Katharina Kieslich1,*, Jesse B. Bump2 , Ole Frithjof Norheim3 , Sripen Tantivess4 and Peter Littlejohns1 1 Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, Division of Health and Social Care Research, King’s College London, London, UK 2 Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T. H. Chan School o

The Thai Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) launched the “Quick Win” campaign in 2023, aimed at providing Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among unvaccinated girls aged 11 to 20. This campaign increased vaccination coverage from 45% to 80% for girls who received at least one dose. The inc

WASHINGTON — Is the world on the verge of ending the AIDS epidemic and creating an AIDS-free generation, even though a cure and a vaccine are still distant hopes?Yes, roared enthusiasts among the nearly 24,000 participants at the 19th International AIDS Conference here last week. Their hopes are bas

Pritaporn Kingkaew BPharm, MSc* * Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP), Nonthaburi, Thailand Recently, many researchers undertaking health technology assessment of screening or vaccination programs for infectious diseases have opted for dynamic transmission models for th

“A Terrible Beauty is a relatively short account of the origins and formation of NICE, originally the National Institute for Clinical Excellence, and of its first sixteen years of operations. Together with some assessment of its impact to date.” – Nicholas Timmins –

Kittiphong Thiboonboon1 , Benjarin Santatiwongchai1 ,Varit Chantarastapornchit1 , Waranya Rattanavipapong1 , Yot Teerawattananon1 Abstract Background For more than three decades, the number and influence of economic evaluations of healthcare interventions have been increasing and gaining atte

A Systematic Review of Economic Evaluation Literature in Thailand. Are the Data Good Enough to be Used by Policy-Makers? Yot Teerawattananon1 Steve Russell2 Miranda Mugford3 1 International Health Policy Program, MInistry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand 2 School of Development Studie

Phanthipha Wongwai a, Pritaporn Kingkaew b, Somkiat Asawaphureekorn a, Tharatip Kolatat c aDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40000, Thailand bHealth Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP), Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand cDepartment of Pa

National HTA methods and process guidelines (hereon in referred to as HTA guidelines) have been identified as a key factor in establishing a well-functioning HTA system (1,2). A number of resources already exist for countries seeking to develop their own HTA guidelines, such as the Practical Guide on Evidence-Informed Deliberative Processes, the iD

“A Star in the East: A Short History of HITAP” is a short history of the Thai Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program from its founding in 2007 to the present day, with some history of how it came into existence with an assessment of its national and international impact” -Anthony J.