Veronika J Wirtz*, Hans V Hogerzeil*, Andrew L Gray*, Maryam Bigdeli, Cornelis P de Joncheere, Margaret A Ewen, Martha Gyansa-Lutterodt, Sun Jing, Vera L Luiza, Regina M Mbindyo, Helene Möller, Corrina Moucheraud, Bernard Pécoul, Lembit Rägo, Arash Rashidian, Dennis Ross-Degnan, Peter N Stephens,

Climate change has triggered severe and widespread health crises globally, such as increased mortality rates and reduced productivity due to heatwaves, and heightened risks of infectious diseases driven by shifting climatic conditions. Consequently, it is imperative to integrate climate and environmental data into decision-making processes for heal

Copies of the divisive 2010 Affordable Care Act, President Obama’s health care overhaul, in the office of Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican leader, and at the headquarters of Families USA, an advocacy group that supported it. A provision allowing young adults to stay on their parents’ policies

Background: Excessive intake of sodium is associated with elevated blood pressure, a risk factor that contributes to non-communicable diseases such as hypertension, chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular diseases, and stomach cancer. Interventions and policies to control population-wide salt intake

Background: Excessive intake of sodium is associated with elevated blood pressure, a risk factor that contributes to non-communicable diseases such as hypertension, chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular diseases, and stomach cancer. Interventions and policies to control population-wide salt intake have been shown to reduce sodium consumption and

This study aims to review the application of alcohol policies and to assess roles of key players including the Thai Health promotion Foundation in reducing alcohol consumption between 1997 and 2007 in Thailand. The appropriateness of selected alcohol policies in terms of the content, enforcement and monitoring and evaluation was evaluated. A number

Research problem: The ASEAN region is experiencing rapid population aging, with over 20% of the population in several countries projected to be aged 60 or above by 2050. This demographic shift necessitates the development of effective public policies that address the needs of older adults while harn

Objective: This study aims to assess the cost-utility of providing either trivalent live-attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) or trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (TIV) to school-aged children to prevent seasonal influenza. Methods: A deterministic age-structured dynamic transmission model was constructed and used to evaluate economic conse

Aronrag Meeyai1,2, Naiyana Praditsitthikorn1,3, Surachai Kotirum1, Wantanee Kulpeng1,Weerasak Putthasri4, Ben S. Cooper5,6*, Yot Teerawattananon1 1 Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program, Nonthaburi, Thailand, 2 Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University

The project in phase II aims to develop capability in the assessment of health technologies and policies through the activities of capacity building of staff, organization and networks, and to promote the network of the assessment of health technologies and policies in order to make the assessment of health technologies and policies in Thailand as