Nobel laureate Tu Youyou won the 2015 prize for Medicine/Physiology for the discovery of artemisinin, a drug therapy for malaria that has saved millions across the globe.
Inflammation is important in many diseases, yet it is hard to find current information on the pertinent cellular and molecular mechanisms of inflammation.
Two models for the spread and control of a virus are detailed in this book: The Lung/Respiratory System Model (LSM) and the SVIR (Susceptible-Vaccinated-Infected-Recovered) Model.
This book contains an in-depth quantitative analysis of the development of the COVID-19 epidemic in China from its very beginning in December 2019 to early April 2020 when it was brought under control.
La epidemia de fiebre amarilla que surgió en 2002 en los territorios del Catatumbo nortesantandereano y que se expandió en 2004 hacia la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta generó protestas desde distintos sectores sociales y cuestionamientos a la Ley 100 de 1993 que ha regido el sector salud del país en medio de grandes controversias.
El VIH supone hoy un problema de salud pública global que los ciudadanos, los profesionales de la salud y las autoridades sanitarias no pueden ignorar.
El Texto guia para el diagnostico y manejo del VIH (Virus de la Inmunodeficiencia Humana) en el embarazo es una herramienta de consulta academica util tanto para estudiantes de pregrado y post grado como tambien para diferentes profesionales del area de la salud como medicos generales, ginecobstetras, perinatologos, pediatras, infectologos y neonatologos.
Vivir con VIH en el siglo XXI no es una condena a muerte, por el contrario: un diagnóstico temprano y un tratamiento adecuado pueden hacer de ello solo un dato más en la vida de alguien.
Each year, more than 25,000 children in India are diagnosed with leukemia and a significant proportion of them do not even survive till the end of their treatment protocol.
This book addresses an issue of international, national and local importance-HIV/AIDS-an issue where the predominant attention is on the humanitarian and developmental catastrophe that it is accused of leading to, particularly in the developing world.
While supporting the livelihoods of most of the developing world's urban poor, the informal sector also deprives them of basic services and social protection.
Aid for trade has an important role to play in supporting Asia and the Pacific's recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, especially for the region's lower-middle-income and least developed countries.
This report illustrates why Southeast Asian countries need big data for pandemic recovery to radically transform the delivery of key services such as health care, social welfare and protection, and education.
This report explains why Southeast Asian countries need to design pandemic recovery policies that hit both ambitious socioeconomic and environmental goals.
This report shows why Southeast Asian countries need to consider tax reforms after many struggled to finance massive public expenditure programs to combat COVID-19.
This report identifies well-established sectors needing transformation or improvement (tourism, agro-processing, and garments), along with evolving sectors with high potential for growth (electronics and digital trade) as Southeast Asian countries hammer out policies to boost post-COVID-19 recovery and secure a greener future.
The recent coronavirus disease pandemic has exposed the nature of compound risk, which occurs when two or more shock events overlap, inducing additional pressure on social and physical vulnerabilities.
This publication offers a comprehensive regional-level analysis of Southeast Asia's fragile recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that damaged some core economic drivers and sank millions into poverty.
The services sector is becoming a key driver of economic development in most members of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program.
Using ADB COVID-19 Policy Database, this report provides information of the amounts announced by all members of the Asian Development Bank during 2020 to combat the effects of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
The Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Cooperation Program Strategic Framework 2030 (GMS-2030) aims to strengthen regional cooperation and integration in critical areas.
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is significantly impacting the development and life cycle of public-private partnership (PPP) projects in Asia and the Pacific.
This guidance note underscores the potential of education technology (EdTech) solutions in transforming learning, teaching, and training systems during and after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
This edition of the Pacific Economic Monitor discusses the outlook for 2021 and key issues for recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, including vaccine procurement and distribution.
This report details the key achievements of the Regional Malaria and Other Communicable Disease Threats Trust Fund from its creation in 2013 to the first half of 2018.
This report provides an update on the local currency sustainable bond markets in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the People's Republic of China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (ASEAN+3).
Bhutan has carried out early and decisive measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), including restrictions on tourists since March 2020.
This publication explores strategies, mechanisms, and innovations applied by the Republic of Korea, Thailand, and Viet Nam to combat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
Supply chain disruptions caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic have underscored the need for digital and paperless trade procedures to facilitate trade.
There was a time when the Republic of Korea (ROK) became the second highest in the world for the number of daily confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
This report provides key information about the 2020 financial operations of trust funds, global funds and special funds administered by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
This report explains how the quality of infrastructure investments in developing Asia can be enhanced and why this is vital for the region's sustainable recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
Promoting regional cooperation in the health sector is an operational priority of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Strategy 2030.
The Policy Actions for COVID-19 Economic Recovery (PACER) Dialogues were held from June to September 2020 as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic accelerated around the world.
While the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has resulted in severe global health and economic crises, it also presents an opportunity for a green, sustainable, and resilient recovery enabled by sustainable energy.
