Welcome all of you to the 7th issue of HTAsiaLink newsletter. This issue comes just before the beginning of our 4th annual conference which will take place in Taipei, Taiwan in May 2015. The conference will focus on sharing experiences of HTA for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Asia. To align wit

COVID-19 has been inevitably staying with us for almost a year and a half since the first outbreak. It induces us to seek for more knowledge in order to survive and control this harsh situation, not only from healthcare perspective but also economic and political ones. HTA is a great helping hand fo

The 10th HTAsiaLink Annual Conference is the first physical conference after the pandemic hit for HTAsiaLink network. Under the theme ‘The Role of HTA in the New Normal: Driving the post-COVID health systems through evidence-informed decisions,’ a broad range of discussions were sparked and would co

Waranya Rattanavipapong1, Alia Cynthia Gonzales Luz1,*, Suthasinee Kumluang1,Nunik Kusumawardani2 and Yot Teerawattananon1 Co-investigators: Dewi Indriani3, Priska Apsari Primastuti3, Lily Banonah Rivai4, Sri Idaiani2, Ully Adhie2, Thunyarat Anothaisintawee1, Sarocha Chootipongchaivat1, Kanlaya T

As countries develop their health systems on the path to Universal Health Coverage (UHC) (#LeaveNoOneBehind), many countries are experimenting with the development of a health technology assessment (HTA) agency in order to set priorities for health benefit packages, make go/no go decisions about

On 13 Oct, 2021, our outstanding presenters received big achievements by winning amazing awards at the 9th HTAsiaLink Annual Virtual Conference 2021 which virtually held on 11 – 13  October 2021. The winners are as listed below:Best Oral Presentation HSS 1st WINNER: Chanida EkakkararungrojBest Poste

On April 7-10, 2015, a HITAP team visited Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, for a country scoping visit to explore the potential areas for introducing health technology assessment (HTA) to support health resource allocation, focusing on the investment or disinvestment of health technologies. This visit was c

In the global scheme of medicines provision, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) face difficulties in ensuring medicine access. Aside from the improvements still needed to healthcare infrastructure, financing, and service delivery, these countries also face issues in prioritizing their health s

Policymakers across the world are regularly required to make crucial decisions about resource allocation and prioritize interventions – medicine A or medicine B, subsidize heart surgery or expand the immunization program. This process is required to be transparent, accountable a

BackgroundRecently the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (SSHSPH) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) held the Leadership Development Programme (LDP) with primary focus on advancing universal health coverage (UHC) through the use of HTA. And Prof Kishore Mahbubani, who is the Senior Ad