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22 March 2018
Each year, around 1.18 million deaths and millions of road accident-related accidents are recorded globally and most of these happen in Asia. Solutions that promote road safety are needed as this alarming number also has a serious economic impact. Even the Sustainable Development Goals recognize…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department
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
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
20 to 21 November 2017
This workshop introduces a strategic approach to managing physical transportation infrastructure. The workshop covers the principles of asset management and introduces the five core questions every agency should be able to answer about its assets. Through a series of slide presentations and case…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Transport 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
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
11 September 2017
International Road Assessment Programme Managing Director Greg Smith discussed the integration of road safety star ratings into loan projects, key principles of the star rating method, and proven infrastructure interventions. He also illustrated how star ratings can be calculated, using a recently…
Organizer: Transport Sector Office
16 August 2017
World Bank consultants and ARUP presented a draft decision-making tool for incorporating climate risks into performance-based contracts at this event. This workshop aimed to get feedback on the consultant's draft outputs and incorporated staff's experience for the development of the knowledge…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Transport Sector Office
24 July 2017
Explore potential investment opportunities for control of noncommunicable diseases and development of elderly care system in Beijing.
ADB intern Frank Mu presented on the current situation of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and elderly care in Beijing, People's Republic of China, and discussed…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office