; no separate notification will be issued.
Notices
- The event period for this event is based on Taiwan time, and the delivery of the rewards is restricted to regions including Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu.
- Please refer to the actual products for the event rewards, the pictures used on the website are for reference only; no request for changing colors, specs, transfers, or cash redemption will be accepted.
- Our event organizer will not be liable for the follow-up warranty and maintenance of the winning rewards; once the rewards have been collected, signed, and accepted, no reissuance of the rewards will be available if the rewards have been lost, peculated, discarded, or damaged. Please refer to the actual products for the prize rewards, no return or exchange will be accepted; the prize winner must contact the manufacturer of the rewards if there is any issue regarding malfunctioning, damage, or maintenance.
- 1st prize ~ 2nd prize (Winning prizes with a value exceeding NT$1,000 (inclusive): Each prize winner should fill out the “Reward Collection Application and Receipt (will be announced together with the announcement of the list of winners)” within 7 days (including holidays based on the post stamp) starting from the next day with the announcement of the list of winners, and must provide a copy of both sides of the ID card. The copy must be sent to the specified place via registered mail; those passing the deadline will be deemed to give up the prize and rights, and no objections will be accepted from the prize winners.
- 3rd Prize ~ 4th Prize (Winning prizes with a value less than NT$1,000 (inclusive): Prize winners should reply to the prize-winning notifying letter via Email within 7 days (including holidays) starting from the next day of the announcement of the list of winners, to confirm the collection of the rewards and to fill out the relevant info for sending the rewards (to confirm the address for sending the gift), and to accelerate the follow-up qualification review. If the prize winners do not complete the relevant info before the deadline, they will be deemed to give up the opportunity to collect the rewards, and no alternative gifts or reissuance of gifts will be available.
- When the prize winners have completed filling out the prize-winning info, the organizer will double-check the identification data of the prize winners, the rewards will only be sent out when all data is correct.
- All prize-winning qualification needs to be approved by the organizer before it becomes effective, all reviewing standards are based on the organizer as the only reference.
- If the prize winner did not fill in the data complete and correct, or cannot be in contact, or did not send back the required data within the announced time of the rewards, the prize winner will then be deemed to voluntarily give up the prize, no separate notification will be announced.
- According to the R.O.C Tax Act, if the prize winner is an individual residing in Taiwan, and the prize amount (value) exceeds NT$1,000 (inclusive), then a copy of both sides of the ID card will need to be handed in for taxation, which will be incorporated into individual income for the annual taxation. If the prize winner is not an individual residing in Taiwan, 20% of reward tax must be deducted from the reward first regardless of the prize amount before the prize winner can collect the reward. If the prize winner is not an adult, a household registration transcript must be provided along with a letter of consent from the legal representative. If the prize winner is unwilling to pay the tax first, he/she will be deemed to give up the reward, and no objections will be accepted.
- If the prize winner is in violation of the relevant event measures or has other dissents, the organizer is allowed to retrieve the reward and no objections from the prize winner will be accepted. If a judicial dispute is involved, all legal liabilities will be held by the individual. The organizer will not be liable.
- If it is confirmed that the participant used a hacker program or other method that evidently violates the fairness of the event in an attempt to influence the event, the organizer is then allowed to disqualify the participant immediately or to cancel the prize-winning qualification. Compensation will be liable if a loss is caused for the organizer due to this.
- For reasons that the organizer are not liable for, including a computer, network, telephone, or technique issues resulting in the delay, loss, incorrect, unidentifiable, or damaged data uploaded by the participants, the organizer will not be liable for any legal liability, and no objections from the participants and prize winners will be accepted.
- The organizer reserves the rights to review the qualification of the event participants, if the organizer or a third party has reported that the participants are found to use methods that are intentional or evidently violate the fairness of the event, or do not conform to the rules of this event, the organizer will then be allowed to cancel the prize immediately.
- The event measures are stated on the event platform, the organizer reserves the right to alter the event details at any time (participating method, gift content and quantity…etc.); the participants must agree completely to follow and obey the alterations of the event without any objection. Please refer to the announcement of the event measures if alternations have been made to the event measures, no separate notification will be available.
- Unmentioned matters of this event should be handled according to the relevant rules of the civil law; the organizer reserves the rights to maintain, modify, cease and explain the content, as well as to cancel the prize-winning qualification of any prize winner influencing other prize winners’ rights. Refer to the announcement on the platform for the modification info; no separate notification will be available.
- Participants in the event agree to accept the event measures and notices, if, in violation, the organizer will then be allowed to cancel the qualification of the participant or the prize winner, and then request the participant for compensation for the losses caused.
- When the event is unable to be conducted due to force majeure causes, the organizer has the rights to cancel, terminate, modify, or cease the event. Participants in the event are deemed to accept the effectiveness of the rules, for unmentioned matters, the organizer reserves the rights to modify, terminate, and alter the event content details without giving out a separate notification.
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