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Key Challenges and Opportunities for Health Sector Development

6 November 2018
The development of the health care system in the Republic of Korea holds vital lessons for developing countries. It is a story that took decades to make. This presentation talks about the journey of the Republic of Korea towards an efficient health care system.

Emerging Strategies to Address Health Care Challenges in Asia and Pacific

6 November 2018
As countries grow and develop, they also tend to spend more on health. This is accompanied by changes in the composition of sources of health financing. However, he said there has been a marked decline in external sources in recent years as development partners reduce their support when countries…

Health Policy Design and Implementation

6 November 2018
Designing health policies is challenging due to the contradictory interests of key stakeholders. Government must provide stewardship and align the conflicting interests through incentives and controls. Implementing health policies requires the leadership and commitment of politicians.

Special Olympics Overview

19 July 2018
More than 200 million people with intellectual disability face ongoing discrimination in healthcare, education, and employment. Special Olympics uses sports as a vehicle for change to achieve its vision of creating smart cities wherein all communities and cities are active and inclusive of…

Early Life Health Shocks: Can Policy Interventions Help?

5 July 2018
Learn how early life health environment affects human capital accumulation in developing countries. It is well-documented that children who are hit by negative health shocks early in life can suffer long-term disadvantages, in terms of health, education, and labor market outcomes. This presentation…

Video: Health Care

23 May 2018
This session video discusses how blockchain can facilitate the provision of quality and confidential health care.

Unique Health Identification

5 February 2018
With increasing Universal Health Coverage, expanding health insurance schemes, and the desire for better disease surveillance comes the need for unique health identification. Michael Stahl provides an overview of the status of unique identification in the health sector in ADB member countries and…

Understanding Fiscal Space for Universal Health Coverage

17 July 2017
Learn more about fiscal space for health and how countries that have achieved universal health coverage financed the sector. Health financing challenges facing health systems across many low- and middle-income countries include those related to underfinancing of the sector; inefficient/inequitable…

Youth’s Role in Fighting Noncommunicable Diseases in Asia

10 July 2017
What can Asia's youth do to promote healthy lifestyles and fight noncommunicable diseases? ADB's Enrique Corpus and Shruti Mehta shared lessons from an experiential learning program on the youth's role in creating a conducive environment for promoting physical activity to fight noncommunicable…

Updates from ADB's Health Impact Assessment and Healthy Project Design Initiative

29 May 2017
ADB Consultant Gene Peralta explains ADB's health impact assessment and its usefulness in achieving healthy design of infrastructure projects. Results of pilot and demonstration projects in five countries in the Greater Mekong Subregion are discussed as well as the collaboration with universities…