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City-wide inclusive sanitation: WaterAid’s experience

11 June 2020
This presentation provided an overview of WaterAid’s approach, including (i) WaterAid’s framing of citywide inclusive sanitation (CWIS); (ii) town-wide modeling: the experience in Sakhipur, Bangladesh; (iii) research and influencing to address the working conditions of sanitation workers (global…

WaterAid: A WASH strong COVID-19 response

9 June 2020
In this presentation, WaterAid shared their response to COVID-19 in Asia and the Pacific, specifically in the eight countries they work in: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, and Timor-Leste. Given the changing dynamics of the pandemic, WaterAid has taken a…

Progress Report on ADB's Action Plan for Healthy Oceans

8 June 2020
This presentation provided updates on ADB's Action Plan for Healthy Oceans programmatic work, including program pipelines, targets, and flagship programs, and discussed ocean finance activities, including the Blue Economy and Healthy Options Finance Initiative, and the Oceans Partnership Facility.

Global Shortage of Personal Protective Equipment amid COVID-19: Supply Chains, Bottlenecks, and Policy Implications

4 June 2020
This presentation discussed the unprecedented excess demand for PPEs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to domestic and international PPE supply chain disruptions and put frontline healthcare workers at risk. It also discussed various trade barriers to PPE supply, how governments ramped up PPE…

Enhancing Women-focused Investments in Climate and Disaster Resilience (WfIR)

3 June 2020
This presentation shared key findings of a recent publication that calls for women-focused investments in resilience to meet the gender and climate targets of ADB's Strategy 2030.

gLOCAL Insights: Support to Sustainable Transport Solutions in light of the COVID-19 Crisis

3 June 2020
This presentation discussed key findings from the assessment of ADB's transport support between 2010 to 2018, and presented six recommendations on how ADB can further strengthen the development support of its ADB transport interventions.

Sustainable Tourism in Asia and the Pacific: Situation Analysis and impact of COVID-19

3 June 2020
This presentation shared research on sustainable tourism and COVID-19 recovery, with a focus on policies and value chains that benefit communities, protect and restore natural capital, and support resource efficiency.

Machine Learning-Based Prediction Models

25 May 2020
KMPG shares how predictive modeling can help in decision making in the context of COVID-19 response.

Case Study: Utilizing "Test Yourself" App in the State of Goa to Contain and Monitor the COVID-19 Situation

25 May 2020
Learn about the Test Yourself app, which is designed to enable healthcare organizations and governments to respond virtually to the novel-Coronavirus pandemic to protect, educate and care for their residents in the community.

COVID-19: Contact Tracing and Digital Monitoring Using Arogya Setu Application

25 May 2020
Aarogya Setu is a COVID-19 tracking mobile application developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC), which is now widely used in India. Learn how the app has helped in contract tracing and digital monitoring in India.