Bhutan\'s Ministry of Health, especially the Essential Medicine and Technology Division (EMTD), is one of HITAP\'s long-term partners. From 2018 to 2019, HITAP with PATH supported Bhutan to conduct an economic evaluation for the implementation of a national program for rotavirus vaccination. HITAP also provided and continues to find opportunities f

HITAP collaborated with the Ethiopia Institute of Public Health (EPHI) to support the use of evidence in the country for COVID-19 and beyond. Areas of collaboration include technical and capacity-building support for a systematic review of economic evaluations of pandemic interventions. In 2020, HITAP provided an online training on the conduct of a

To execute planned activities and to seize opportunities to support partners in India build capacity in HTA and in implementation of UHC. HITAP will use the remaining funds to support a Post-Doctoral Fellow from PGIMER. Further, depending on the demand, HITAP may support its academic partners, CMC Vellore and JIPMER, the latter being a HTA Resource

HITAP is working with partners to support the Kenyan Ministry of Health to institutionalise health priority setting at the national level of the health system. A relationship between the Kenyan Mininstry of Health and the Thai Ministry of Public Health has been formalised through a memorandum of understanding (MoU). The collaboration focuses on hel

Together with the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), HITAP has been engaged in assisting with building technical capacity for HTA and more broadly, evidence-informed decisions for health care in Laos since 2019. Towards this objective, HITAP hosted researchers from University of Health Sciences (UHS) and Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospi

During this period of rapid change and transition with the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of evidence is increasingly important. A webinar series and corresponding toolkit can support country partners and researchers to continue growing in knowledge and understanding in this field despite the restrictions on travel and face-to-face support. The webinar

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region is characterised by diversity. Progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and institutionalisation of priority setting through Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is varied and is dependent on several country-specific factors such as the proportion of public investment in health, politi

Given the impact of COVID-19, HITAP and partner organisation are committing to continue translating knowledge pieces and technical trainings collaboration in the virtual approach. Such virtual sessions refer to webinars engaged with guest lectureres in the fields, and modelling trainings by HITAP and partners. This initiative has been largely welco

Thailand introduced and legislated Universal Health Coverage (UHC), “30 baht treats all disease project”, in 2001. The scheme covered approximately 47 million people who were not insured by Thailand\'s other existing large scale insurance schemes. This work aims to 1) understand how UHC affects and alters households’ routine life decisions, a

This two part study will include a systematic review of economic evaluations of AMR interventions and a policy analysis to identify AMR policies currently implemented in LMICs. In combination, both these research studies will be able to address an important knowledge gap and recognise which countries currently implement evidence-informed AMR polici