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ICT as Enabler of Universal Healthcare - MediLink

9 June 2016
Medilink offers a value-added electronic network that faciltates information and funds flow among healthcare ecosystem stakeholders. Using data analytics, Medilink is able to see the link between lifestyle, profile, and diseases, as well as the rising demand in healthcare.

ICT Innovations in Healthcare

9 June 2016
Adolescent Health Education and Practical Training for Healthcare Service Providers Nationwide or ADEPT is a UNICEF-funded project, which aims to make health services adolescent-friendly by bridging the communication gap and educating people about adolescent health. ADEPT's main output will be a…

Health Financing

9 June 2016
A core question for a health system is not how to finance healthcare costs, but how to make tradeoffs among competing goals. This presentation looks into the health care philosophy applied by Singapore, and how its public health infrastructure and a tiered approach has built a health population.

Financing Models including Health Insurance (ADB)

9 June 2016
Currently, individuals finance health care through pre-paid means and post-paid means. This presentation highlights the emerging role for private health insurance in Asia and the Pacific to implement selected health insurance functions and paid by govenrment through health purchasing fund.

Challenges IFIs Face and are Likely to Face in Implementing their Safeguard Policies

1 June 2016
This presentation gives an overview of the generic and specific challenges in implementing safeguard policies.

Urban Services Improvement Investment Program (USIIP)

31 May 2016
This presentation gives an overview of the Urban Services Improvement Investment Program (USIIP) in Georgia.

Good Practice in Implementation of Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM)

31 May 2016
This presentation gives an overview of the implementation of Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) under USIIP in Georgia.

Briefing Note No. 1: Country Safeguard Systems - An Overview

30 May 2016
ADB's Safeguard Policy Statement calls for strengthening country safeguard systems as an objective in itself, to ensure that such systems achieve the benchmarks set by international good practices.

Briefing Note No. 2: Strengthening Country Safeguard Systems For Effective Environmental Management

30 May 2016
Countries and multilateral financial institutions alike recognize the need to establish and implement legal and administrative frameworks that assess potential risks and manage the impacts of development projects on the environment.

Briefing Note No. 3: Strengthening Country Safeguard Systems For The Protection Of Displaced Persons

30 May 2016
ADB's Safeguard Policy Statement recognizes efforts by developing member countries to improve involuntary resettlement safeguards and paves the way for the application of country safeguard systems to ADB-financed projects.