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Health System Assessment Framework for Integrated Care

10 May 2018
There is a need to shift in the way health services are funded, managed and delivered. Thus, a health system should be integrated in a way that the services are coordinated around peoples’ needs, respecting their preferences, are of high quality, safe, effective, timely, affordable. In this webinar…

Conference on Gender in Urban Governance and Transport

24 to 25 April 2018
The purpose of the Conference is to: Give participants concrete examples of tools and strategies that are being used in different settings to mainstream gender into urban governance and planning, and initiate thinking on what more could be done in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia Highlight the…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department, Gender Equality Division

Infrastructure Investments and Public Transport Use: Evidence from Lahore, Pakistan

23 April 2018
Just like in most developing countries, women in Pakistan depend on public transportation when going from one place to another. Unfortunately, women in Pakistan face major challenges in using public transport due to concerns over safety, harassment, and worries about their social reputation. In…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Smart Grid Technologies and Implications for Inclusive Development in Sri Lanka

3 to 4 April 2018
Developed as part of a series of training programs by the Melbourne School of Engineering for ADB, this learning program aimed to further improve and update the technical expertise of ADB’s executing and implementing agencies, partner organizations, and staff on the integration of high-level…
Organizer: South Asia Department

Why Care about Quality of Care? The Case of Lao PDR’s Health System

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

Investing in Gender Equality: Knowledge-Sharing between Europe and Asia

6 March 2018
ADB and European Investment Bank (EIB) shared challenges and opportunities associated with promoting and integrating "gender" in the operations of international and development financial institutions. Building both on evaluation findings and on more diffuse experience of ADB and EIB and in the…
Organizer: Independent Evaluation Department

ADB Gender Month 2018 Celebration

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

Unique Health Identification

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

Moving towards Malaria Elimination

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

In Search of the Perfect Health System

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