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SECURE Webinar 15 Public and Private Sector Collaboration on Integrated Community Primary and Hospital Care Lessons from Singapore

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

SECURE Webinar 14 The Impact of Climate Change on Healthcare Building Resilience of Vulnerable Populations with Mobile Health Facilities

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

SECURE Webinar 13 Transforming Primary Care in a Decentralized Health System Context Lessons from Indonesia

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

SECURE Webinar 12 Strengthening Health Surveillance and Diagnostic Capacity in Indonesia

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

Integrity Learning Series Supporting the Delivery of Skills Development in Vanuatu

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

K12 Education Transformation Framework for a New Normal Summit

28 to 30 June 2022
ADB, through Southeast Asia Human and Social Development Division (SEHS) and Sector Advisory Service Cluster-Education, collaborated with Microsoft to organize the K-12 Education Transformation Framework for a “New Normal” Summit for 21 DMC participants from Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines,…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office

Transforming Higher Education and Serving Future Learning Societies

23 February 2022
Higher education institutions are undergoing radical transformations arising from drivers of global change. Disruptive digital technologies, the rapid pace of innovation, demographic transitions, climate change, and COVID-19  are some of the forces influencing adaptations in higher education.…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office

Youth for Climate Action How young people are influencing climate policy and resilience in the region

3 December 2021
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Young people have taken to the streets ringing the alarm about the impacts of the climate change emergency. While the protests showcase youth’s frustration in current socio-political systems of managing the climate emergency, they are increasingly also engaging in climate…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Human and Social Development Sector Office

Capacity Development through Udemy under COVID19

2 July 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted several aspects of our lives, including the way we learn new things. Because of the health crisis, online learning has become part of the new normal. Udemy and ADB have been working together to introduce Udemy for Government courses under ADB technical…
Organizer: South Asia Department, Human and Social Development Sector Office

Remote Learning in the Time of the COVID19 Pandemic

30 April 2020
During the COVID-19 pandemic, 90% of the world's student population is affected by school closures. Governments, development organizations, and private companies mitigate this through remote learning. Coursera, one of the leading educational technology companies providing massive open online…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department