The Executive Council Meeting was held at the venue of the 48th APACPH Conference in Tokyo the Teikyo University. The meeting was chaired by the President of APACPH, Dr Sohn Myongsei from Yongsei University College of Medicine. The President delivered his welcome address and President Message. It was then followed with the confirmation the the Minutes of the ECM Meeting held on the 22nd April 2016. The President continued with his overview of the current status of APACPH. Dr Bruce Maycock presented his Secretary-General report and outlined the progress and future direction of APACPH. It was followed with Secretary Report by Dr Maznah Dahlui and the Treasurer report by Dr Hung-Yi Chiou the Honorary Treasurer.
Each of the Regional Director presented the progress and performance of each region, they included Dr Maznah Dahlui the Malaysia Regional Director, Dr Indika Karunathilake the South Asia Regional Director, Dr Ya-Wen Betty Chiu the Chinese Taipei Regional Director, Dr Masamine Jimba the Japan Regional Director, Dr Philip Baker the Australian Regional Director, Dr Elahe Nezami the United State of America Regional Director and Dr Prayoon Fongsatitkul the Thailand Regional Director. Ms Nishi Himanshi presented on the activities of the Early Career Network.
Dr Low Wah Yun the Vice-President 1 and the Editor in Chief of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health presented the achievement of the Journal over the past year. Dr Eiji Yano presented the progress and update of the 48th APACPH Conference. The last presentation of the day by on the outcome of the survey among its members on APACPH. The were productive discussion over the various reports and suggestion was presented by the ECM to improve APACPH. The issues will be further presented to all the members during the Annual General Assembly on the 16 September 2016 for discussion.
