(Reuters) – Republican governors bent on rejecting the healthcare law’s expanded insurance coverage for millions of low-income Americans may see their gambit backfire if their party fails to sweep the November elections.Five governors have vowed to opt out of the Medicaid expansion for low-income pe

Scientists have assembled a “timeline” of the unseen progress of Alzheimer’s before symptoms appear.A team at Washington University School of Medicine looked at families with a genetic risk of the disease.Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, they say signs appeared up to 25 years before t

(Reuters) – Fewer people infected with HIV globally are dying as more of them get access to crucial antiretroviral drugs, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, the United Nations AIDS program said on Wednesday.The United Nations estimates that about 34 million people are living with the human immunode

Aiming at appropriate preparation for the future development of individualized and regenerative medicine (in particular, gene, stem cell and tissue engineering therapies), the Health Intervention and Technology Assessment (HITAP) program has agreed to conduct a study to provide an insight on elements necessary for national policymaking in Thailand.

Advanced health biotechnologies in Thailand: redefining policy directions. Román Pérez Velasco1*, Usa Chaikledkaew2,3, Chaw Yin Myint2 , Roongnapa Khampang2 , Sripen Tantivess2 and Yot Teerawattananon2* Abstract Background: Thailand faces a significant burden in terms of treating and managi

Katharina Kieslich1,*, Jesse B. Bump2 , Ole Frithjof Norheim3 , Sripen Tantivess4 and Peter Littlejohns1 1 Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, Division of Health and Social Care Research, King’s College London, London, UK 2 Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T. H. Chan School o

WASHINGTON — Is the world on the verge of ending the AIDS epidemic and creating an AIDS-free generation, even though a cure and a vaccine are still distant hopes?Yes, roared enthusiasts among the nearly 24,000 participants at the 19th International AIDS Conference here last week. Their hopes are bas

A Systematic Review of Economic Evaluation Literature in Thailand. Are the Data Good Enough to be Used by Policy-Makers? Yot Teerawattananon1 Steve Russell2 Miranda Mugford3 1 International Health Policy Program, MInistry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand 2 School of Development Studie

Phanthipha Wongwai a, Pritaporn Kingkaew b, Somkiat Asawaphureekorn a, Tharatip Kolatat c aDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40000, Thailand bHealth Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP), Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand cDepartment of Pa

Abstract Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is accelerated by the widespread and often indiscriminate use of antimicrobials in humans, animals, and the environment. In 2015, the World Health Organization recognised AMR as one of the top ten global health threats, due to its potential to n