Pattara Leelahavarong BSc, MSc* * Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program, Ministry of Pubic Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand A budget impact analysis (BIA) is used to assess whether the adoption of a new health technology is affordable, given the resource and budget constraints of the

(Reuters) – Britain launched a public consultation on Monday to ask whether controversial “three-parent” fertility treatments should be available to families hoping to avoid passing on incurable diseases.The potential treatments, currently only at research stage in laboratories in Britain and the Un

Six potential interventions for implementation in the Bangkok Metropolitan Area were identified based on available evidence on effectiveness, feasibility, and cost: (i) clean air rooms; (ii) dust-free bed nets; purifiers; (iii) masking; (iv) clean cooking; (v) green screens, and (vi) metropolita

Breast cancer screening saves the lives of two women for every one patient who receives unnecessary treatment, according to a major European review.There has been a fierce debate about the use of screening, and policy is being reviewed in England.The latest study, published in the Journal of Medical

Clare True had autism and periodic seizures, but nothing prepared her family for Christmas Eve in 2006, when the 26-year-old went to bed after watching a movie and stopped breathing.“I got home from a party, went to check on her just after midnight, and she was — she was gone,” said her mother, Jane

The government has rejected British Medical Association claims that the NHS is risking patients’ health by rationing drugs and operations.BMA head Dr Mark Porter told the Guardian that financial pressure on the NHS meant its “offer” had shrunk and it was no longer a comprehensive service.Fears patie

A painkiller as powerful as morphine, but without most of the side-effects, has been found in the deadly venom of the black mamba, say French scientists.The predator, which uses neurotoxins to paralyse and kill small animals, is one of the fastest and most dangerous snakes in Africa.However, tests o

The more controversial of two papers describing how the lethal H5N1 bird flu could be made easier to spread was published Thursday, six months after a scientific advisory board suggested that the papers’ most potentially dangerous data be censored.The paper, by scientists at Erasmus Medical Center i

นักวิจัย: Jomkwan Yothasamut, MA Jomkwan Yothasamut has received the Best Research Award for Public Health Research on “A Study of Economic Costs of Alcohol Consumption in Thailand” at the Annual Academics Conference hosted by the Thai Ministry of Public Health. The conference was held at Challenger

นักวิจัย: Chanida Lertpitakpong, MA Chanida Lertpitakpong has received the second prize award winning in“Assessing enforcement of policy on limiting alcohol accessibility and alcohol purchasing” at the Third National Alcohol Conference, which was held at the Richmond Hotel in Nonthaburi, Thailand fr