After the successful completion of the 1st cohort of the Thailand Research Fund (TRF) HITAP International Internship program, HITAP started the 2nd cohort from June 25, 2018. Five candidates were selected through an open and competitive process.Evelyn Thsehla, from South Africa, and Diana Beatriz Ba

Details: The 11th HTAsiaLink Annual Conference took place in Putrajaya Malaysia, centered around the theme “Reshaping and Reshifting HTA in Navigating the Future Landscape”. Key discussions revolved around accelerating access to technologies, evaluating public health interventions and addressing ch

The 10th HTAsiaLink Annual Conference is the first physical conference after the pandemic hit for HTAsiaLink network. Under the theme ‘The Role of HTA in the New Normal: Driving the post-COVID health systems through evidence-informed decisions,’ a broad range of discussions were sparked and would co

In the world that is full of unpredictable and countless number of uncertainties, it is a great challenge that we have to observe and adapt in order to overcome such swiftly shifting challenges. However, over the past three years, people around the world have been facing one of the most critic

The past 9th HTAsiaLink Annual Conference has been a big success, initiating the first hybrid conference in our HTAsiaLink history. However, unpredictable challenges still await, both existing and new coming issues. Omicron is one of them, provoking us to strive for more knowledge and evidence. As f

COVID-19 has been inevitably staying with us for almost a year and a half since the first outbreak. It induces us to seek for more knowledge in order to survive and control this harsh situation, not only from healthcare perspective but also economic and political ones. HTA is a great helping hand fo

Economic evaluation (EE) is a field that is increasingly needed in many countries to support health decision making for priority setting and resource allocation. Although the core concept of EE is simple it is a comparison of at least 2 interventions in terms of costs and benefits – the practicaliti

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

The HTAsiaLink Annual Conference for this year happened on 4 – 7 September, hosted by the Malaysia Health Technology Assessment Section (MaHTAS) under the Ministry of Health, Malaysia. Researchers from HITAP participated in the conference and presented their research projects thr

Patient’s perspectives can offer great insights into perceived benefits of health interventions and the challenges and obstacles encountered as a result of the healthcare system. Now at its 10th issue, the HTAsiaLink Newsletter focuses on the theme of Patient Involvement in Health Technology Assessm