This mission report summarises the activities and discussions during the second meeting of the Unit for Health Evidence and Policy (UHEP), held on September 1st, 2022. This meeting aimed to promote the understanding of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) topic prioritisation in Lao PDR and sharing Th

This report is the outcome of a Technical Capacity Mapping exercise which was conducted by Health Intervention and Technology Assessment program (HITAP) Thailand with the support from International Decision Support Initiative (iDSI). It was performed with an aim to gather information about Hea

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

Financial protection has been one of the central tenets of the movement to achieve universal health coverage and has been enshrined as one of the Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) on health is high in many of the countries in the Southeast Asia region and

Abstract Background: The consumption of herbal and food supplements attributing to health expenditures in Thailand has been increasing over the years. However, information on herbal and food supplement products can make it difficult for some people with limited health literacy to use. Evidence fr

Abstract Background and objective Increasing rates of urbanisation have been accompanied by higher levels of sedentary behaviour (SB) and reduced physical activity (PA) worldwide. While physical inactivity has long been identified as a major risk factor for morbidity and mortality, increased c