The Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar received the GAVI Health Systems Strengthening Support (HSS) grant and initiated activities in 2012 through a no-cost extension in 2016. One of these activities related to health financing through the modality of a Hospital Equity Fund (HEF) and

As part of the pursuit of universal health coverage (UHC), the Philippine Department of Health (DOH) has been taking concrete steps to institutionalize Health Technology Assessment (HTA), a mechanism that enables the integration of evidence in policy making for health investments, and a fair priorit

With Universal Health Coverage (UHC) high on the global health agenda, governments of many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have pledged to increase health investments in the scale-up of essential health services to meet the needs of their people. This has led to the recognition of health te

Multicriteria Decision Analysis for Including Health Interventions in the Universal Health Coverage Benefit Package in Thailand. Sitaporn Youngkong, Rob Baltussen, Sripen Tantivess, Adun Mohara, Yot Teerawattananon. Multicriteria Decision Analysis for Including Health Interventions in the Univers

A Systematic Review of Economic Evaluation Literature in Thailand. Are the Data Good Enough to be Used by Policy-Makers? Yot Teerawattananon1 Steve Russell2 Miranda Mugford3 1 International Health Policy Program, MInistry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand 2 School of Development Studie

Setting priorities for health interventions in developing countries: a review of empirical studies. Sitaporn Youngkong 1,2 Lydia Kapiriri 3 Rob Baltussen 1 1 Nijmegen International Center for Health Systems Research and Education (NICHE), Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud Universit

Multi-criteria decision analysis to prioritize health interventions: Capitalizing on first experiences. Rob Baltussen1, Sitapon Youngkong11,2, Francesco Paolucci3, Louis Niessen4 1 Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, The Netherlands 2 Health I

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

Stories of knowledge translation: lessons learned from three years of experience working in a policy research unit under the Thai Ministry of Public Health Jomkwan Yothasamut Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program, Thai Ministry of Public Health Introduction Quality reseach ca

Change is good. Health Technology Assessment itself is constituted of many change components starting from research, which is looking for evidence to change something, to decision-making, which is changing something from its previous state to a new one. With the half of 2017 gone by, many new change