PMAC 2016 Side Event (SE 012): Health Intervention and Technology Assessment (HITA): A Path to Universal Health Coverage (UHC)Given the global push to implement UHC, the importance of using evidence, namely health intervention and technology assessments (HITA), in governments’ decision making proces

PMAC 2016 Side Event (SE 013): Introduction to Health Intervention and Technology Assessment: HITA 101“Health Intervention and Technology Assessment (HITA) is recognized as a tool in support of universal health coverage (UHC) to inform policy decision. It becomes an increasingly important part of pr

Fear of being stigmatized as an AIDS patient is still a major barrier to good medical care for pregnant young women in many countries, a new study and a literature review have found.The study, based on a survey of 1,777 women in rural Nyanza Province in Kenya, was published Wednesday in PLoS Medicin

SpeakerProfessor Dean Jamison, Professor Emeritus, Global Health Principal Investigator, Disease Control Priorities NetworkDate: 23 August 2016Time: 16.30 – 18.00Venue: Richmond Hotel, NonthaburiNumber of participants: 120 seats availableOrganizer: Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Progr

The warning, stemming from an April inspection by U.S. regulators, does not restrict production or product shipments from the plant in La Aurora de Heredia, Costa Rica, Hospira said on Tuesday in a regulatory filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.Among the issues cited by the FDA w

เจ้าหน้าที่จากกระทรวงสุขภาพและสวัสดิการครอบครัว และตัวแทนอื่น ๆ จากประเทศอินเดียเข้าร่วมฟังบรรยายเรื่องการใช้ข้อมูล HTA ในการพัฒนาบัญชียาหลักและการพัฒนาชุดสิทธิประโยชน์ในระบบหลักประกันสุขภาพถ้วนหน้าที่ HITAP วันที่ 27 มกราคม 2558 นาย Manoj Jhalani เจ้าหน้าที่จากกระทรวงสุขภาพและสว

Breast cancer screening saves the lives of two women for every one patient who receives unnecessary treatment, according to a major European review.There has been a fierce debate about the use of screening, and policy is being reviewed in England.The latest study, published in the Journal of Medical

People with highly stressful jobs but little real control over decision making are running a 23% increased risk of a heart attack, according to authoritative research.Many people in today’s world, where the pace of life is fast and money is tight, may consider themselves stressed at work, but the de

(Reuters) – Alabama, one of two U.S. states that segregate inmates with HIV from the rest of their prison population, will seek to defend the policy against a class action lawsuit headed to trial in federal court on Monday.The American Civil Liberties Union sued Alabama in 2011 for what the group co

Up to a million people in the UK have “completely preventable” severe headaches caused by taking too many painkillers, doctors have said.They said some were trapped in a “vicious cycle” of taking pain relief, which then caused even more headaches.The warning came as part of the National Institute fo