Advanced health biotechnologies in Thailand: redefining policy directions. Román Pérez Velasco1*, Usa Chaikledkaew2,3, Chaw Yin Myint2 , Roongnapa Khampang2 , Sripen Tantivess2 and Yot Teerawattananon2* Abstract Background: Thailand faces a significant burden in terms of treating and managi

Hialy Gutierrez, MPH,1,2 Ashwini Shewade, MS, MSc,1 Minghan Dai, MPH,1 Pedro Mendoza-Arana, MD, MSc,3 Octavio Go´mez-Dante´s, MD, MPH,4 Nishant Jain, PhD,5 Irma Khonelidze, MPA,6 Juliet Nabyonga-Orem, MD, MSc,7 Karima Saleh, PhD,8 Yot Teerawattananon, MD, PhD,9 Sania Nishtar, SI, PhD,10 and John Hor

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Sarin KC is Head of the Environmental Economics Unit at HITAP, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand. Previously, he worked as a research analyst at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and the Ministry of Health and Population in Nepal.As a health economist, he has helped institutionalise Health Technology Assessment (HTA) in c

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Manta Korakot is at the Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program Foundation (HITAP). She holds a Bachelor\\\'s degree in Physical Therapy from the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Thammasat University, and a Master\\\'s degree in Interdisciplinary Physiology from the Graduate School, Chulalongkorn University. Manta has experience in