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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
23 May 2024
The World Health Organization (WHO) predicted that climate change would directly contribute to humanitarian emergencies resulting from the increased scale, frequency, and intensity of heatwaves, wildfires, floods, tropical storms, and hurricanes. Research showed that 3.6 billion people lived in…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
22 May 2024
Primary care (PC) was widely recognized as a cornerstone of achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC). However, PC's progress in Southeast Asia varied across the region due to differences in healthcare systems influenced by public governance and management (e.g., centralization versus…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
2 April 2024
On a global scale, the COVID-19 pandemic underscored the disparity in diagnostic capabilities among nations and highlighted the direct correlation between these capacities and response effectiveness. Investing in post-pandemic initiatives to enhance diagnostic testing capabilities, alongside…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
22 January 2024
Participants from Vanuatu’s education and finance ministries and other key education stakeholders learned about identifying integrity risks and red flags at a hybrid OAI briefing on 22 January during a fact-finding mission organized by SG. OAI provides training tailored for participants…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity, Human and Social Development Sector Office