WELCOME TO

CENTRE FOR
HEALTH SYSTEMS
AND POLICY RESEARCH

Our mission is to seek to further the knowledge and understanding of the complexity of health systems and how health systems and policies improve the health of population through research; and to transfer this knowledge to inform policy and support best practice.

Regional Knowledge Event (7 May 2025)

The Strategic Role of Private Health Insurance (PHI) for Health System Goals and to Advance Universal Health Coverage

Over 140 participants from eight regions gather at CUHK to discuss the strategic role of private health insurance for health system goals

Best Poster Award

Health Research Symposium 2024

Knowledge Event and Policy Course (4-7 December 2023)

Asia Pacific Region Knowledge Event - Health System and Community Resilience: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Over 200 participants from more than 10 regions gather at CUHK to discuss health systems and community resilience lessons learnt during COVID-19

Seminar

COVID-19: Singapore’s Experience and Lessons Learnt

Professor Vernon Lee, Senior Director of Communicable Diseases Division, Singapore Ministry of Health, has shared Singapore’s COVID-19 experience and lessons learnt on 30 June 2023, providing insights for health system and community resilience.

Research

Cancer Care in Hong Kong

The research findings inform policy for a cancer care and control strategy in Hong Kong with a focus on prevention and in particular early detection and cancer screening. It also identifies the gaps in the current service delivery and financing system in the cancer control continuum.

Research

Online Symposium: “A Fit-for-Purpose Health System: Enabling Health for All”

Our Hong Kong Foundation, in collaboration with the Centre for Health Systems and Policy Research at the JC School of Public Health and Primary, CUHK co-organised a luncheon symposium on the topic of “A Fit-for-Purpose Health System: Enabling Health for All” on 20 December 2021.

Symposium

Primary Healthcare Blueprint Symposium

Research

Exposure Settings Impact COVID-19 Transmission

A study conducted by Prof EK Yeoh's team showed that other than the infectiousness of the source, the physical setting where the infection was transmitted played a key role in the propagation of the virus in society.