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Strengthening Health Resilience and Cross-Sector Collaboration to Support Sustainable Development Goals
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Dear ~Contact.FirstName~,
Welcome to the May edition of the AIDF newsletter.
During last week of April, AIDF joined celebrations of the World Immunization Week, highlighting importance of vaccination, and World Malaria Day on 25th April, which raised awareness about the disease prevention programmes across the world. Considering that over 400 million people lack access to essential healthcare, strengthening health systems and integrating immunization with other health services are amongst key priorities for WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank and UNAIDS.
AIDF also released its second publication Mobile for Development: Transforming Global Healthcare Through Mobile Technology, which is part of the AIDF Mobile for Development series.
Past month also marked anniversary of the devastating Nepal earthquake. The aid and development community focused on lessons and leanings from the disaster with a focus on disaster prevention and sustainable development. The role of social media and emerging technologies in response and recovery operations were also discussed in recent posts by Meg Sattler, Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) and Steven Rynecki, USAID. While a different perspective on mobile technology was taken in Myanmar, where it is used to boost productivity of farmers and empower women.
AIDF Asia Summit 2016 presents a very timely gathering of senior experts from civil society, UN agencies, governments, investors, research institutes and the private sector to improve health resilience and aid delivery through collaboration and use of mobile technologies for humanitarian and development work.
Warm regards,
AIDF Team
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![[report] AIDF Mobile for Development: Part Two](http://www.aidforum.org/images/sized/images/2008-178x112.jpg)
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[report] AIDF Mobile for Development: Part Two
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Technology and the data it collects are increasingly seen as a gateway to solving some of the most challenging sustainability issues in the developing world. The Sustainable Development Goals are focused on finding innovative ways to overcome some of the most complex development issues today. Access to affordable health is no exception.
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Health Innovation and Collaboration
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The aid and development community has welcomed the newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the fight against global challenges such as wiping out poverty, ending hunger, providing full employment and combating climate change. At this year’s AIDF Asia summit, NRS International will discuss business community engagement and how health innovations and collaborations can support the SDGs.
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The Use of Mobiles in Disasters
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Recent natural and manmade disasters have taught us that resilient communications are vital to saving lives. Available and emerging technologies are evolving to meet the needs of governments, first responders and citizens in better informing all of us about risks and ways to reduce our vulnerability to them. There are examples of innovative alternatives that emerged to teach us about communications resilience.
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ICT in Myanmar: Creating Opportunities for Aid and Development
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International interest in Myanmar has soared, since government reforms took place in 2010. The country has signalled its readiness to reintegrate with the world economy in order to achieve sustainable economic growth and materially improve the lives of its people. According to the Asian Development Bank report, the country’s growth is estimated at 6.8% per year with linear increase in demand for infrastructure services, including ICT-related services, both for consumption and production.
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World Immunization Week
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In light of the upcoming World Immunization Week 2016, the Aid & International Development Forum (AIDF) Asia Summit focuses on strengthening health resilience in South East Asia through innovation and collaboration to support disease prevention programmes and vaccination coverage. According to World Health Organization, vaccine-preventable diseases are responsible for nearly 2.5 million deaths every year globally. Immunization could prevent 1.7 million deaths among children under 5 years of age. Yet an estimated 130 million people in the South-East Asia region lack access to essential health services.
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AIDF Asia Summit 2016 I United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
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21/06/2016 - 22/06/2016
AIDF Asia Summit brings together practitioners and policy leaders from regional governments, investors/donors, UN agencies, NGOs, research institutes and private organisations to address the challenges faced by the aid and development sector in South East Asia. Topics include improving disaster response, aid delivery and community engagement, humanitarian logistics and regional health & WASH programmes.
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AIDF Food Security: Climate Smart Agriculture 2016
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