Beijing, September 11 – At a press conference hosted by the State Council Information Office, Dr. Shen Hongbing, Deputy Director of the National Health Commission and Director of the National Administration of Disease Prevention and Control, announced that China will, within this year, roll out nationwide HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine immunization for school girls and include the HPV vaccine in the National Immunization Program (NIP) to safeguard women’s health.

Dr. Claudia Fernandes Nisa, Assistant Professor of Behavioral Science at the Global Health Research Center of Duke Kunshan University, has recently been received research grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) for the year 2025. Her research project is scheduled to commence on January 1, 2026.

A new study by researchers from Duke University, Duke Kunshan University, and the Health Strategy and Policy Institute (HSPI) in Vietnam sheds light on the challenges and lessons for immunization financing in middle-income countries (MICs).

In July 2025, the 54th International Teaching Seminar on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, organized by the International Society for Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention (ISCEP), was held in Lisbon, Portugal. Professor Lijing L. Yan, Head of the Chronic Disease Research at the Global Health Research Center, Duke Kunshan University and a member of the ISCEP leadership council, attended the seminar and served as a mentor.