This report aims to describe the study visit of researchers at Christian Medical College (CMC) Vellore who are undertaking cost of illness studies on enteric fever and rotavirus vaccines in India at the Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP). HITAP, known regionally for suppor

The Ministry of Health (MoH), Bhutan has developed a health technology assessment (HTA) program in Bhutan since 2013 and has continued its efforts to build HTA capacity and maintain its momentum. This year, the MoH shows interest and is seeking support on: • Cost-effectiveness threshold led by th

The International Decision Support Initiative (iDSI), a global network of priority setting institutions, has been providing guidance on Health Technology Assessment (HTA) in India since 2017, supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) India Office. The support on HTA institutionalisat

As part of the pursuit of universal health coverage (UHC), the Philippine Department of Health (DOH) has been taking concrete steps to institutionalize Health Technology Assessment (HTA), a mechanism that enables the integration of evidence in policy making for health investments, and a fair priorit

This is a promising time for the advancement of evidence and use of health technology assessment (HTA) in the Philippines. The HTA unit, STEP (Sentro ng Pagsusuri ng Teknolohiyang ngkalusugan), is currently conducting three studies to support national decision-making: 1) the economic evaluatio

In 2018, Kenya’s President committed to achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2022. Subsequently, in June of the same year, the Cabinet Secretary for Health formed a Health Benefits Advisory Panel (HBAP) to develop a benefits package for the UHC program. Through past engagements between the K

The Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP) has supported the development of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) in India by building technical capacity and knowledge through collaborations with several academic institutions in India on HTA. HITAP recently partnered with the Jaw

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