The Yingluck Shinawatra government plans to issue health cards for both Thai and migrant children under the age of six for free basic health care, including vaccinations.Public Health Minister Witthaya Buranasiri said yesterday the government has worked out policy guidelines to improve basic healthc

PMAC 2016 Side Event (SE 026): Making decision makers accountable: better journalism – better chances of getting to Universal Health CoverageThis workshop will bring together journalists, bloggers and editors from around the world to share stories of reporting countries’ journey towards and efforts

Using Economic Evaluation in Policy Decision-Making in Asian Countries: Mission Impossible or Mission Probable? Jomkwan Yothasamut1 Sripen Tantivess1,2 Yot Teerawattananon1,2 1Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP), Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi,Thailand 2Health I

ทำความรู้จัก “Policy Brief คืออะไร”เอกสารที่นำเสนองานวิจัยหรือข้อมูลต่าง ๆ และข้อเสนอแนะ เกี่ยวกับหัวข้อใดหัวข้อหนึ่ง ในรูปแบบที่เข้าใจง่าย เพื่อเป็นข้อมูลในการกำหนดนโยบายในระดับต่าง ๆ ทั้งในระดับหน่วยงาน ไปจนถึงระดับประเทศ รวมถึงการกำหนดนโยบายสาธารณะ ซึ่ง Policy Brief เป็นหนึ่งในเครื่องมือในการสื่อ

Background Chronic kidney disease is a growing global health concern, requiring kidney replacement therapy for survival. In Brunei, kidney failure incidence and prevalence are among the highest globally. Despite a peritoneal dialysis preference policy, uptake remains low, straining financial and hu

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

Title: Public lecture on ‘Value for a QALY in Asia: Results and potential use in policy decision making’Date: September 2, 2013.Place: Rembrandt Hotel, Bangkok ( www.rembrandtbkk.com )HITAP together with HTAsiaLink host a public lecture under the topic ‘Value for a QALY in Asia: Results and potentia

(Reuters) – Republican governors bent on rejecting the healthcare law’s expanded insurance coverage for millions of low-income Americans may see their gambit backfire if their party fails to sweep the November elections.Five governors have vowed to opt out of the Medicaid expansion for low-income pe

The debate over the price of the vaccine against HPV has become intense http://www.bangkokpost.com/lifestyle/family/295534/stepping-up-the-campaign-against-cervical-cancerWhen it comes to making the shot against cervical cancer the national vaccine programme, which means girls be

Background: Excessive intake of sodium is associated with elevated blood pressure, a risk factor that contributes to non-communicable diseases such as hypertension, chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular diseases, and stomach cancer. Interventions and policies to control population-wide salt intake