Rhythma Kaul / Hindustand TimesNew Delhi: India announced the setting up of a Medical Technology Assessment Board (MTAB) that will be one-stop shop to review standards for medicines, vaccines, devices and insurance.The Board’s recommendations will be the last word for health policies and healthcare

The rapid advancement of technology is reshaping global health, offering new opportunities to strengthen health systems. The Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC) 2025, under the theme of “Harnessing Technologies in an Age of AI to Build a Healthier World,” provided invaluable insights into the com

In 2013, HIU received a request from the Rockefeller Foundation, to support the development of UHC in Vietnam. Since then, the Vietnam engagement has moved under the umbrella of iDSI projects. The Health Strategy and Policy Institute (HSPI), was appointed by the Ministry of Health to be the country

A team of researchers at Christian Medical College (CMC) in Vellore, India have been conducting cost-of-illness studies on childhood diarrhoea (rotavirus) and enteric fever (typhoid). And HITAP, through the International Decision Support Initiative (iDSI) network, have been providing technical suppo

(Petchburi, Thailand) 14-16 May 2012, the HTAsiaLink, the health technology assessment-HTA collaboration in Asia organized its first academic annual conference in Petchburi, Thailand. The Health Intervention and Technology Assessment (HITAP, Thailand) hosted the conference together with other HTAsia

India have set up the body Health Technology Assessment in India (HTAIn) under the Department of Health Research (DHR), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). This marks India’s ongoing commitment to using HTA to extend healthcare services and pursue Universal Health Coverage. HITAP are thri

HITAP in collaboration with the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) is hosting a health technology assessment (HTA) workshop on 3-5 October 2019.In this workshop, the participants will learn:What is HTA?How can the value for money of a health intervention be

The Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP) has supported the development of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) in India by building technical capacity and knowledge through collaborations with several academic institutions in India on HTA. HITAP recently partnered with the Jaw

In October 2018, three researchers from the Christian Medical College (CMC) Vellore spent a week at the Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP), Ministry of Public Health, Thailand, to learn about health technology assessments and to apply costing analyses on two cost-ofillness

HTA Workshop and Conference in Chandigarh, India iDSI theme: Strengthening Health Systems and Institutions The Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India, hosted two HTA events in February 2018 in collaboration with partners, including t