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

Senegalese delegation with Dr. Yot Teerawattananon, Dr. Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai and Aparna Ananthakrishnan from HITAP We are very honored to have participated in the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) training and symposium.We have seen interestin

Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Centre for Children’s Health of China are committed to advancing skills in conducting comprehensive clinical evaluations of medicines. This commitment is evident through a variety of initiatives, including workshops, training, and aca

(Petchburi, Thailand) 14-16 May 2012, the HTAsiaLink, the health technology assessment-HTA collaboration in Asia organized its first academic annual conference in Petchburi, Thailand. The Health Intervention and Technology Assessment (HITAP, Thailand) hosted the conference together with other HTAsia

HTAsiaLink 20188-11 May 2018, Chiang Mai, ThailandMore than 200 participants from over 30  HTA organizations and other academic and policy making agencies across the global joined this conference!The themes of this years’ conference is Testing Treatments: Strengthening HTA for better healthcare.For

The Indonesian HTA Committee (InaHTAC) was formally renewed and continues its work as a facilitator of national HTA studies as of 2016. Under their oversight, three HTA economic evaluation studies were completed from 2014-2016: the economic evaluation of sildenafil as a first line treatment for pulm

The Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP) has supported the development of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) in India by building technical capacity and knowledge through collaborations with several academic institutions in India on HTA. HITAP recently partnered with the Jaw

ISPOR 2008 International Fellowship Report: Is it Time to Think Seriously About Making HTA Available in Settings Where There is the Most Need? Yot Teerawattananon Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program, Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand Int

HITAP team facilitated a two and a half day workshop in Kathmandu, Nepal on March 30 – April 1, 2015 at the request of the Nepalese Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP). The goal of the workshop was to explore the potential application of health and technology assessment (HTA) to evaluate and in

Indonesia launched its universal healthcare program in January 2014, a process that had been initiated in 2004. The scheme, Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional or JKN, is administered by a public agency called Badan Penyelenggara Jamina Sosial  or BPJS Health and is expected to cover all citizens by 2019. Wi