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Monitoring Outdoor and Indoor Air Quality in Asia (Mongolian)

29 October 2019
This presentation discussed how to monitor air quality, how to use air quality monitoring data depending on one's objectives, and the gaps that need to be addressed.

Monitoring Outdoor and Indoor Air Quality in Asia (English)

29 October 2019
This presentation discussed how to monitor air quality, how to use air quality monitoring data depending on one's objectives, and the gaps that need to be addressed.

Combatting Urban Air Pollution Impacts on Maternal and Child Health in Asia (Mongolian)

29 October 2019
This presentation discussed the United Kingdom's experience in creating clean air action plans as well as policy solutions that were designed to deal with air quality management.

Combatting Urban Air Pollution Impacts on Maternal and Child Health in Asia (English)

29 October 2019
This presentation discussed the United Kingdom's experience in creating clean air action plans as well as policy solutions that were designed to deal with air quality management.

PHOTO GALLERY - Combatting Urban Air Pollution Impacts on Maternal and Child Health in Asia: A Science and Policy Dialogue

29 October 2019
Selected photos from the Combatting Urban Air Pollution Impacts on Maternal and Child Health in Asia: A Science and Policy Dialogue held from 29-30 October 2019 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Strengthening Co-Benefits of Health, Climate Change and Air Quality Improvement in Energy Investments in Asian Cities

20 June 2019
Asia and the Pacific have the highest number of air pollution deaths in the world. The health effects were estimated to cost US$ 1.7 trillion in 2016, equivalent to 10% of the regions. Air pollution creates a massive economic burden for governments causing a loss of productive labor, thereby…

Air Pollution in Asian Cities

5 June 2019
In this presentation, Glynda Bathan, Deputy Executive Director of Clean Air Asia discussed the state of air pollution in Asian cities, honing on air quality figures for Metro Manila. She cited air pollution as the fifth leading global risk factor for premature deaths, highlighting the health…

PHOTO GALLERY: World Environment Day 2019: Opening Session – The Air That We Breathe

5 June 2019
A selection of photos taken from the event, World Environment Day 2019: Opening Session – The Air That We Breathe. The session was designed to raise awareness within the general ADB community of the current state and importance of addressing air pollution in Metro Manila and other Asian cities.

Paying Primary Care through National Health Insurance

25 June 2018
ADB's Eduardo Banzon discussed the role of national health insurance (NHI) in expanding primary care services in Asia. He also described the implementation steps needed to enable NHI paying for primary care, analyzed the bottlenecks and barriers of NHI coverage of primary care, and identified…

Financing Universal Health Coverage

17 May 2018
Financing universal health coverage carries a high price tag - about $600 billion for sixteen countries in Asia. Developing countries in the region must increase its health investments, raise its pooled funding, and reduce out-of-pocket health expenses to meet this health financing gap. If done,…