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11 December 2024
COVID-19 posed a major challenge to the global health agenda, with pharmaceutical manufacturers shifting their production and distribution processes to rapidly respond to escalating demands for vaccines and medical products. The pandemic also revitalized the importance of sound pharmacovigilance…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
30 October 2024
On 30 October, ADB held an advocacy training session to address gender-based violence (GBV) for health professionals from 32 hospitals of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province to support health sector reforms under $100 Million KP Health Systems Strengthening Program. CD Emma Fan highlighted importance…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department, Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department
24 October 2024
The SECURE Webinar 18 is a collaboration with ADB’s Human and Social Development Office’s Solutions Development Working Group on Health Systems Strengthening (HSD-SDWG HSS), focusing on vaccine manufacturing and regulatory ecosystems.
This 90-minute virtual event spotlighted ADB's initiatives to…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office, Southeast Asia Department
5 September 2024
Globally, Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) account for 71% of deaths and 15 million premature deaths annually (WHO, 2018). The burden of NCDs in the Asia Pacific region followed a similar trend, with 70% of all deaths attributed to NCDs, a figure expected to rise significantly by 2030 (WHO, 2019…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
26 to 29 August 2024
The Asian Development Bank’s Office of Safeguards conducted a 4-day training for South Asia DMC representatives in Colombo, Sri Lanka entitled ‘Regional Health and Safety Training in the South Asia Region.’
The training is aimed at strengthening safeguards implementation at project level for…
Organizer: Office of Safeguards
19 to 22 August 2024
The Asian Development Bank’s Office of Safeguards conducted a 4-day training on Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) for the various executing and implementing agencies (EAs/IAs) of ADB-funded projects in Islamabad, Pakistan entitled ‘Training on Occupational Health and Safety in Pakistan.’
The…
Organizer: Office of Safeguards
5 August 2024
Several Southeast Asian countries faced challenges in developing, managing, and sustaining their health workforce. Among others, the Philippines faced significant human resources for health (HRH) gaps in meeting the country's healthcare demand, ongoing issues related to health worker competencies…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
27 June 2024
Primary healthcare (PHC) is the cornerstone of high-performing health systems. Private sector PHC providers, provide a significant proportion of PHC services in Southeast Asia, which is largely paid out-of-pocket. A rise in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and the increasing risk of future…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
18 to 20 June 2024
Under the Asian Development Bank (ADB) led regional knowledge and support technical assistance (KSTA) project “Strengthening Integrated Primary Health Care Management of Noncommunicable Diseases”, ADB, in coordination with PATH, conducted a 3-day conference at ADB Manila, which focused on the role…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
10 to 13 June 2024
The Asian Development Bank arranged a 4-day training for Pacific DMC representatives in Nadi, Fiji entitled ‘Regional Health and Safety Training in the Pacific Region'.The Regional Training convened relevant executing and implementing agencies’ officials to provide overview of ADB’s policy…
Organizer: Office of Safeguards