Spouses of heart attack victims have an increased risk of depression and anxiety, even if their partner survives, Danish research suggests.The study found that in the year after losing a spouse to a heart attack, partners were three times more likely to start taking anti-depressants.Even if their pa

All two to 17-year-olds in the UK are to be offered annual flu vaccinations.If 30% take up the offer, there will be 11,000 fewer hospitalisations and 2,000 fewer deaths each year, the chief medical officer for England says.The children will be immunised using a nasal spray rather than an injection,

(Reuters) – A U.S. health panel may soon make HIV testing as standard a practice as checking cholesterol levels, a move that would fundamentally change how the virus is detected and treated.The U.S. Preventive Services Task force, a government-backed group of clinicians and scientists, is expected t

NHS urged to make reduction of problem a priority as overweight and teenage mothers found to be most likely to sufferOne in 10 women who have a baby by caesarean section go on to develop an infection around their scar, which causes them pain and discomfort and forces some to go back into hospital to

คณะผู้เชี่ยวชาญจาก University of Tokyo และ Crecon Medical Technology Assessment ประเทศญี่ปุ่น เดินทางมาเยี่ยมชมการทำงานของ HITAP และแลกเปลี่ยนข้อมูลด้านการประเมินเทคโนโลยีด้านสุขภาพเพื่อนำไปศึกษาและปรับใช้กับบริบทของประเทศญี่ปุ่น วันที่ 23 มกราคม 2558 คณะผู้เชี่ยวชาญจาก ประเทศญี

การพัฒนานวัตกรรมทางการแพทย์เป็นยุทธศาสตร์สำคัญของประเทศไทยภายใต้แผนพัฒนาเศรษฐกิจและสังคมแห่งชาติ ฉบับที่ 13 เพื่อยกระดับ

Executive summary A visit was conducted to Mwanza, Tanzania from 17 to 18 February 2026 to participate in the Stakeholders Workshop on the Launching of the Delivery of arpraziquantel (arPZQ) in Tanzania. The workshop was organised by the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), the nationa

Abstract   Objectives: Since 1985, the international healthcare community has recommended the ideal rate of caesarean section (CS) to be 10%–15% at the national level. The literature has reported that overused CS without necessary medical indications can be harmful to both maternal and chil

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