The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has issued a warning about the dangers of picking poisonous mushrooms.It says foragers should be aware that it is easy to mix up toxic with non-toxic varieties.Dozens of people seek medical advice each year after eating wild mushrooms which they have picked themsel

More dentists need to be checking their patients for mouth cancer, say experts.Cancer Research UK says oral cancer rates are going up and some dentists are missing an opportunity to spot those at risk.All dentists should be asking about risk factors like smoking or heavy drinking as well as early te

By Denise WintermanBBC News MagazineFaecal matter can be found on just over a quarter of our hands, new research suggests. In some cases the amount of germs is equivalent to the number in a dirty toilet bowl. So why are the British so bad at washing their hands?Poo, it’s getting everywhere. Faecal b

From CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/10/15/cancer-burden-lifestyle-world.html)The unhealthy consumption of high-calorie food threatens to reverse declines in smoking-related cancers in developed countries, while cancer death rates are expected to increase in developing countries,

Universal health coverage (UHC) is now firmly on the global health agenda. The central purpose of UHC as described by the UN resolution is to provide “access to key promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative health interventions for all at an affordable cost.”A critical first step to deliver

You are invited to join a webinar hosted by the Health Intervention Technology Assessment Program (HITAP, Thailand) that will feature a guest lecture by Assistant Professor Wenjia Chen from the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore (SSHSPH NUS). She will be discussi

The healthcare sector contributes to greenhouse gas emissions through the use of energy, water, medical products, and waste management. Kidney replacement therapy is particularly resource-intensive, requiring substantial amounts of consumables, electricity, water, transportation, and waste treatment throughout a patient\'s lifetime. However, eviden

The Standard Cost List for Health Technology Assessment in Thailand provides the foundational cost data for Health Technology Assessment (HTA) and economic evaluation studies. It supplies robust, context-specific cost data to inform evidence-based policy, specifically for developing and revising benefit packages under Thailand’s Universal Coverag

Abstract Understanding the financial and health consequences if economic evaluation assumptions prove incorrect is essential for managing the risk associated with benefit package decisions, particularly in resource-constrained and overburdened healthcare systems. Yet these are also the settings t

Welcome to HTAsiaLink Newsletter, Volume 21!  This year, our network has continued to grow, work together, and share knowledge. From research exchanges and capacity-building activities to policy discussions, our members have shown what can be achieved when we move forward together.  The theme