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- Improving access to clean water and adequate sanitation is particularly crucial in Asia and the Pacific, where 1.5 billion people in rural areas and 600 million people in urban areas still lack water supply and proper sanitation infrastructure.
- Access to piped water increases the probability that rural households in Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic will adopt modern sanitation and washing facilities.
- This publication tracks changes to health care provision in Mongolia as it seeks to balance public and private sector providers and undertake the reforms needed to manage a modern system that provides equitable health care access for all.
- This brief illustrates how improving health and aged care in Asia and the Pacific hinges on tackling the shortage of trained staff, better analyzing key trends, and harnessing the digital technologies needed to build resilient systems.
- Immunization is one of the most cost-effective tools for improving health and well-being. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic illustrated the importance of having a well-functioning vaccination delivery system that can deliver vaccines to all population groups.
- This brief looks at how multilateral development banks (MDBs) can help strengthen the life-science industry in the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) and promote private sector investment and innovation as demand for better health care grows.
- Examining how the livelihoods, health, and well-being of women in Central and West Asia were disproportionately affected by the pandemic, this report assesses responses and considers how the experience can guide gender mainstreaming.
- The pandemic’s devastating impact on tourism-dependent Maldives highlighted the need to diversify its economy to reduce macroeconomic instability and insulate it against future shocks.
- This brief examines the public health consequences of smoking in five Asian countries and evaluates strategies to raise tobacco taxes to reduce smoking prevalence and boost revenue.
- Detailing how Australia’s Therapeutics Goods Administration conducted horizon scanning for new vaccines during the pandemic to assist ADB, this report is designed to help countries in Asia and the Pacific prepare for future outbreaks.
- Universal health coverage ensures that all people have equitable and affordable access to quality healthcare without the risk of experiencing financial hardship.
- This paper analyzes how e-commerce dynamics unfolded during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, using a unique, composite dataset focusing on GoFood merchants on the Gojek Indonesia platform.
- This brief calls for better safety standards on how automotive batteries are recycled in Asia’s developing countries to reduce harmful lead pollution and its associated health impacts.
- The COVID-19 pandemic hit India in three waves between 2020 and 2022 with severe socioeconomic impact, particularly on poor and vulnerable people. This report examines the Government of India’s comprehensive and graded response over different phases of the pandemic and ADB’s comprehensive support.
- This study analyzes health spending efficiency in developing Asia. The result shows universal health coverage service coverage index and population density as key determinants of health spending efficiency.
- This brochure shows how the Asian Development Fund (ADF) is fighting poverty and building resilience in the most vulnerable parts of Asia and the Pacific.
- This issue looks at various challenges related to COVID-19 and explores diverse topics that include health reform, the benefits of bank-based financial development, and priorities for strengthening revenue sources.
- This study investigates the impact of a new social pension program in the People’s Republic of China on the health expenditures of rural elderly people.
- Accountability mechanisms are crucial in addressing the urgent challenge of providing safe sanitation access to nearly half of the world's population.
- This brochure highlights priorities of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in its support for the health sectors of developing member countries (DMCs), to facilitate Sustainable Development Goals and universal health coverage in Asia and the Pacific.