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The Role of Government in Healthcare

20 February 2017
How important are government interventions in healthcare? How can public-private partnerships help? Why are government inventions in the health sector important? What are the types of government interventions in the health sector? Is public-private partnership necessary in providing healthcare? How…

Health, Development, and Health System

20 February 2017
Learn about the basic workings and development of the different national health systems in the world and in Asia. Health is a human right and is essential to development. Good health improves learning, worker productivity, and income. As such, health contributes to economic growth. This slide…

Health Security and Public Goods

20 February 2017
What is health security? What are public goods? Why is health security a public good? Learn about health security as an important public good. This presentation covers the multiple dimensions of health security and how historical events shaped institutions related to health security. It also…

Service Delivery and Human Resources for Health

20 February 2017
Learn about health service delivery and its importance in achieving universal health coverage. Universal health coverage is achieved when quality health service delivery is available for people to access. This presentation explains how health service delivery works and why it matters. Topics…

Primary Health Care and Urban Health

20 February 2017
Primary healthcare forms an integral part of the country’s health system and its provision in densely populated urban areas can be challenging. Learn about the the importance and avenues of primary healthcare and the challenges of providing universal health coverage in urban areas. The presentation…

Labour Migration in Asia: Trends and Developments

18 January 2017
Labour migration flows in Asia remained stable in 2015. However, there are still major issues that need to be resolved. Foremost of these is the need to address the employment and working conditions of migrant workers.

Medicine e-Procurement in Indonesia

19 December 2016
Can Indonesia's e-procurement system assure an adequate supply of medicine and other healthcare needs? Will the system improve the delivery of vital public health services? ADB Health Specialist Sean Donato presented on the implementation of Indonesia's e-procurement systems for medicines and other…

Community-Managed Potable Water System in Southville 7, Laguna

15 December 2016
Majority of the residents in Southville 7, a resettlement site in the municipality of Caluan in the Province of Laguna, Philippines, now have access to clean water through communal water stations that were set up by a public-private partnership between the homeowners’ associations and Laguna Water…

The Communication Story of Estero de Paco

13 December 2016
Clean-up and dredging activities along Manila’s Pasig River in the Philippines and expensive schemes to aerate river water have proved unsustainable, and created new problems such as sludge build-up. The different approach piloted by Asian Development Bank focuses on the 3-kilometer Estero de Paco…

Kapit Bisig Para sa Ilog Pasig: Communication Approaches and Lessons

13 December 2016
To support the infrastructure component of the Kapit Bisig Para sa Ilog Pasig Project in the Philippines, communication activities of various stakeholders were funded by Asian Development Bank. Community-based and multimedia information channels were used by ABS-CBN Foundation and Manila Water to…