Bringing Public Services to Those Who Need Them Most

Asia's public services are failing the needy and need broad reforms in order to help reduce inequality in the region, according to a new ADB report, Empowerment and Public Service Deliver in Developing Asia and the Pacific. Watch Video

Asia's Public Services Failing Needy, New Approaches Required - Study

Public services in developing Asia’s are frequently failing to reach the needy, says a new ADB study which recommends improvements to avoid a further widening of the region’s already sharp divide between rich and poor. Read More

Viet Nam's Co Tu People Find New Voice through Resettlement

Resettlement of Viet Nam's Co Tu ethnic group for the Song Bung 4 project while disruptive was also an opportunity to improve their lives. Read More

Energy Project Delivers Better Health Care, Education to Resettled in Viet Nam

A hydropower energy project in Central Viet Nam has disrupted the lives of an isolated ethnic minority, but offers better health care and educational opportunities for a bright future. Read More

Improving Health in Asia and the Pacific

Health is a human right and is essential to development. Good health improves learning capacity, worker productivity, and income. ADB is committed to improving health in Asia and the Pacific by supporting better governance and spending, infrastructure development, and regional collaboration to control communicable diseases.

ADB is focusing on its core areas of expertise in order to better support programs directed at improving overall health in Asia and the Pacific. The emphasis will shift from stand-alone projects to improving the health impact of infrastructure operations, economic governance and public expenditure, regional public goods, partnerships, and knowledge management.

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FAST FACTS

$718 million
total ADB Financing for health projects from 2003-2012

51 (2009)
child mortality rate in developing member economies, down from 89 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1990

194 (2008)
maternal mortality ratio for developing member economies, down from an estimated 397 deaths per 100,000 live births in 1990

What's New

News | 4 May 2013
Asia's Public Services Failing Needy, New Approaches Required - Study

News | 11 Dec 2012
Greater Mekong Ministers to Review New Phase of Development Priorities

Speech | 3 Dec 2012
World AIDS Day 2012: Introduction of New HIV Projects in Myanmar and the Philippines

News | 3 Dec 2012
ADB Marks World AIDS Day with New Project in Myanmar

News | 31 Oct 2012
ADB Supports Lao PDR, Viet Nam in Addressing HIV Threat in Border Areas

Publications

Dec 2012
Impact of Out-of-Pocket Expenditures on Families and Barriers to Use of Maternal and Child Health Services in Cambodia

Dec 2012
Impact of Out-of-Pocket Expenditures on Poverty and Inequalities in Use of Maternal and Child Health Services in Bangladesh

Dec 2012
Impact of Out-of-Pocket Expenditures on Families and Barriers to Use of Health Services in Pakistan

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