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What has COVID-19 Taught Us About Asia’s Health Emergency Preparedness and Response?

14 March 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic sparked an unprecedented global crisis, resulting in significant loss of life, income, welfare, psychological well-being, and education. The uncontrolled spread of the virus exposed the gaps in national and international approaches to health emergency preparedness. Based on…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

2nd Expert Committee Meeting on Climate-Resilient Agriculture and Low-Carbon Food Systems in the ASEAN Region

12 March 2024
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in collaboration with the Government of Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (JMAFF), established the Expert Committee (EC), together with ASEAN participating countries such as the Philippines and Viet Nam and well-established research institutes…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office

SECURE Webinar 11: Strengthening Domestic Vaccine Development and Manufacturing in Viet Nam

29 February 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic served as a wake-up call for many upper-middle-income country (UMIC) and low-and-middle-income country (LMIC) governments. Despite the unprecedented global mobilization of resources, early access to COVID-19 vaccines for the UMICs and LMICs was seriously inadequate, in part…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office

Expert Committee Meetings on Climate-Resilient Agriculture and Low-Carbon Food Systems in the ASEAN Region

31 January to 24 June 2024
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in collaboration with the Government of Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (JMAFF), has launched a project to mitigate climate change in the agriculture sector, while addressing issues surrounding agriculture and food systems in the Asia and…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office

1st Expert Committee Meeting on Climate-Resilient Agriculture and Low-Carbon Food Systems in the ASEAN Region

31 January 2024
As Japan and ASEAN countries had similar climate conditions and agricultural practices, Japan was able to share its knowledge and experiences in paddy field management to increase food production while reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the agriculture sector of the ASEAN region. Taking this into…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

147 RFI Priority Wetland Sites

22 January 2024
Ten (10) developing member countries (DMCs) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) —Bangladesh, Cambodia, People's Republic of China (PRC), Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam have been included in the detailed analytical work undertaken through the RFI. Except…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

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

SECURE Webinar 9: COVID Vaccination and Beyond: Lessons from Southeast Asia

8 December 2023
The Supporting Enhanced COVID-19 Vaccination and Post-COVID-19 Health Security Response in Southeast Asia (SECURE) technical facility had been established to support various aspects of vaccination and other COVID-related programs including logistics, regulation, contingency planning, information…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office

Thailand: Wetland Ecosystem Services Workshop

27 to 29 November 2023
The Regional Flyway Initiative (RFI) Training Series: Workshop on Wetland Ecosystem Services and Nature-based Solutions -- Thailand, was co-organized by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP), and BirdLife International, in partnership with…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

How to Stop Automotive Battery Recycling from Poisoning our Children

9 November 2023
Lead is a harmful substance that, if not properly handled, can impair cognitive development, especially among children. A major source of lead pollution nowadays is informal, open-air recycling of automotive batteries, particularly in developing countries. But as a recent ADB Policy Brief argues…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department