(Reuters) – An experimental drug from Novartis may help up to half of heart failure patients for whom no effective treatment is available, although the evidence so far is indirect.Results of a mid-stage clinical trial of the drug known as LCZ696, unveiled on Sunday, gauged its effectiveness by measu

The Affordable Care Act of 2010 greatly expanded women’s access to free preventive services, particularly for sexual and reproductive health . Men didn’t fare nearly as well.The ACA guidelines’ promise of free contraception may have generated the most controversy, but the law also provides many othe

Multi-criteria decision analysis to prioritize health interventions: Capitalizing on first experiences. Rob Baltussen1, Sitapon Youngkong11,2, Francesco Paolucci3, Louis Niessen4 1 Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, The Netherlands 2 Health I

Executive Summary The 4th Regional Workshop on Advanced Economic Evaluation was held on 23–25 February 2026 at Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER) in Puducherry, India. The workshop was co-organized by JIPMER, the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, N

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

The report summarises a visit to Tanzania and has been prepared by Mr. Panupong Chaowanasawat and Dr. Brandon Chua from the Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program Foundation (HITAP), Thailand. The study visit was supported by the Access and Delivery Partnership (ADP), led by the Unite

หากคุณมีผลงานที่ยกระดับสุขภาพ และมีระดับความพร้อมทางเทคโนโลยี (Technology Readiness Level: TRL) ระดับ 5 – 9 เราขอเชิญให้คุณร่วมประกวดโดยส่ง Abstract แนะนำนวัตกรรมที่กำลังวิจัยและพัฒนา เพื่อค้นหาสุดยอดนวัตกรรมด้านการแพทย์ในงาน “MIDAS Medical Innovation Hackathon 2025” ที่จะจัดขึ้นในวันที่ 15-16 กุมภา

รู้หรือไม่ว่า ประเทศไทยมีการพัฒนานวัตกรรมด้านสุขภาพมากมายแต่ไม่ถูกนำไปใช้จริง หนึ่งในสาเหตุหลักที่ไม่ได้ไปต่อเพราะยัง “ไม่ตอบโจทย์” ระบบสุขภาพ แล้วจะทำอย่างไรให้นวัตกรรมเหล่านี้ไม่สูญเปล่า หนึ่งในคำตอบสำคัญคือ early Health Technology Assessment (early HTA) ซึ่งเป็นแนวทางที่ช่วยปร

During May 2010 to March 2011, a feasibility study of the community health initiative for MCH care was conducted in the Lewe, Yedarshey and Tatkone Townships by HITAP, the WHO and the MoH, Myanmar. The first study mission in May 2010 developed a protocol for the community health initiative whi

          Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program hosted a health economic evaluation workshop, Methods for Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: An Advance Workshop on 28th-30th July 2010 at Richmond Hotel, Nonthaburi, Thailand. This workshop was ru