Past Events

First Meeting of the CAREC Subworking Group on Health Procurement Supply Chain

Global Health Security Summit

Global Health Security Summit in Pakistan discusses building health sector resilience and trade facilitation ADB supported Pakistan’s first Global Health Security Summit held on 10-11 January 2024, chaired by the Caretaker Prime Minister Mr. Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar in Islamabad. The summit brought together over 580 international and national participants to discuss global preparations for future public health […]

5th Meeting of the CAREC Working Group on Health

The 5th CAREC Working Group on Health Meeting in Almaty from 2-3 November 2023 brought together participants from 10 countries and ADB staff and experts. Tamar Gabunia, First Deputy Minister of Health, Georgia (CAREC Chair),  Ainagul Kuatbayeva of the Ministry of Health, Kazakhstan (host country), and Xiaohong Yang, CWRD Deputy Director General, opened the meeting […]

4th CAREC Working Group Meeting on Health

Bi-annual and 3rd CAREC Working Group on Health Meeting

The third CAREC Working Group on Health (WGH) meeting was held virtually on the 2nd of March 2023, with Georgia as the CAREC chair country. CAREC WGH members, other CAREC country delegates, development partner representatives, and ADB officers and consultants were in attendance. Dr. Tamar Gabunia, First Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Internally Displaced […]

Strengthening Drug Regulatory Capacity to Ensure the Quality of Imported Medicines in CAREC Countries and the Caucasus (Workshop 2)

The expected outcome of the webinar series is to stimulate action to support national drug regulatory authorities in line with the objectives of the CAREC Health Strategy 2030; and strengthen capacity of national drug regulatory agencies. The first workshop will present and discuss the concept of risk-based approach to drug regulatory work. The second workshop […]

Virtual Webinar on Data Standards and Interoperability as Catalysts for Innovation in Digital Health and Business Process Documentation

Background and Focus Accessibility and availability of critical data is essential to planning and decision-making including during public health emergencies. It is the first step in innovation such as leveraging artificial intelligence. Supporting holistic and aggregated information across different stakeholders in the healthcare ecosystem requires data pulled in from multiple sources and systems. It is […]

Webinar on Strengthening Drug Regulatory Capacity to Ensure the Quality of Imported Medicines in CAREC Countries and the Caucasus

The expected outcome of the webinar series is to stimulate action to support national drug regulatory authorities in line with the objectives of the CAREC Health Strategy 2030; and strengthen capacity of national drug regulatory agencies. The first workshop will present and discuss the concept of risk-based approach to drug regulatory work. The second workshop […]

2nd Meeting of the CAREC Working Group on Health

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Practical Epidemiology for CAREC and Caucasus Countries for COVID-19 Responses Webinar

Country Workshops on Webinars for “Practical epidemiology for CAREC and Caucasus countries for COVID-19 responses” Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan 13 July 2022, 14:30 – 15:45 (Manila time) People’s Republic of China 14 July 2022, 14:30 – 15:45 (Manila time) Pakistan 14 July 2022, 16:30 – 17:45 (Manila time) Mongolia 21 July […]