The economic impact of alcohol consumption: A systematic review. Montarat Thavorncharoensap1,2 Yot Teerawattananon1 Jomkwan Yothasamut1 Chanida Lertpitakpong1 Usa Chaikledkaew1,2 1Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP); Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand 2Depar

The story is far from over! Join us in the upcoming session on “Lessons learned from COVID-19 policies in Asia and Africa” and meet the experts who will be sharing research findings from studies conducted in Kenya, Singapore and Thailand, and to discuss lessons for application of research to policy.

The 2019 National University of Singapore (NUS) Initiative to Improve Health in Asia Leadership Development Programme (NIHA LDP) was held at NUS, Singapore from the 24th – 29th June. The event aimed to equip policy-makers with an understanding of  health technology assessment (HTA) for health care p

Abstract Aim Kidney failure patients in the Philippines have free choice on their kidney replacement therapy (KRT), with a majority choosing haemodialysis (HD) over peritoneal dialysis (PD) and transplantation despite the inadequate coverage of HD. Although national health insurance coverage is

This two part study will include a systematic review of economic evaluations of AMR interventions and a policy analysis to identify AMR policies currently implemented in LMICs. In combination, both these research studies will be able to address an important knowledge gap and recognise which countries currently implement evidence-informed AMR polici

As we approach the end of an unprecedented year, the approval of select COVID-19 vaccines by stringent regulatory authorities and programmatic roll-out has been cause for optimism. However, it is imperative to assure equitable access to those in need in all regions of the world as a core component o

In October 2019, the Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP) and the National Health Foundation (NHF), two partners in the Asia Health Technology Assessment (HTA) consortium, were thrilled to take an 8000 km trip to Rwanda to talk all things ‘priority setting’ at a wor

The decision-making challenge for reimbursing costly innovative drugs Health technology assessment (HTA) is a multi-disciplinary approach crucial to the decision-making framework for drug reimbursements. It gives evidence of the drug’s cost-effectiveness and affordability to help policymakers decide

According to World Health Organization (WHO) health system framework an efficient health system results in equitable access to essential health technologies with assured quality, safety, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness. National policies, essential health technology list, and evidenced-based selection of health technologies using health technology

The evaluation of health promotion interventions has also become increasingly important in Thailand, particularly evaluation of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness (Room et al. 2003). The past evaluations of ThaiHealth were the assessment of intermediate outcome e.g. alcohol consumption per capita, individual alcohol drinking pattern, aggregate al