The government has rejected British Medical Association claims that the NHS is risking patients’ health by rationing drugs and operations.BMA head Dr Mark Porter told the Guardian that financial pressure on the NHS meant its “offer” had shrunk and it was no longer a comprehensive service.Fears patie

A painkiller as powerful as morphine, but without most of the side-effects, has been found in the deadly venom of the black mamba, say French scientists.The predator, which uses neurotoxins to paralyse and kill small animals, is one of the fastest and most dangerous snakes in Africa.However, tests o

The more controversial of two papers describing how the lethal H5N1 bird flu could be made easier to spread was published Thursday, six months after a scientific advisory board suggested that the papers’ most potentially dangerous data be censored.The paper, by scientists at Erasmus Medical Center i

นักวิจัย: Jomkwan Yothasamut, MA Jomkwan Yothasamut has received the Best Research Award for Public Health Research on “A Study of Economic Costs of Alcohol Consumption in Thailand” at the Annual Academics Conference hosted by the Thai Ministry of Public Health. The conference was held at Challenger

นักวิจัย: Chanida Lertpitakpong, MA Chanida Lertpitakpong has received the second prize award winning in“Assessing enforcement of policy on limiting alcohol accessibility and alcohol purchasing” at the Third National Alcohol Conference, which was held at the Richmond Hotel in Nonthaburi, Thailand fr

นักวิจัย: Chanida Lertpitakpong, MA; Prapak Neramitpitagkul, M.Sc; Khannika Thitiboonsuwan, M.Sc At the Third National Alcohol Conference, our three outstanding researchers have received the Best Quality Poster Presentation Awards as listed below:Chanida Lertpitakpong has received her award on “Asse

 It is an uncomfortable question that, in today’s world, is often asked by expectant mothers who had more than one male partner at the time they became pregnant. Who is the father?With more than half of births to women under 30 now out of wedlock, it is a question that may arise more often.Now blood

Abstract Introduction Despite the documented benefits of using health technology assessments (HTA) to inform resource allocation in health care systems, HTA remains underused, especially in low- and middle-income countries. A survey of global health practitioners was conducted to reveal the top

HITAP, in collaboration with the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health, Tufts Medical Cent, conducted an analysis of existing capacity for conducting economic evaluations in the African region using the Tufts Medical Center CEA Registries. The findings of the study were presented at the PMAC 2020 side meeting “Attain & Sustain

HITAP, in collaboration with the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health, Tufts Medical Cent, conducted an analysis of existing capacity for conducting economic evaluations in the African region using the Tufts Medical Center CEA Registries. The findings of the study were presented at the PMAC 2020 side meeting “Attain & Sustain