Bulletin No. 2, 2015

Promoting Women’s Health in Qinghai Women and girls’ health in remote rural areas of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province of China is inadequately addressed primarily due to a lack of knowledge and expertise. From 16 to 21 August, the Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC) delivered menstrual health education talks and women hygiene kits to 120 Tibetan girls aged 10 to 13 years. They are students at two boarding schools located in the remote Yege and Qumahe Townships in the autonomous prefecture. Building Bridge in Chongqing This summer, the University’s I • CARE Wu Zhi Qiao Team, comprising seven students, co-operated with Tsinghua University and Chongqing University to complete a bridge building project in Xingguang Village in Chongqing, an underprivileged rural village in mainland China. During the nine - day trip, the team also built t wo wa te r t ank s to supply clean water for close to 400 villagers, and carried out facilities renovation and health education promotion in the village to improve their living conditions. ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS 42 Chinese University Bulletin No. 2, 2015