The term “global health” has emerged as part of the larger political and historical process, replacing the term “international health” to imply a shared global responsibility for health and is also associated with the growing number and increased roles of other actors beyond governments. In September 2009, Director-General of WHO, in consul

The TATA Memorial Center (TMC) is a national comprehensive cancer center for prevention, treatment and research on cancer situated in Mumbai India. It is a leading tertiary cancer treatment and research center in South Asia. Since seventy years of its existence, this research center has been committ

Health financing is a component of the health system, crucial in achieving universal health coverage (UHC). Careful design of its three main functions, resource mobilisation, pooling and allocation, ensures improved access to essential health services and financial risk protection for

The findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine could fuel a political furor over new plans for a nationwide expansion of Medicaid that erupted after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold President Barack Obama’s healthcare law in late June.In an unexpected move, the high court rul

(Petchburi, Thailand) 14-16 May 2012, the HTAsiaLink, the health technology assessment-HTA collaboration in Asia organized its first academic annual conference in Petchburi, Thailand. The Health Intervention and Technology Assessment (HITAP, Thailand) hosted the conference together with other HTAsia

Living longer is inevitable. Living better requires policy choices. Happy ageing is achieved through policy impact, not policy volume. ASEAN does not lack ageing policies — it lacks evidence on what works. While many Member States have introduced national plans, pensions, and health programme

The English Policy Brief Collection (Volume 1) presents a selection of policy briefs published by the HITAP Foundation. These policy briefs have been categorized under the following key topics: Chapter 1: Designing Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and Healthcare Systems Chapter 2: Managing Rare

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