Monica Nolan Keywords public health Health wastewater surveillance wastewater water COVID-19 ADB Pacific WASH Read more about Monica Nolan Dr. Monica Nolan (MBBS, MPH, EIS ’99) grew up in Victoria, obtained her medical degree from the University of Melbourne, Australia and worked in Victoria and the Northern Territory in Australia. While serving remote indigenous communities in Arnhem Land she saw the need to address structural determinants of poor health and wellbeing and was inspired to change curse and pursue a public heath career.
Rachael Poon Keywords COVID-19 wastewater water Asia Pacific Australia ADB Pacific WASH Read more about Rachael Poon Rachael Poon is currently working as one of the two lead initiators and current managers of the COVID-19 response in her role as the Principal Scientist in the Wastewater Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 team for the Victorian Department of Health (Australia). She has previously worked as a molecular microbiologist studying Clostridia before moving to the Department of Health where she has worked as a scientist in the Health Protection Branch for 11 years.
Materials:Wastewater Surveillance: Helpful in the Pacific for COVID-19 Response and Beyond? Read more about Materials:Wastewater Surveillance: Helpful in the Pacific for COVID-19 Response and Beyond? This presentation gives an overview of how wastewater surveillance has been successfully used in monitoring and informing countries' public health responses.
Central West Asia Department Read more about Central West Asia Department This presentation gives an overview of the transport sector group's project pipelines in Central and West Asia.
Southeast Asia Department Read more about Southeast Asia Department This presentation gives an overview of the transport sector group's project pipelines in Southeast Asia.
South Asia Department Read more about South Asia Department This presentation gives an overview of the transport sector group's project pipelines in South Asia.
Material: Practical Tools and Tips on Mainstreaming Gender for Water Utilities Read more about Material: Practical Tools and Tips on Mainstreaming Gender for Water Utilities This presentation gives an overview of tools and tips on how gender can be mainstreamed in WASH.
Georgina Hou Keywords Pacific WASH Solomon water Read more about Georgina Hou Georgina Hou is a WASH National Officer of Solomon Water. She’s been working in the WASH sector for almost 4 years. She worked with various WASH NGOs, Government WASH partners, and other donor-funded programs on WASH.
Lusia Sefo-Leau Keywords Pacific WASH water sanitation gender Read more about Lusia Sefo-Leau Lusia Sefo Leau is the CEO of PWWA and has held this role since late 2016; she helped establish PWWA as a permanent regional organization for Pacific water and wastewater in Samoa. She has held senior leadership roles in a number of government Ministries, including CEO of the Ministry for Revenue, Deputy CEO, Ministry of Finance, and Deputy Secretary for the Ministry of the Prime Minister and Cabinet—leading major institutional and capacity building reforms and projects including government-wide programs and some regional organizations.
Carlyne Yu Keywords early warning disaster risk reduction climate resilience water climate information Read more about Carlyne Yu Carlyne Yu is the Team Lead for Risk Knowledge Applications at RIMES. She is also the Project Director for RIMES' Component of the World Bank Climate Adaptation and Resilience (CARE) for the South Asia Project. She has more than 10 years of experience working in academe, with government agencies and NGOs, and the private sector in implementing programs and initiatives related to early warning, disaster risk reduction, and climate resilience.