Priority setting decisions in health policy are unavoidable. Priority setting has inevitable consequences in terms of foregone health benefits. Decisions can be optimized by ensuring that decision makers have clarity about both the costs and benefits of different options. The use of economic evaluation methods can provide a systematic approach to r

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

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

In response to expressed interest from the Philippines and other countries in the region on Traditional and Complementary Medicines (T&CM), HITAP and NUS drafted a manuscript titled “Traditional and Complementary Medicines: A review of current technical guidance documents” to summarise the current literature on the topic.For document please

HITAP, under the leadership of the National Health Foundation (NHF), Thailand, is partnering with the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (SSHSPH), National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Mathematical/Economic Modelling Department (MAEMOD) at the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU) as part of the Asia HTA Consortium

This study aims to assess the use of unblind vs blind expert elicitation for precision medicine

Infectious disease modelling have played a defining role in managing the COVID-19 pandemic and their use is expected to rise owing to emerging disease outbreaks. Hence, countries have recognised the need to strengthen the capacity to use such models to prepare, manage, and exit outbreaks by answering difficult and dynamic policy questions.   The

Aiming at appropriate preparation for the future development of individualized and regenerative medicine (in particular, gene, stem cell and tissue engineering therapies), the Health Intervention and Technology Assessment (HITAP) program has agreed to conduct a study to provide an insight on elements necessary for national policymaking in Thailand.