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This study aimed to survey experience, knowledge, importance, training needs and barriers of economic evaluation and to estimate the current human capacity and gaps in economic evaluation among researchers and policymakers in both the public and private sectors in Thailand. Based on the results, it was found that researchers, healthcare personnel,

WWW.GEAR4HEALTH.COM In 2016, the HITAP International Unit will launch the Guide to Economic Analysis and Research (GEAR) Database. The GEAR database is intended as a tool for identifying and resolving gaps and technical issues in economic evaluations. The database is de

Management of advanced prostate cancer, particularly in cases of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), typically involves first-line treatment with the chemotherapeutic agent docetaxel. Nevertheless, disease progression following docetaxel therapy remains a major challenge, as there are currently no therapeutic options listed in

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

With Universal Health Coverage (UHC) high on the global health agenda, governments of many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have pledged to increase health investments in the scale-up of essential health services to meet the needs of their people. This has led to the recognition of hea

In the Philippines, use of HTA is not completely new; there have been prior efforts to institutionalize a fair and systematic process of generating policy-relevant evidence to inform coverage of health services, such as listing of drugs in the national formulary and new benefits in the national soci

Abstract India’s rapid economic growth has been accompanied by slower improvements in population health. Given the need to reconcile the ambitious goal of achieving Universal Coverage with limited resources, a robust priority-setting mechanism is required to ensure that the right trade-offs arema

Global health is defined as health issues that transcend national boundaries. This notion implies a shared global responsibility for health and is associated with actors beyond country government. In WHO South-East Asia Region (SEAR), the Regional Committee adopted a resolution in 2010 to enco

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — In the Inland Empire, an economically depressed region in Southern California, President Obama’s health care law is expected to extend insurance coverage to more than 300,000 people by 2014. But coverage will not necessarily translate into care: Local health experts doubt there w