The Union of Myanmar is the largest country in mainland South-East Asia with a population of 57.5 million. It has a pluralistic mix of public and private healthcare systems. Although the Ministry of Health (MoH) is the main organisation responsible for healthcare provision, 70-80% of health service expenditure is now absorbed by the households. Thi

In 2008, Myanmar proposed the development of a Health System Strengthening (HSS) programme to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) and thus received funding and support for its initiative. The HSS framework aimed to shore up three main gaps which were identified: service delivery, programme coordination, and human resources. Ser

In 2008, the Government of the Union of Myanmar submitted a proposal for Health Systems Strengthening Support (HSS) to Gavi, a global agency that supports children’s access to vaccines, to bolster efforts for a system-wide approach to address shortcomings in maternal and child healthcare. Approved i

By Branwen Jeffreys and Nick Triggle BBC NewsAn NHS hospital trust has been formally warned it could be declared bust – in the first case of its kind.South London Healthcare, which runs three hospitals, had debts of £69m at the start of the financial year.The health secretary has told the trust an a

Open data is widely recognized as valuable, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the need for up-to-date information systems, leading all sectors to acknowledge its significance in enhancing efficiency, fairness, and societal development. These open data movements observed during

The abundance of various innovations in healthcare (pharmaceuticals, medical devices, interventions, individual and community health promotion and disease prevention as well as a social health policy) have been continuously used in the healthcare system, resulting in a higher demand for resources and budgets in disease prevention and healthcare. Th

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

We grabbed five minutes with Dr. Yot Teerawattananon, the founder of the NCD Prevention: Best Buys, Wasted Buys, Contestable Buys book, to find out just what inspired this project.So can you tell us more about the background of this book project?YT: It was initiated during the PMAC’s IOC [Internatio

Executive Summary Digital health technology (DHT) offers the potential to expand universal health coverage (UHC) by answering healthcare needs through a wide range of technology applications for instance artificial intelligence, big data, and machine learning. The adoption of DHT is not a new con

From 23rd to 25th February 2018, three members from HITAP’s International Unit (HIU) went to Chandigarh, India. Two separate events occurred in Chandigarh during this time. The first was the 7th International Fellowship on Health Technology Assessment, a week-long HTA training workshop from 19th to