This is the third visit of the HITAP team to the Philippines and last activity of the two vaccine evaluations project collaboration between NCPAM and HITAP with the support of Rockefeller Foundation through NICE International. The project started in March 2013 and ended in March 2014. With extensive

How can countries build the systems that can deliver universal health coverage whilst juggling a whole host of challenges, constraints and demands? The short answer? They need to make choices, smart choices that are built on careful and evidence-based priority setting practices.

HITAP emphasise the lead role of Thailand in public health system as the host of the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) conference at the regional level gathering around 300 academics from 20 countries to present their research work, build a network for health policy recommendations development, and

The Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC) 2020 took place in Bangkok between January 28th and February 2nd. This year PMAC was combined with the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Forum, and the theme for the conference was Accelerating Progress towards UHC. Every year the conference attracts an array

Historical development of health technology assessment in Thailand Teerawattananon Y*, Tantivess S*, Yothasamut J*, Kingkaew P *, Chaisiri K*. *Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program, Thailand Objectives This study aims to review the development of health technology assessme

Two days after Debra Demidon underwent in vitro fertilization, she gained more than 30 pounds in fluid and suddenly was struggling to breathe.Doctors diagnosed severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS), a complication seen in some women who undergo fertility treatment. It landed Ms. Demidon in

Since 2013, HITAP has supported HTA development and capacity building in the Philippines. In 2019, the Philippines mandated the provision of universal health coverage to all Filipinos. To support the decision-making for this promising undertaking, the partners continue their collaboration through technical assisatance on national HTA guidelines, on

Together with the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), HITAP has been engaged in assisting with building technical capacity for HTA and more broadly, evidence-informed decisions for health care in Laos since 2019. Towards this objective, HITAP hosted researchers from University of Health Sciences (UHS) and Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospi

HITAP is working with partners to support the Kenyan Ministry of Health to institutionalise health priority setting at the national level of the health system. A relationship between the Kenyan Mininstry of Health and the Thai Ministry of Public Health has been formalised through a memorandum of understanding (MoU). The collaboration focuses on hel

To execute planned activities and to seize opportunities to support partners in India build capacity in HTA and in implementation of UHC. HITAP will use the remaining funds to support a Post-Doctoral Fellow from PGIMER. Further, depending on the demand, HITAP may support its academic partners, CMC Vellore and JIPMER, the latter being a HTA Resource