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SECURE Webinar 25: Scaling Smarter: Modeling the Impact of Next-Generation TB Diagnostics

28 November 2025
Tuberculosis (TB) remained a major public health challenge and a barrier to achieving universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in Asia, which accounted for 65% of the global TB burden. Nine ADB developing member countries—Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia…
Organizer: Health Sector Group, Human and Social Development Sector Office

Silence to Strength: Supporting Survivors of Gender-Based Violence - A Panel Discussion to Commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (IDEVAW)

25 November 2025
The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (IDEVAW) is commemorated annually on 25 November, the first day of the global campaign of 16 days of activism against violence against women.    Violence against women remains a serious issue…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division

SECURE Webinar 24: Smart Health Systems: Leveraging Digital Solutions for Health Governance

20 November 2025
The Asia and the Pacific region was at the forefront of complex health challenges, including rising noncommunicable diseases, aging populations, effects of climate change, workforce shortages, and fiscal constraints. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed systemic vulnerabilities and underscored the…
Organizer: Health Sector Group, Human and Social Development Sector Office

Girls Takeover: Ending Child, Early, and Forced Marriage in Asia and the Pacific

27 October 2025
  Co-organized with Plan International Asia Pacific, discussions focused on addressing Child, Early, and Forced Marriage (CEFM).  Meaningful ‘girl takeover’ experiences were provided for Girl Advocates Saima Tahmin Tofa, to assume the role of ADB Climate Change and Sustainable…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Gender Equality Division

SECURE Webinar 23: Advancing Green Procurement in Health Systems Towards Sustainable Pathways in Southeast Asia

2 October 2025
Healthcare systems worldwide accounted for about 5% of global carbon emissions—surpassing those from aviation and shipping. Around 71% of this footprint came from the supply chain of medical devices and pharmaceuticals, including manufacturing, packaging, transport, and disposal. Without urgent…
Organizer: Health Sector Group, Human and Social Development Sector Office

CSO Conversations: Gender and Heat Stress

24 September 2025
Expert panel highlights civil society's role in strengthening women's resilience to heat stress The CSO Conversations webinar on Gender and Heat Stress, held on September 24 via Zoom, brought together civil society organizations (CSO), Asian Development Bank (ADB) staff and development…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Gender Equality Division

Achieving Quality Gender Results in ADB’s Projects and Programs

23 to 25 September 2025
  The capacity building workshop on Achieving Quality Gender Results in ADB’s Projects and Programs, a collaboration between ADB’s Gender Equality Division (CCGE) Division and the Pacific Subregional Office (SPSO, Fiji), will be held on 23-25 September 2025 in Nadi, Fiji.  This workshop…
Organizer: Pacific Department

12th Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific Regional Conference

23 to 25 September 2025
  On 23–25 September 2025, ADB, OECD, Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (KPK), and Kementerian Pendayagunaan Aparatur Negara dan Reformasi Birokrasi (PAN-RB) co-organized the 12th Anti-Corruption Initiative (ACI) Regional Conference in Jakarta, Indonesia. Uzbekistan joining ACI marked a…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity

ADB Workshop on Capacity Building for Health Sector Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs)

22 to 23 September 2025
Venue: Courtyard by Marriott, Tashkent, Uzbekistan Under the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Regional Knowledge and Support Technical Assistance (TA 10106-REG: Strengthening Primary Healthcare Management of Noncommunicable Diseases), ADB is conducting a series of activities to strengthen government…
Organizer: Health Sector Group

Asian Development Policy Lecture - Joel Spicer

11 September 2025
Malnutrition is costing Asia billions of dollars every year, silently eroding national productivity, draining fiscal resources, and locking millions of children and families into intergenerational poverty. According to the World Bank’s “Investment Framework for Nutrition,” investing in nutrition…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office