The newly formed Global Health and Development Group at Imperial College London welcomed Thai general practitioner and public health policy advocate, Dr Suwit Wibulpolprasert as the first guest speaker for a Global Health and Development lecture series, the first of its kind at the College. Dr Suwit spoke about the Thai experience of achieving universal access to affordable quality healthcare, outlining some of the challenges faced …
Global Health and Development Group (formerly the team at NICE International) now leading on iDSI from new home at Imperial College London
The iDSI team based at NICE International has moved to the Institute for Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London. Now the Global Health and Development Group, Kalipso Chalkidou and her team will continue to lead on iDSI from their new home. Watch Lord Ara Darzi’s video message welcoming the team to Imperial College and read more about the move here. For information about …
Setting Universal Health Coverage Priorities: India and Dialysis
Amanda Glassman, Vice President for Programs, Director of Global Health Policy, and Senior Fellow and Rebecca Forman, Programme Coordinator for the Global Health Policy team, at IDSI partner organisation CGD have published a blog on the Indian Governments’ announcement on its intention to provide dialysis in every district hospital in the country, following the governments commitment to set up Universal Health Coverage (UHC) …
Development and implementation of Clinical Guidelines in Cyprus
The Cypriot authorities recently agreed a Memorandum of Understanding with the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the IMF that focuses on a comprehensive agenda of reforms, including an overhaul of the healthcare system. One aspect relates to the development and implementation of clinical practice guidelines. With EU support, NICE International is working with the Cypriot authorities, the Ministry …
Institutionalizing HTA in India – A joint iDSI-DHR event
India is at a crossroads on the journey towards universal health coverage (UHC). With India’s growing importance in the global economy, it faces considerable challenges in delivering high-quality, accessible healthcare within an increasingly global marketplace. Choosing interventions and technologies that deliver the best health results for the money are literally life and death decisions. Yet, constraints on public budgets, competing agendas, …
Postgraduate scholarship opportunity for Indonesian/Vietnamese applicants: Health Policy & Technology Assessment Program, Mahidol University
We are excited to announce that HITAP will be providing a Masters/PhD scholarship to promising Indonesian (1) and Vietnamese (1) citizens to the Health Policy & Technology Assessment Program in the Mahidol University’s Graduate School of Pharmacy, Bangkok, Thailand, in the school year 2017! The program covers the use of health technology assessments (HTA) for policy, and is the first of …
NICE International Annual Review 2015
NICE International has published its Annual Review 2015. The Annual Review provides an overview and update of all the activities undertaken by iDSI core partner NICE International in 2015, with a short summary of all activities in each of the countries we operate in. You can find an electronic copy of the review here and hard copies will be available during events. …
Improving antibiotic prescribing for COPD and pneumonia in Vietnam
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is increasingly recognised as a global health threat. However the scientific and political consensus is still emerging on how best to translate antimicrobial stewardship approaches into policy and practice in low- and middle-income countries, where ensuring access to appropriate antibiotics may remain a challenge and a potentially conflicting policy priority.
Renmin University Hosts Summit on Health Care Reform
On 5th June, Kalipso Chalkidou and David Haslam from NICE joined colleagues at Renmin University in Beijing for their sixth summit on National Health Care Reform and Development as part of a longstanding collaboration between the two organisations. The theme of this year’s summit was “Development and Reform of Public Hospitals & Management of Health Service Technology.” Read more about this year’s summit here.
PRICELESS-SA are looking to recruit a new Technical Advisor
iDSI Core Partner PRICELESS-SA are looking for a new Technical Advisor to join their team in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Technical Advisor will be a key member of the PRICELESS team and central to the successful delivery of the International Decision Support Initiative (iDSI) sub-Saharan Africa Programme. Please click here to download the Job description. To apply, please forward your CV …