Rapeepong Suphanchaimat1,2 Angkana Sommanustweechai1 , Chiraporn Khitdee1 , Chompoonut Thaichinda1 , Kanang Kantamaturapoj3 , Pattara Leelahavarong4 , Pensom Jumriangrit1 , Thitikorn Topothai1 , Thunthita Wisaijohn1 Weerasak Putthasri1 1International Health Policy Program (IHPP), Ministry of Publi

US health regulators have for the first time approved a drug to prevent HIV infection.Truvada can be used by those at high risk of infection and anyone who may engage in sexual activity with HIV-infected partners, said the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).Studies showed the drug reduced the risk o

The Disease Control Department is seeking to ease public fears over a disease found in Thailand with HIV-like symptoms, saying it is not contagious.The disease, identified by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and reported in the New England Journal of Medicine last Thursday, has been found

Universal health coverage (UHC) is a key national aspiration for Japan and Thailand and both countries have generally succeeded in achieving their UHC policy goals. Health technology assessment (HTA) has been adopted to support the process of moving towards UHC. However, HTA implementation has evolv

Timor Leste is aiming to strengthen the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of their healthcare services. As part of this, Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP) has been commissioned by UNICEF to assess one aspect of the M&E system called the ‘Supportive Supervision Facil

On 12th – 15th November 2018, the Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP) welcomed Kenyan delegates for a study visit. The delegates came from Department of Universal Health Coverage Coordination from Kenya’s Ministry of Health, Kenya Health Benefits Advisory panel, County Exec

As economic evaluation methods are constantly changing and developing, it is important to stay abreast of the latest developments so that any beneficial new techniques are utilised, where possible, to maximise the public health impact of health economics and health technology assessment (HT

Inequalities of health exist across the globe, between genders, socioeconomic groups, ethnicities, geographic regions, and many other characteristics. Health interventions rarely, if ever, have a uniform impact on all the groups that are eligible to receive them, yet most economic evaluations only q

The International Decision Support Initiative (iDSI), a global network of priority setting institutions, has been providing guidance on Health Technology Assessment (HTA) in India since 2017, supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) India Office. The support on HTA institutionalisat

A series of 4 workshops are planned to be held over the course of the next 12 months in order to build capacity in health technology assessment (HTA) for a group of researchers from the HTAIn Technical Partners and resource hubs. These workshops will be delivered by the HTAIn, the iDSI, and PGIMER C