The recent Indonesia visit is an illustration of iDSI’s ongoing commitment to building capacity in developing countries. HITAP visits help national bodies learn how to conduct Health Technology Assessments, strengthening decision-making processes and enabling gains in the quantity and quality of hea

The application “Clubhouse” has phenomenally shaken the world of social media, with an increase of 5 million active users within 2 months. The platform interests us with an unorthodox way of socialising, a voice-only interaction without visualised media. Some may see it as a weakness of this applica

Ministry of Public Health, the Royal Thai Government, has been entrusted by the World Health Organization (WHO) to co-host the First Global Forum on Medical Devices, scheduled to take place September 9th-11th, 2010, at the Hotel Plaza Athenee, Bangkok. The event attracted over 300 stakeholders, such as policy makers, scholars and health professiona

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Keywords: Health technology assessment, Rationale, Guideline development   Please follow the link below for full text. You may need to register (free-of-charge) as the article is published in Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand, Vol 91, No 6. http://www.jmatonline.com/index.