From CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/10/15/cancer-burden-lifestyle-world.html)The unhealthy consumption of high-calorie food threatens to reverse declines in smoking-related cancers in developed countries, while cancer death rates are expected to increase in developing countries,

More rationing of care and charging for services in the NHS need to be considered as it faces at least a decade of austerity, experts say.The Institute for Fiscal Studies says the coming years will be the toughest since the early 1950s when dental and prescription fees were introduced.Other measures

(Reuters) – An experimental drug from Novartis may help up to half of heart failure patients for whom no effective treatment is available, although the evidence so far is indirect.Results of a mid-stage clinical trial of the drug known as LCZ696, unveiled on Sunday, gauged its effectiveness by measu

Executive Summary Digital health in Korea encompasses a wide range of technologies and services yet lacks a clear legal definition. The Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade (KIET) classifies digital health into hardware, software, and service categories, reflecting the diverse lan

Digital health interventions (DHIs), such as electronic decision support tools, telemonitoring, or mobile health (mHealth) apps, have the potential to address health system challenges that limit the achievement of universal health coverage (UHC). Regional economic development and a growing ageing

To understand the digital health landscape in different countries from national strategy and regulation to HTA evaluation, adoption, and challenges. The objective is to use this information to better inform digital health policy in Thailand as well as to create a reference case to conduct HTA for digital health technologies.

Indonesia issued the 2017 health technology assessment (HTA) guideline to facilitate researchers conducting economic evaluations based on standardised principles. However, our evaluation revealed no significant differences in adherence to its recommendation between HTA studies conducted before and a

In a constantly evolving world of healthcare, staying updated and informed about new developments and innovations is essential. The Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP), a Health Technology Assessment (HTA) organisation in the Ministry of Public Health, Thailand, had the opp

Kenya’s President has committed to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2022. The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) that provides medical insurance coverage to its members and their declared dependents will be transformed to become the manager of UHC. To this end, the Cabinet Secretary f

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