• News
    • Latest news
    • News search
    • Health
    • Finance
    • Food
    • Career news
    • Content series
    • Try Devex Pro
  • Jobs
    • Job search
    • Post a job
    • Employer search
    • CV Writing
    • Upcoming career events
    • Try Career Account
  • Funding
    • Funding search
    • Funding news
  • Talent
    • Candidate search
    • Devex Talent Solutions
  • Events
    • Upcoming and past events
    • Partner on an event
  • Post a job
  • About
      • About us
      • Membership
      • Newsletters
      • Advertising partnerships
      • Devex Talent Solutions
      • Contact us
Join DevexSign in
Join DevexSign in

News

  • Latest news
  • News search
  • Health
  • Finance
  • Food
  • Career news
  • Content series
  • Try Devex Pro

Jobs

  • Job search
  • Post a job
  • Employer search
  • CV Writing
  • Upcoming career events
  • Try Career Account

Funding

  • Funding search
  • Funding news

Talent

  • Candidate search
  • Devex Talent Solutions

Events

  • Upcoming and past events
  • Partner on an event
Post a job

About

  • About us
  • Membership
  • Newsletters
  • Advertising partnerships
  • Devex Talent Solutions
  • Contact us
  • My Devex
  • Update my profile % complete
  • Account & privacy settings
  • My saved jobs
  • Manage newsletters
  • Support
  • Sign out
Latest newsNews searchHealthFinanceFoodCareer newsContent seriesTry Devex Pro
    • News
    • Finance

    New ADB platform aims to help end malaria, TB, and dengue in Asia-Pacific

    The initiative in development is expected to involve a mix of concessional loans and grant funding from different partners to help scale solutions to ending diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, and dengue, which are rising or resurging in different places.

    By Jenny Lei Ravelo // 15 July 2025

    The Asian Development Bank is working on a new flagship regional initiative to help accelerate the elimination of some of Asia-Pacific’s biggest climate-sensitive diseases.

    ExCITD, short for Ending CompleX and Challenging Infectious and Tropical Diseases, is expected to involve a mix of concessional loans and grant funding from different partners to help scale solutions to ending diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, and dengue, which are rising or resurging in different places in the region.

    The bank hopes the initiative, which will have a strong emphasis on partnerships, will help the region to eliminate these diseases within the next decade.

    This article is free to read - just register or sign in

    Access news, newsletters, events and more.

    Join usSign in

    Read more:

    ► Is ADB still Asia and the Pacific’s ‘climate bank’?

    ► The strategy behind ADB's massive climate finance numbers (Pro)

    ► What’s next for global development funding in 2025 (Pro)

    • Global Health
    • Funding
    • Economic Development
    Printing articles to share with others is a breach of our terms and conditions and copyright policy. Please use the sharing options on the left side of the article. Devex Pro members may share up to 10 articles per month using the Pro share tool ( ).

    About the author

    • Jenny Lei Ravelo

      Jenny Lei Ravelo@JennyLeiRavelo

      Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.

    Search for articles

    Related Stories

    Devex InvestedDevex Invested: African nations see a silver lining after aid cuts

    Devex Invested: African nations see a silver lining after aid cuts

    Devex NewswireDevex Newswire: To save foreign aid, start with Republicans

    Devex Newswire: To save foreign aid, start with Republicans

    Devex CheckUpDevex CheckUp: Who will pay to end the AIDS epidemic?

    Devex CheckUp: Who will pay to end the AIDS epidemic?

    Global healthGavi eyes blended financing in new partnership with AIIB

    Gavi eyes blended financing in new partnership with AIIB

    Most Read

    • 1
      Opinion: AI-powered technologies can transform access to health care
    • 2
      Exclusive: A first look at the Trump administration's UNGA priorities
    • 3
      WHO anticipates losing some 600 staff in Geneva
    • 4
      Opinion: Resilient Futures — a world where young people can thrive
    • 5
      AIIB turns 10: Is there trouble ahead for the China-backed bank?
    • News
    • Jobs
    • Funding
    • Talent
    • Events

    Devex is the media platform for the global development community.

    A social enterprise, we connect and inform over 1.3 million development, health, humanitarian, and sustainability professionals through news, business intelligence, and funding & career opportunities so you can do more good for more people. We invite you to join us.

    • About us
    • Membership
    • Newsletters
    • Advertising partnerships
    • Devex Talent Solutions
    • Post a job
    • Careers at Devex
    • Contact us
    © Copyright 2000 - 2025 Devex|User Agreement|Privacy Statement