The Groundworks Project is a dialogue set up between industry representatives and health systems representatives of LMICs spanning a timeframe of 12 months and including three workshops. The first workshop focuses on agenda setting between a core group of representatives. The second workshop takes on a national perspective and discusses the context

In 2008, Myanmar proposed the development of a Health System Strengthening (HSS) programme to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) and thus received funding and support for its initiative. The HSS framework aimed to shore up three main gaps which were identified: service delivery, programme coordination, and human resources. Ser

In response to the request from Indonesia’s Ministry of Health (MOH), World Health Organization, South East Asia Regional Office (WHO SEARO) commissioned the HITAP International Unit (HIU) to provide support for the Package of Essential Non-communicable (PEN) disease intervention evaluation. The evaluation is predicted to include qualitative anal

Governments worldwide are facing the challenge of balancing limited resources and the increasing need for improving the healthcare of their population. Universal Healthcare Coverage (UHC) to ensure equitable access to essential health services doubles the challenge for governments, especially in resource-limited settings. As a result, health priori

To develop Health Intervention and Technology Assessment (HITA) capacity in member states, World Health Organization, South East Asia Regional Office (WHO SEARO) allocated funding for HITA capacity building in the region. Sri Lanka, together with Indonesia and Nepal, was selected to be a country case study. The project began in early 2015 and is pa

Priority setting decisions in health policy are unavoidable. Priority setting has inevitable consequences in terms of foregone health benefits. Decisions can be optimized by ensuring that decision makers have clarity about both the costs and benefits of different options. The use of economic evaluation methods can provide a systematic approach to r

The Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP) International Unit (HIU), Thailand was contracted by the World Health Organization to provide technical support to two local Nepalese partners, namely the Center for Molecular Dynamics – Nepal (CMDN) and Nepal Health Economics Association (NHEA), to conduct an economic burden study

The Health Technology Assessment (HTA), which is a crucial tool for setting health intervention priorities, has been rapidly developing in Asia-Pacific, but is still not fully employed by many countries in policy decision making. Although HTA institutions and networks have been operating successfully in OECD countries and a few of the middle-income

WWW.GEAR4HEALTH.COM In 2016, the HITAP International Unit will launch the Guide to Economic Analysis and Research (GEAR) Database. The GEAR database is intended as a tool for identifying and resolving gaps and technical issues in economic evaluations. The database is de

In September 2016, Bhutan Ministry of Health (MOH) approached HITAP to provide support to conduct an economic evaluation study to introduce PCV in Bhutan. With regards to the request, WHO Bhutan funded 4 of HITAP staffs (3 researchers and 1 project associate) to help conduct the study. This collaborative work between MOH, HITAP and WHO has a work p