Concern over drug-resistant strains of TB is growing, with similar ‘incurable’ TB emerging in Italy and Iran. Doctors in Mumbai said 12 patients had a “totally drug resistant” form of the infection, and three have died.The Indian Health Ministry is investigating the cases and has sent a team of

Rhythma Kaul / Hindustand TimesNew Delhi: India announced the setting up of a Medical Technology Assessment Board (MTAB) that will be one-stop shop to review standards for medicines, vaccines, devices and insurance.The Board’s recommendations will be the last word for health policies and healthcare

Improving quality of primary care through financial incentives: the case of Thailand. Paramjit Gill1, Rachel Foskett-Tharby1, Francoise Cluzeau2, Sripen Tantivess3 and Yot Teerawattananon3 1National Collaborating Centre for Indicator Development, University of Birmingham, UK 2NICE International

– NUHS telemedicine service was developed to improve patients’ and caregivers’ convenience in accessing patient care and to prepare for future crises that hinder in-person clinical consultation  – The key enablers of the telemedicine service were mainly due to strong cross-collaboration between t

Impact of the Introduction of Government Use Licences on the Drug Expenditure on Seven Medicines in Thailand. Adun Mohara, MSccorrespondenceemail, Inthira Yamabhai, MBA, Kakanang Chaisiri, BSPs, Sripen Tantivess, PhD, Yot Teerawattananon, PhD Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program

This is an ongoing work built upon the previous work of HITAP in developing and improving the pay-for-performance scheme for primary care services through Quality and Outcome Framework (QOF). This phrase is particularly focusing on developing the dialogue of QOF use and its implementation with policy makers.Documents

This project is part of the international Decision Support Initiative (iDSI), an innovative global partnership between leading government institutions, universities, and think tanks in the field of healthcare priority-setting. iDSI uniquely provides intellectual insight with hands-on field expertise, and delivers peer-to-peer support to policymaker

This project is part of the international Decision Support Initiative (iDSI), an innovative global partnership between leading government institutions, universities, and think tanks in the field of healthcare priority-setting. iDSI uniquely provides intellectual insight with hands-on field expertise, and delivers peer-to-peer support to policymaker

This project is part of the international Decision Support Initiative (iDSI), an innovative global partnership between leading government institutions, universities, and think tanks in the field of healthcare priority-setting. iDSI uniquely provides intellectual insight with hands-on field expertise, and delivers peer-to-peer support to policymaker

The Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program Foundation (HITAP) and the Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP), through its SECURE initiative, aim to understand the challenges related to antibiotic access in Thailand, develop a list of priority antibiotics, identify mechanisms to address these challenges, and ex