This visit covered the introduction of the Indonesia EQ-5D-5L instrument, the Guide to Health Economic Analysis and Research (GEAR) online resource launch, HTAC’s plans for 2017, and the off-label medicines studies’ stakeholder consultation.

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

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 Indonesian HTA Committee (InaHTAC) was formally renewed and continues its work as a facilitator of national HTA studies as of 2016. Under their oversight and technical support provided by iDSI, three HTA economic evaluation studies were completed from 2014-2016: the economic evaluation of

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

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

This report is the outcome of a Technical Capacity Mapping exercise which was conducted by Health Intervention and Technology Assessment program (HITAP) Thailand with the support from International Decision Support Initiative (iDSI). It was performed with an aim to gather information about Hea

The Indonesian HTA Committee (InaHTAC) was formally renewed and continues its work as a facilitator of national HTA studies as of 2016. Under their oversight, three HTA economic evaluation studies were completed from 2014-2016: the economic evaluation of sildenafil as a first line treatment for pulm

Bhutan achieved Universal Child Immunization in 1991 and has maintained high immunization coverage over the past decades. Since Bhutan transitioned from Gavi support in 2016 after the country’s economic classification changed to lower‐middle income country, the government is now responsible for allo

The Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar received the GAVI Health Systems Strengthening Support (HSS) grant and initiated activities in 2012 through a no-cost extension in 2016. One of these activities related to health financing through the modality of a Hospital Equity Fund (HEF) and