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Transforming Public Health through Strategic Taxation

31 March 2025
As the world deals with multiple public health and economic crises, innovative solutions are urgently needed. Health taxes, such as excise taxes on tobacco, alcohol, and sugary beverages, have emerged as a powerful tool to address these challenges. These taxes not only discourage the consumption…
Organizer: Health Sector Group, Human and Social Development Sector Office

SECURE Webinar 18: Blueprints to Breakthroughs: Enhancing Vaccine Manufacturing Ecosystems in DMCs

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

SECURE Webinar 10: Pandemic Preparedness and Response: Increasing Access to Diagnostics Today

18 January 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the gap of diagnostics capacities between countries, and how diagnostic capacities directly lead to response capacity. The pandemic was also a time for countries to review existing resources, technologies, and capabilities to diagnose, and for the world to…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office

Digital Health Credentials in Building Trust at Population Scale -COVID-19 and Beyond

30 March 2022
Digital COVID-Credentials has proven to be an effective tool for countries to restart mobility for work and travel. Such credentials have aided policymakers in negating the risk of COVID- 19 spread, by virtue of clearly ascertaining the vaccination or testing status, in a fast and automated way…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, South Asia Department

ADB's SECURE Webinar Series

22 February 2022 to 4 April 2023
The Supporting Enhanced COVID-19 Vaccination and Post COVID-19 Health Security Response in Southeast Asia (SECURE) Webinar Series is a platform to promote innovative approaches and best practices for COVID-19 vaccination programs among Southeast Asia (SEA) developing member countries (DMCs) of the…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office, Southeast Asia Department

Resilience for the Urban Poor Forum 2021

16 to 18 November 2021
Building the resilience of the urban poor is a critical issue for rapidly urbanizing countries in Asia and the Pacific. Cities and other urban areas are major drivers of national economies and home to an increasing urban poor population who are significantly contributing to productivity, both in…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Human and Social Development Sector Office, Water and Urban Development Sector Office

Jumpstarting S2030: Tapping the Power of lnclusive Design!

18 August 2021
2:00–3:00 p.m. Manila | Zoom Along with rapid urbanization occurring in many countries in Asia and the Pacific, one of the urban development challenges faced by cities is addressing the needs of their aging population and people with disabilities. By 2030, Asia will be the second-fastest aging…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office, Water and Urban Development Sector Office

COVID-19 Vaccine: Are Central and West Asian Countries Ready?

6 August 2020
In the race against time to develop a vaccine against COVID-19, forward-looking policymakers must begin exploring the next steps such as access to the vaccine, financing, and distribution, and start working on their countries' preparedness for the challenge. Two renowned experts provided an…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department, Human and Social Development Sector Office

WASH Seminar Series: Part 2 – Urban Sanitation

11 June 2020
Part 2 of the Scaling Up WASH Services in a Pandemic Seminar Series At current rates of progress, universal access to safely managed sanitation – the aim of the Sustainable Development Goal 6 – won’t be achieved until 2030. WaterAid’s urban sanitation work, through policy and programming, aims…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office, Human and Social Development Sector Office

Scaling Up WASH Services in a Pandemic Seminar Series

9 to 23 June 2020
Handwashing with soap and proper hygiene are the first lines of defense against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). ADB, together with world leaders and heads of international organizations, in a joint statement, recognize that water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services must be…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office, Human and Social Development Sector Office