A cost-utility analysis was performed to estimate the costs and quality adjusted life year (QALY) of HIV prevention program compared to only existing programs. This analysis focused on both the general population and high risk populations. This study found that the incremental cost effectiveness ratio of HIV vaccination was most sensitive to change

Zidovudine (AZT) plus single dose nevirapine (AZT+sd-NVP) were provided to pregnant women with HIV infection who have CD4 > 200 cell/mm3 for preventing vertical transmission. However, three-drug regimen is provided to pregnant women with HIV infection regardless CD4 cell count in high resource countries. Mother to child transmission rate in preg

This suggestion report aims to present how to manage and utilize the existing researches to policy and how to enhance the research capacity of the EMS agencies201-344-2553

The objective of this study is to assess the results and key success factors of the evaluation of the outcomes and the determinants of the pilot project of the cervical cancer screen program using Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid technique and sequential pap smear in Chiang Mai and Nakorn Si Thammarat in 2009.  13-301-2552

Cervical cancer is the major health problem among Thai women over a decade. There were an attempt to establish cervical cancer screening in Thailand for 40 years in order to reduce its incidence and mortality. Prior to the year 2005, the low coverage rate of the screening was observed. As a result, the cervical cancer screening programme in Thailan

Since the Subcommittee for Development of Benefits and Service system under the Universal Coverage Scheme, the National Health Security Office considers that there are health measures not included in the health benefit package under the universal coverage scheme. Some measures are already in the benefits package, but they are expensive and service

The objective of this study is to determine the economic evaluation of the treatment of chronic hepatitis B by using drugs that are currently available in Thailand, and to analyze the budget impact in listing drugs with cleared health economic evaluation into the National List of Essential Medicines.  01-340-2552

Teenage pregnancy is an important issue. Many countries are paying attention to it. The policies in Thailand and the measures being taken to combat teenage pregnancy indicate that administrators and the public are taking the issue very seriously. Solving the problem of unwanted teenage pregnancy in Thailand was the first subject on the agenda of th

This study consists of two sub-studies as follows: Sub-study 1) Development of guidelines defining targets and indicators of Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth) using data from the cost of illness studies.  In this sub study, incidence-based cost of alcohol drinking and cigarette smoking will be calculated and then used to set the target

In Chiang Mai province, 19.3% of the population are considered obese. According to the Ninth National Economic and Social Development Plan (2002-2006), if obesity exceeds 10%, it will be a major problem that should be solved urgently. The obese children and adolescents are likely to be the obese adults in the ratio about 1 out of 5 and 3 out of 4 r