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- From: 11/03/2013
- To: 14/03/2013
- Location: South Africa
Representatives from Ministries of Finance and Health, national health insurance authorities and development partners, as well as experts and practitioners from Asia and Africa are to meet in South Africa next month at a forum on the role of health insurance in achieving universal health coverage and social health protection.
Categories: South Africa, Human and Social Development, Health
07/03/2013 - International Women’s Day is a day of celebration and a day of challenge, often rolled into one. In realizing how far we have come towards ensuring genuine equality of opportunity for women as for men, it becomes clear how far we still have to go.
Categories: Gender, Education, Human and Social Development, Health
- Date: 31/10/2012
- Location: Beijing, China
On Wednesday, Oct 31, the African Development Bank, the World Bank Institute and the Asia Network for Capacity Building in Health Systems Strengthening (ANHSS), will be sponsoring and participating in a special knowledge-exchange session between Asia and Africa on Health Insurance at the 2nd Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Beijing, China.
Categories: China, Human and Social Development, Health
- From: 04/07/2012
- To: 05/07/2012
- Location: Tunis, Tunisia
On July 4-5, 2012, the AFDB as a key partner of the Harmonization for Health in Africa (HHA) mechanism organized a high-level dialogue between Ministers of Finance and Health on Value for Money, Sustainability and Accountability in the Health Sector in Tunis.
Categories: Tunisia, Health, Human and Social Development
- From: 18/04/2012
- To: 19/04/2012
- Location: Nairobi, Kenya
The AfDB is Sponsoring a multi-stakeholder conference in Nairobi Kenya on the 18th and 19th of April 2012. Hosted by the Government of Kenya, in collaboration with Anadach Consulting Group and Tele-Health Society of Kenya, the conference will identify best practices and lessons learned from previous experiences of developing national eHealth strategies. One of the first of its kind in Africa, the event will also focus on integrating mHealth into eHealth strategy implementation.
Categories: Kenya, Health, Information & Communication Technology, Human and Social Development
- Date: 01/12/2010
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has reiterated its commitment to help its Regional Member Countries fight HIV/ASIDS, noting that the pandemic gravely undermines the continent’s development efforts.
Categories: Health, Human and Social Development
- From: 25/07/2010
- To: 27/07/2010
- Location: Kampala, Uganda
The next African Union (AU) Summit of Heads of State and Government will take place from July 25-27, 2010, in Kampala, Uganda. The 15th session will be held on the theme: "Maternal, newborn and child health and development in Africa." The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group will be represented in this major event by its president, Donald Kaberuka.
Categories: Uganda, Health, Human and Social Development
- From: 08/12/2009
- To: 10/12/2009
- Location: Tunis
The governing board of the World Health Organization (WHO) African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC), comprising Health Ministers of the participating countries, representatives of donor countries and institutions and other health development partners, is to meet in the Tunisian capital to review progress towards elimination of the scourge of river blindness from the continent.
Categories: Tunisia, Health, Human and Social Development
- From: 01/12/2009
- To: 05/12/2009
- Location: Tunis
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will be hosting, 1-5 December 2009 in Tunis, the 4th Annual Meeting of the Harmonization for Health in Africa (HHA) initiative. What is exceptional about this year’s meeting is that it will convene a special two-day session involving Permanent Secretaries from Ministries in charge of Finance and Health from over a dozen African countries to deliberate on the Investment Case for Health Expenditures in Africa and to explore strategies to enhance coordination between these ministries.
Categories: Tunisia, Health, Human and Social Development
- Date: 01/12/2009
- Location: Tunis
“HIV/AIDS silence must be broken at our workplace. Let’s encourage open dialogue amongst ourselves,” Bank Group President, Donald Kaberuka, said on December 1, 2009, in Tunis while opening events marking the celebration of World AIDS Day; an event that was attended by many senior management members, executive directors, Bank staff and guests.
Categories: Tunisia, Health, Human and Social Development
