Saudamini Vishwanath Dabak
Head of International Unit
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Biography
Saudamini Dabak is the Head of HITAP’s International Unit (HIU). She started working at HITAP as an Overseas Development Institute (ODI) Fellow in 2015. At HITAP, Saudamini has supported Health Technology Assessment (HTA) initiatives in Asia and Africa and has also been involved in conducting health systems research. Prior to working at HITAP, Saudamini worked at the World Bank Group. She completed her Master of Arts from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), USA, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from St. Xavier’s College, University of Mumbai, India.
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- Thailand HealthNet – International Research Alliance for Capacity Strengthening as a platform to build HTA and research capacity in Thailand and beyond
- Finding the truth about out of pocket expenditure (OOP) in Thailand
- Assessment of HTA capacity in Africa
- COVID-19 Multi-Model Comparison Consortium (CMCC)
- Landscape Analysis of HTA capacity in the ASEAN
- HEARTS Costing study
- HTA of COVID-19 vaccines in Thailand
- Global Antibiotic Policy Initiative (GAPi)
- Situational Analysis of infectious disease modelling (ID) in Thailand
Achievement Participated
- Recommendations to support the development of operation and M&E process for telemedicine programme based on lessons learned from Thailand and the world
- การศึกษาผลของนโยบายการแพทย์ทางไกลภายใต้ระบบหลักประกันสุขภาพแห่งชาติของประเทศไทยในปี พ.ศ. 2565-2567
- โครงการศึกษาประเด็นท้าทายเพื่อพัฒนากรอบการติดตามและการประเมินผลของนโยบายวัคซีนโควิด-19 ในประเทศไทย
- Case study of the real-time monitoring system of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medical (TTM) Services in Thailand
- Identifying priority antibiotics, their access challenges, and strategies for improving access in Thailand
- Situational Analysis of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Thailand’s Health System
- การพัฒนากระบวนการประเมินเทคโนโลยีดิจิทัลด้านสุขภาพเพื่อส่งเสริมระบบบริการสุขภาพและสุขภาพประชาชนไทย
- COVID-19 Multi-Model Comparison Collaboration (CMCC)
- Effective interventions for the screening, brief intervention, referral and treatment of harmful alcohol use: an umbrella review
- Development of the health benefit package for Universal Coverage Scheme in Thailand
- COVID-19 Vaccination Policy Research and Decision Support Initiative in Asia (CORESIA): a regional study on vaccination certificates
- Assessment of Health Technology Assessment Capacity in Africa
- Strengthen Capacity for Infectious Diseases Modelling in Thailand and Supporting the Use of Evidence to Respond to Pandemics Across the Asian Region and LMICs
- Development of policy options to support reimbursement decision on high-cost health interventions in Thailand’s public healthcare system
- The Lancet Commission for Strengthening the Use of Epidemiological Modelling of Emerging and Pandemic Infectious Diseases
- Southeast Asia Health Security Roundtable Series: Health system impact of pandemics
- Unlocking Networking, Initiatives, Training, and Expertise (UNITE) for Thailand Leadership in HTA
- Convergence of Digital Health Platforms and Health Information Systems (HIS) Implementation in Thailand (ConvergeDH) – Year 3
- Convergence of Digital Health Platforms and Health Information Systems (HIS) Implementation in Thailand (ConvergeDH) – Year 3
- Kidney Replacement Therapy Policy of Universal Care Scheme in Thailand: Lessons Learned and The Way Forward