November 28, 2017Borneo Bulletin The Independent Newspaper in Brunei published a story of THE Ministry of Health (MoH) through its Office of Policy and Foresight, and in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) organised a two-day training workshop on Health Technology Assessment (HTA)

Conducting economic evaluation and budget impact of biologic agents as 2nd-line treatment options for non-systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients who are refractory to 1st-line treatment.Documents

There was an overriding theme that HITAP’s activities focused on during the Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC) 2015 – priority setting, which is also the theme for next year’s PMAC. As a new member of the HITAP team, I was involved in different activities during the Conference, particularly help

Abstract The World Health Organization (WHO) resolution calling on Member States to work towards achieving universal health coverage (UHC) requires them to prioritize health spending. Prioritizing is even more important as low- and middle-income countries transition from external aid. Countries w

Public health emergencies (PHEs), such as the COVID-19 crisis, are threats to global health and public order. We recommend that countries bolster their PHE responses by investing in health technology assessment (HTA), defined as a systematic process of gathering pertinent information on and evaluati

Universal health coverage (UHC) is a key national aspiration for Japan and Thailand and both countries have generally succeeded in achieving their UHC policy goals. Health technology assessment (HTA) has been adopted to support the process of moving towards UHC. However, HTA implementation has evolv

As economic evaluation methods are constantly changing and developing, it is important to stay abreast of the latest developments so that any beneficial new techniques are utilised, where possible, to maximise the public health impact of health economics and health technology assessment (HT

Inequalities of health exist across the globe, between genders, socioeconomic groups, ethnicities, geographic regions, and many other characteristics. Health interventions rarely, if ever, have a uniform impact on all the groups that are eligible to receive them, yet most economic evaluations only q

The International Decision Support Initiative (iDSI), a global network of priority setting institutions, has been providing guidance on Health Technology Assessment (HTA) in India since 2017, supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) India Office. The support on HTA institutionalisat

A series of 4 workshops are planned to be held over the course of the next 12 months in order to build capacity in health technology assessment (HTA) for a group of researchers from the HTAIn Technical Partners and resource hubs. These workshops will be delivered by the HTAIn, the iDSI, and PGIMER C