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Raising Food Standards for Cross-Border Trade in the Lao People's Democratic Republic
Ensuring food is safe to eat is a public good. People’s health depends on it, and so does the health of economies. -
Vaccinating in Vanuatu for a Healthier Future
A $15 million grant from an Asian Development Fund (ADF) 12 facility will reduce the burden of pneumonia and diarrhea in children and increase protection against the human papilloma virus in women. -
Health Sector Development In Bhutan: Improving Disease Detection
The Health Sector Development Program, supported by the ADF facility and additional ADF grant funding for a total of $20 million, is improving primary health care delivery and information systems in Bhutan. -
Addressing Gaps in HIV Prevention in the Greater Mekong Subregion
ADB's $5 million HIV/AIDS prevention project for the Greater Mekong Subregion helped the Lao PDR and Viet Nam reach high risk and vulnerable people in border region economic corridors. -
New Hope for Maternal and Child Health in Tajikistan
The Maternal and Child Health Integrated Care Project funded by the ADF 12 grant is improving hospital and health-care center infrastructure and equipment and helping staff and oversight agencies plan and deploy human resources more effectively in Tajikistan. -
Tonga: Rapid Response for Cyclone Gita's Trail of Destruction
The Pacific Disaster Resilience (PDR) Program program allocates $15 million in policy-based loans and ADF grants for Samoa, Tonga, and Tuvalu when disasters occur and also supports priority actions for disaster risk management. -
Making a Difference through Private Sector Operations
ADB’s private sector operations aim to achieve development impact while ensuring profitability and commercial success for clients. -
Reconnecting Solomon Islands After the Cyclone Ita Floods
ADB’s Transport Sector Flood Recovery Project helped reinstate bridge approach roads, culverts, and stream crossings and rebuilt three elevated bridges, reestablishing a seamless east–west road link on Guadalcanal and within Honiara. All works incorporated climate- and disaster-proof design. -
Breaking Through the Blue-Collar Gender Barrier in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
The Strengthening Technical and Vocational Education and Training Project took on some of the obstacles to creating a place for women in the so-called blue-collar occupations. -
Climate Change and Disasters: Protecting Townships in Bhutan
A major focus of the Phuentsholing Township Development Project is to provide a safer space in which the town can grow by helping develop a new urban center with raised ground levels in an area sheltered by the embankments.