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Chronic respiratory disease screening and management through digital spirometry can improve lung health outcomes in Asia and the Pacific.
Strategies include enhancing water resource management, strengthening biodiversity conservation, and promoting sustainable ecotourism.
Easing the pension burden in Sri Lanka demands structural reforms and a transition to a contributory model.
Establish frameworks, leverage digital innovations, and strengthen stakeholder capacity.
Short- and long-term actions in roads, rail, waterways, maritime, and aviation can enhance transport connectivity and promote integration in the SAARC region.
India should create city-level economic visions, integrate master planning with economic goals, and ensure that a business-friendly regulatory environment extends to local levels.
Strategies from three metro rail projects in India include embedded design measures and noise barrier installation.
Enhancing housing affordability and sustainability requires capacity development, affordability-based demand assessment, financing, and design improvements.
Sea level rise will hike coastal flood losses at least 12-fold by 2100. The benefits of adaptation outweigh the costs, providing returns at least 10 times the investments.
The program tackles housing instability among young people by offering affordable public rental units and financial support, enhancing their economic independence.