Susann Roth

Advisor, ADB Office of the Principal Director, Department of Communications and Knowledge Management

Susann Roth leads a group that advises on knowledge management best practices to enhance efficiency, quality and innovation at ADB. The team tests new ways for better multi-disciplinary collaboration and problem solving such as human centered design thinking, foresight and futures thinking. 

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Some social restrictions related to COVID-19 have had health impacts as well as the virus itself.  Photo: ADB

What We Urgently Need Besides a Vaccine

With millions of confirmed COVID-19 infections worldwide and hundreds of thousands of deaths, the search for solutions to end the impacts of COVID-19 is overpowering. Finding a safe and effective vaccine is one crucial answer to the crisis. But there is more to it.

Martina Merten, Susann Roth

UK health workers train to fight Ebola in Sierra Leone. Photo by Simon Davis/DFID

What We’ve Learned from Ebola

Ebola was a wake-up call for countries and the wider international aid community that have not invested enough in strengthening health systems. The outbreak has shown that we need to improve the way we manage outbreak responses, and that more needs to be done to prepare us for pandemics.

Susann Roth

Why are More Women Dying in Childbirth in Indonesia?

As the world marks International Day of Action for Women's Health, maternal deaths are an uncomfortable reminder that much work still needs to be done. Indonesia is a case in point. While it is one of the fast growing economic powerhouses in Asia it is also experiencing a worrying rise in maternal deaths.

Susann Roth