Teodoro B. Padilla Keywords COVID-19 response Health vaccine distribution Read more about Teodoro B. Padilla Mr. Teodoro B. Padilla is the Executive Director of the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Association of the Philippines (PHAP), representing the research-based medicines and vaccines sector in the country. As executive director, he represents PHAP in high-level policy discussions and engagements to advance health, access to medicines and ethics. He is also a trustee of the PHAPCares Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of PHAP whose mandate is to make healthcare more accessible to the poor, sick and victims of disasters.
Jerome Kim Keywords COVID-19 response Health vaccine distribution Read more about Jerome Kim Dr. Jerome Kim is the Director General of the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) and an Adjunct Professor at the Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University in Republic of Korea. Dr. Kim was Principal Deputy and Chief of Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Pathogenesis in the US Military HIV Research Program (MHRP) and also served as the Project Manager for the HIV Vaccines and Advanced Concepts Evaluation Project Management Offices, US Army Medical Materiel Development Activity in Fort Detrick, Maryland.
Managing safe, equitable, and effective COVID-19 vaccination Read more about Managing safe, equitable, and effective COVID-19 vaccination The 13th Policy Actions for COVID-19 Economic Recovery (PACER) Dialogue on “Managing safe, equitable, and effective COVID-19 vaccination" featured COVID-19 vaccines development and distribution, reliable supply, financing options, and policy actions for effective vaccination. Over 90 government officials from Southeast Asia and the People’s Republic of China and development partners participated in the Dialogue, sharing experiences and lessons on COVID-19 vaccine distribution policies and strategies. The 13th session of the PACER Dialogues aimed to:
Health Ministers Meeting on Universal Health Coverage on Asia and the Pacific Read more about Health Ministers Meeting on Universal Health Coverage on Asia and the Pacific Presentation slides of Bambang Susantono, ADB Vice-President for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development, at the Health Ministers Meeting on Universal Health Coverage on Asia and the Pacific.
Forecasting COVID and Vaccination Policy Read more about Forecasting COVID and Vaccination Policy Presentation on tackling COVID-19 through adaptive control for safer reopenings, reducing infection rates, and forecasting vaccination policy. Experience and lessons of India in gradual and localized adaptive control and modeling COVID-19 in India which won the Emergent Ventures Prize in June 2020 featured.
Anup Malani Keywords COVID-19 response adaptive control Read more about Anup Malani Anup Malani is the Lee and Brena Freeman Professor at the University of Chicago Law School and a Professor at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Boston and an editor at the Journal of Law and Economics.
Making decisions on social protection systems in response to COVID-19 over the short-and medium-term Read more about Making decisions on social protection systems in response to COVID-19 over the short-and medium-term Presentation on a conceptual framework how social protection systems can respond effectively to the COVID-19 crisis, key issues, and a menu of policy and program options available for medium- and longer-term responses.
Valentina Barca Keywords COVID-19 response social protection Read more about Valentina Barca Valentina Barca is an independent consultant with a focus on how delivery systems (e.g design and implementation aspects) can facilitate the responsiveness, inclusiveness and effectiveness of social protection systems. In recent years she has worked extensively on integrated information systems (including social registries), shock responsiveness, digital identity and voice and accountability mechanisms - all applied to the field of social protection and including research, policy design and implementation work in Asia, Africa and Latin America, across over 15 countries.
Responding to COVID-19: How to identify, register and pay beneficiaries for social protection programs Read more about Responding to COVID-19: How to identify, register and pay beneficiaries for social protection programs Presentation on options for designing and implementing social protection programs amid COVID-19 and beyond using specific country examples and global good practice to date.
Edward Archibald Keywords COVID-19 response social protection Read more about Edward Archibald Edward Archibald is an independent consultant with experience in shock responsive social protection across Asia, Africa and the Middle East. He is currently a Social Protection Expert with the Social Protection Approaches to COVID-19: Expert advice helpline (SPACE), which is supported by the UK and German governments. His other recent clients include the World Bank, UNICEF and Save the Children.