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3 May 2018
Automation and access to the internet are disrupting the job market. Some jobs that are present today may already be gone in the next decades. Career shifts may happen in the future, and slow movers could be left behind.
The seminar, which served as part of the 51st ADB Annual Meeting, discussed…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
12 March 2018
Discover how Lao PDR is improving quality of care to achieve better health outcomes.
As countries in the Asia-Pacific region strive to achieve universal health coverage, removing financial barriers to health care is fundamental yet not sufficient. Utilization of health services and the achievement…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
1 to 31 March 2018
The dearth in women leaders is one of the main gender challenges in the Asia and Pacific region. The low representation of women in public and political spheres and processes has adverse consequences for both women as well as national development outcomes. This year, as ADB joins the international…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division, Budget, Personnel, and Management Systems Department
5 February 2018
With increasing Universal Health Coverage, expanding health insurance schemes and the desire for better disease surveillance, comes the need for unique health identification.
ADB's Michael Stahl provided an overview of the status of unique identification in the health sector in ADB member…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
25 January 2018
There is no room for malaria in Myanmar. Health expert Valerio Reggi shares Myanmar's moves to eliminate the disease.
ADB is helping to strengthen Myanmar's regulatory capacity; ensure effective assessments of medicines; and reduce the risk of substandard and falsified medicines, particularly anti…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
12 to 14 December 2017
How do education and training systems respond to the rapid changes in technology? How will education and training transform to help equip future workers to co-exist with and manage machines in creating new opportunities?
The 7th ADB International Skills Forum: Anticipating and Preparing for…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
9 November 2017
Is a seamless healthcare system possible? How close are we to achieving efficiency in the health sector?
Mark Britnell, Chair and Senior Partner for the Global Health Practice of the professional services firm KPMG, will discuss his book, "In Search of the Perfect Health System."
Over the past six…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
10 October 2017
The training provided an overview of the poverty and social analysis (PSA) documentation requirements. Participants were given the opportunity to engage with urban and social development specialists on key issues in the sector and learn how good PSA can support project design and implementation.…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office, Budget, Personnel, and Management Systems Department
4 October 2017
Fiji’s health system faces many of the same challenges, such as population growth and ageing, resulting in increasingly unsustainable costs.
ADB's Frances Ng discussed Fiji’s health system. Using a population-centric approach, the health service demands of the Fijian population have been modelled…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
29 to 31 August 2017
Designing and implementing social protection programs can be challenging to many countries. This training aims to help developing member countries (DMCs) address this diffculty by helping them build their knowledge base on approaches to social protection. It also gives them the opportunity to…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office