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25 July 2017
Korea University of Technology and Education (KoreaTech) vice president Haiwoong Park presented an overview of the university. He also discussed how KoreaTech contributes to fostering lifelong education and meeting the needs of technical vocational education and training as well as the industry in…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office, South Asia Department
24 July 2017
Explore potential investment opportunities for control of noncommunicable diseases and development of elderly care system in Beijing.
ADB intern Frank Mu presented on the current situation of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and elderly care in Beijing, People's Republic of China, and discussed…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
17 July 2017
Financing the health sector is a big challenge for many countries on the way to achieving universal health coverage.
Health financing challenges facing health systems across many low- and middle-income countries include those related to underfinancing of the sector; inefficient/inequitable…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
10 July 2017
Can Asia's youth play a more active role in promoting health and fighting 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…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
29 May 2017
How is ADB considering the impacts of infrastructure projects to the health of affected individuals and communities? ADB Consultant Gene Peralta provided updates on ADB and country initiatives on health impact assessment, specifically on how to achieve healthy design of infrastructure projects…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
13 March 2017
The People's Republic of China has achieved universal health insurance in 2011. What are its impacts so far?
ADB intern Jessica Sun discussed the process of how the People's Republic of China achieved universal health insurance since 2011, evaluated the impacts of access to health insurance, and…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
1 to 31 March 2017
ADB holds a series of gender-related activities annually throughout the month of March to reaffirm its commitment to gender equality and women’s empowerment. The month-long activities aim to: (i) promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in the work culture and environment; (ii) provide an…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division, Human and Social Development Sector Office, Budget, Personnel, and Management Systems Department, Economic Research and Development Impact Department
20 to 21 February 2017
Get familiar with national health systems and the policies and issues related to health sector projects in the Asia-Pacific.
The Training Workshop on Health Systems provided an opportunity for ADB staff to examine and discuss fundamental conceptual frameworks and policy issues in health systems and…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
15 to 16 February 2017
To assist its developing member countries (DMCs) in pursuing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), ADB's Social Development Thematic Group initiated research on economic methods to estimate the fiscal implications of meeting the SDGs and pilot applications of the methods. The methods focused on…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Human and Social Development Sector Office
20 January 2017
ADB’s Fabian Mayr elaborated on the dual vocational education models in German-speaking countries, including their limited transferability and success to increase employability. He also highlighted implications for ADB operations to improve work-based learning approaches in developing member…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office, South Asia Department