A five-day workshop held in Jakarta at the end of October 2015 reviewed and finalized two health technology assessment (HTA) studies in Indonesia. The studies, commissioned by Indonesia’s HTA Committee, were conducted by its Persons in Charge (PICs) in collaboration with Thailand’s Health Inte

This is first visit for the introduction of PCV in Bhutan and the main scope of the visit was to build technical capacity for the Bhutanese research team conducting this study. The objectives were to come up with a clear proposal for the study, drafting methodology including clear data collect

The Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP) was requested by the World Health Organization (WHO), on behalf of the Ministry of Health & Sports (MoHS), to provide technical assistance for completing its closure reports. This study will focus on conducting an evaluation

Vietnam is one of the countries that are on the journey to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC). With the Health Insurance Law enacted in 2008, and master plan for UHC approved by the prime minister in 2012, health insurance coverage has been continuously developed both in terms of population and

With the aim to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC), Vietnam enacted the Health Insurance law in 2008, providing coverage for health intervention items in the scope of health benefits under the Social Health insurance (SHI), managed by Vietnam Social Security (VSS). The scope of health benefits

The Indonesian government is strongly committed to Universal Health Coverage and acknowledges that health technology assessment (HTA) as an important tool for setting priorities for the health benefits package. Since the establishment of the HTA Committee, a number of Ministry of Health (MOH) and ac

This report provides a summary of the fourth visit to Myanmar as part of this study. In preparation for data collection, a training was organized by the MoHS for supervisors and enumerators. HITAP delivered sessions on a sampling of villages, wards, and households, the manual for supervisors a

The attempt to provide public health insurance in Vietnam began since before the ‘Doi Moi’, an economic reform which happened in 1986, when health care activities were all supported by the government. After the reform, the structure of government support for health care changed to partial support. V

From November 15-17, 2016, HITAP attended the South-South collaboration workshop in Irene, Pretoria, South Africa. Through the support of the international Decision Support Initiative (iDSI), representatives from countries all over Africa and Asia (namely Cambodia, China, India, South Africa, Thaila

With governments around the world committing to Universal Health Coverage, it is increasingly important to ensure that they have the right tools to the address the challenges they will face. Evidence-informed decision making to ensure efficient allocation of resources in the system is vital. The Int