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ICT Innovations in Healthcare

9 June 2016
Adolescent Health Education and Practical Training for Healthcare Service Providers Nationwide or ADEPT is a UNICEF-funded project, which aims to make health services adolescent-friendly by bridging the communication gap and educating people about adolescent health. ADEPT's main output will be a…

Health Financing

9 June 2016
A core question for a health system is not how to finance healthcare costs, but how to make tradeoffs among competing goals. This presentation looks into the health care philosophy applied by Singapore, and how its public health infrastructure and a tiered approach has built a health population.

Financing Models including Health Insurance (ADB)

9 June 2016
Currently, individuals finance health care through pre-paid means and post-paid means. This presentation highlights the emerging role for private health insurance in Asia and the Pacific to implement selected health insurance functions and paid by govenrment through health purchasing fund.

Disabilities: Still Misunderstood!

12 May 2016
This presentation highlights how Asian Development Bank can be better at addressing disability. It also shows the connection between disability and various sectors such as poverty, gender equity, and the economy. Good practices on inclusion are presented as well.

Preventing Early Marriage in Bondowoso, East Java

28 April 2016
Maternal mortality and teenage pregnancy occur significantly more frequently in Indonesia than in neighboring Asia-Pacific countries. It is estimated that 48 of every 1,000 live births in Indonesia in 2015 was to a teenage mother. Teenage pregnancy is also one of the driving causes of maternal…

Lessons Learned from Proactive Reviews

24 March 2016
The Asian Development Bank closely looks into each project it supports through Project Procurement-Related Reviews. These reviews offer internal controls, identify irregularities, inspect project outputs, and recommend enhancements.

Fraud Concepts and Red Flags

23 March 2016
To find fraud, one needs to know what it looks like. There are a number of telltale signs of fraud and red flags that auditors need to get familiarized with.

Professional Skepticism

23 March 2016
This presentation tackles the relevance of professional skepticism in forensic accounting, and how this can help uphold integrity.

Financial Statement Fraud

23 March 2016
This presentation explains how errors and manipulations arise, and enumerates the types of financial statement frauds and analysis.

Introduction of Overall Agenda

22 March 2016
This presentation explains the rationale behind the workshop and how corruption affects the projects supported by Asian Development Bank.