Gender Dimensions in Vaccination Planning and Mobilization Read more about Gender Dimensions in Vaccination Planning and Mobilization
Gender Mainstreaming in ADB Operations and Policies Read more about Gender Mainstreaming in ADB Operations and Policies
Sex in COVID-19 Vaccines R&D, Regulation, and Real-World Outcomes: An Opportunity for Regional Leadership to Course Correct Read more about Sex in COVID-19 Vaccines R&D, Regulation, and Real-World Outcomes: An Opportunity for Regional Leadership to Course Correct
Lavanya Vijayasingham Keywords global health public health Health gender and health policy programming Read more about Lavanya Vijayasingham Dr. Lavanya Vijayasingham is an interdisciplinary global health research professional from Malaysia. She’s just completed her post-doctoral fellowship at the United Nations University International Institute for Global Health, where she worked on gender and health policy, programming, and research- including on the integration of sex and gender factors in COVID-19 R&D, regulation and monitoring, and in national vaccine deployment programs.
SECURE Webinar 2: Making Women’s Challenges and Roles in the COVID-19 Vaccination Programs Visible Read more about SECURE Webinar 2: Making Women’s Challenges and Roles in the COVID-19 Vaccination Programs Visible In celebration of International Women’s Month, ADB Southeast Asia Human and Social Development Division organized the second SECURE Webinar on Making Women’s Challenges and Roles in the COVID-19 Vaccination Programs Visible.
William Wu Keywords engineering design food security global health Read more about William Wu Dr. William Wu is CEO of Quantitative Engineering Design (QED.ai), a mission-driven firm working in global health and food security. He brings +15 years of experience with data systems and A.I. to help partners scale their operations. Example projects include land cover mapping in Africa and Asia, and surveillance of HIV/malaria/covid-19 through automated transcription of handwritten medical registers (ScanForm). Dr. Wu previously worked as a telecommunications engineer at NASA JPL, and has been featured in The Gates Notes. He earned his B.S. in Computer Science from UC Berkeley, and M.S.
COVID-19 Vaccine Safety: From Bench to Bedside Read more about COVID-19 Vaccine Safety: From Bench to Bedside
Lalitha Bhagavatheeswaran Keywords ADB BMJ global health COVID-19 Read more about Lalitha Bhagavatheeswaran Lalitha is the Programme Manager at BMJ’s global digital health programs, including the Covid-19 Information Centre (spanning 49 countries in the Asia Pacific Region), funded by the Asian Development Bank and the Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Training Initiative (Kazakhstan and Georgia), funded by the US Government. Previous programs include the Primary Care Strengthening Programme in Ukraine, funded by the World Bank, and the CDS Training Initiative in Vietnam, Azerbaijan, Jordan, and Iraq.
Keisha Prem Keywords London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Kiesha Prem infectious disease modelling global health health economic and policy modelling biostatistics health technology assessment Read more about Keisha Prem Kiesha Prem is an infectious disease modeler at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. She collaborates closely with the national Tuberculosis control unit in Cambodia Ministry of Health and WHO to build computational models for infectious diseases and conduct cost-effectiveness and feasibility studies. During the 2016 Zika outbreak in Singapore, she worked closely with a national team led by the Singapore Ministry of Health to analyse almost real-time outbreak data.