Epidemiological modelling is an important tool to help public health planners understand potential disease outcomes in the population. The recent visibility of models and their perceived influence in the decision-making processes surrounding the response to the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a great d

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Cost-effectiveness and availability of alternative treatment options play a crucial role in the listing of new medicines in South Korea. However, high-cost medicines with no alternative treatment options, particularly those for treating cancer and rare diseases, were not reimbursed under the traditi

A five-day workshop held in Jakarta at the end of October 2015 reviewed and finalized two health technology assessment (HTA) studies in Indonesia. The studies, commissioned by Indonesia’s HTA Committee, were conducted by its Persons in Charge (PICs) in collaboration with Thailand’s Health Inte

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 hea

This is first visit for the introduction of PCV in Bhutan and the main scope of the visit was to build technical capacity for the Bhutanese research team conducting this study. The objectives were to come up with a clear proposal for the study, drafting methodology including clear data collect

With the aim to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC), Vietnam enacted the Health Insurance law in 2008, providing coverage for health intervention items in the scope of health benefits under the Social Health insurance (SHI), managed by Vietnam Social Security (VSS). The scope of health benefits

Vietnam is one of the countries that are on the journey to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC). With the Health Insurance Law enacted in 2008, and master plan for UHC approved by the prime minister in 2012, health insurance coverage has been continuously developed both in terms of population and

The Indonesian government is strongly committed to Universal Health Coverage and acknowledges that health technology assessment (HTA) as an important tool for setting priorities for the health benefits package. Since the establishment of the HTA Committee, a number of Ministry of Health (MOH) and ac

The attempt to provide public health insurance in Vietnam began since before the ‘Doi Moi’, an economic reform which happened in 1986, when health care activities were all supported by the government. After the reform, the structure of government support for health care changed to partial support. V