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

This course was organised at the request of Prof. Rakesh Aggarwal, the Director of JIPMER and Prof. Gagandeep Kang, the Executive Director of THSTI and Professor at the Christian Medical College (CMC) in Vellore, India. The main objective of the course was to build technical capacity of stakeholders

Kenya’s President has committed to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2022. The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) that provides medical insurance coverage to its members and their declared dependents will be transformed to become the manager of UHC. To this end, the Cabinet Secretary f

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed global healthcare system vulnerabilities and societal impacts (1). Many countries experienced disruptions in health service delivery, exacerbating challenges in essential health services, human resources, and medical supply allocation (2, 3). As such, enhanced capabili

INTRODUCTION TO THE YEAR’S EVENTS 2015 was our best year yet – a year that saw our international Decision Support Initiative (iDSI) grow from a fledgling enterprise to a trusted source of knowledge and support for those setting healthcare priorities. With our iDSI partners in Thailand (HITAP),