In 2015, a HITAP International Unit (HIU) survey identified the major challenges (both contextual and technical) to the conduct of rigorous economic evaluations for policymakers’ use in healthcare decision making. • From this study, HITAP created an online platform called the Guide to health Econ

(Reuters) – Yosemite National Park expanded a warning about the deadly hantavirus to 230,000 more recent visitors and confirmed on Thursday that a ninth person had contracted the virus, which has already killed three people.The Californian, the latest person confirmed to have been infected with hant

In many countries, rotavirus vaccination is the most cost-effective way to prevent rotavirus diarrhea. With this in mind, the Essential Medicines and Technology Division (EMTD) in collaboration with Health Intervention Technology Assessment Program (HITAP), Mahidol Oxford Research Unit (MORU), and P

People with highly stressful jobs but little real control over decision making are running a 23% increased risk of a heart attack, according to authoritative research.Many people in today’s world, where the pace of life is fast and money is tight, may consider themselves stressed at work, but the de

Hundreds of thousands of pregnant women across the UK are to be offered a whooping cough vaccine to protect babies from an escalating outbreak of the disease.Very young babies are at the greatest risk of serious complications. Ten have died in the UK this year.The injection, available from Monday, s

The outbreak of whooping cough in England and Wales has spread to very young babies who are most at risk of severe complications and death, the Health Protection Agency has warned.There were another 675 cases in June bringing the total to 2,466 for 2012 so far.At this stage last year there had only

HITAP เข้าร่วมประชุมและนำเสนอผลงานด้านการประเมินเทคโนโลยีและนโยบายด้านสุขภาพ ในการประชุม Conference on Advancing Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in South-East Asia วันที่ 23-25 เมษายน พ.ศ. 2557 ที่เมือง Paro ประเทศภูฏาน การประชุมครั้งนี้จัดขึ้นโดย WHO Regional Office เพื่อให้เกิ

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15999492The WHO report says there were over 26,000 measles cases in 36 European countries from January to October 2011.Western European countries reported 83% of those cases, with 14,000 in France alone.In England and Wales, there were just under 1,000 confirmed meas

(Reuters) – The World Health Organization has endorsed using HIV medicines among people who do not have the infection but are at high risk of getting it and suggested that poor and wealthy countries alike set up pilot projects to better understand the benefits.The United Nations agency made its sugg