HITAP is working with partners to support the Kenyan Ministry of Health to institutionalise health priority setting at the national level of the health system. A relationship between the Kenyan Mininstry of Health and the Thai Ministry of Public Health has been formalised through a memorandum of understanding (MoU). The collaboration focuses on hel

To execute planned activities and to seize opportunities to support partners in India build capacity in HTA and in implementation of UHC. HITAP will use the remaining funds to support a Post-Doctoral Fellow from PGIMER. Further, depending on the demand, HITAP may support its academic partners, CMC Vellore and JIPMER, the latter being a HTA Resource

HITAP collaborated with the Ethiopia Institute of Public Health (EPHI) to support the use of evidence in the country for COVID-19 and beyond. Areas of collaboration include technical and capacity-building support for a systematic review of economic evaluations of pandemic interventions. In 2020, HITAP provided an online training on the conduct of a

Bhutan\'s Ministry of Health, especially the Essential Medicine and Technology Division (EMTD), is one of HITAP\'s long-term partners. From 2018 to 2019, HITAP with PATH supported Bhutan to conduct an economic evaluation for the implementation of a national program for rotavirus vaccination. HITAP also provided and continues to find opportunities f

The project of development oriented research is held annually to obtain the important health research topics through brainstorming with experts and stakeholders in the health system. The prioritization of the Thailand health system research topics for 2011 was held on December 20, 2010. The scope of research topics could be divided into 2 parts: 1)

This study is a development oriented research. The data is collected by participant observation, brainstorming with experts, and a questionnaire asking opinions and the satisfaction from stakeholders attending the meeting of “the prioritization of research topics” on January 22nd, 2010. There was a total of 120 research topics proposed by 66 ag

An aim of this project is to prioritise Health Technology Assessment (HTA) topics.Topic prioritisation process consists of three key principles namely,1) the entire process and results must be transparent;2) the process as well as the prioritised list should be reflect benefits of the society; and3) the participation from multiple groups of stakeho

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Mark Blecher, National Treasury, South Africa Anban Pillay, National Department of Health, South Africa Walaiporn Patcharanarumol, International Health Policy Program, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand Warisa Panichkriangkrai, International Health Policy Program, Ministry of Public Health

Thailand spent 440,023 million baht on healthcare in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020–2022, of which 257,892 million baht went toward COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccination services. In addition to having higher hospital reserves than in the pre-pandemic period, private hospital