The 5th annual HTAsiaLink Conference officially concludes after a four-day intensive gathering of HTA practitioners and experts in Singapore. The conference was jointly organized by the Ministry of Health, Singapore, the Health Services Research Department of the Eastern Health Alliance and the Health Services Research Institute of SingHealth and took place at Duke-NUS Graduate School between the 3rd to the …
Workshop Maternal health Quality Standards in the South African Context
Maternal Health is a major health priority in South Africa. The National Department of Health’s National Maternity Guidelines provide a comprehensive guide to all aspects of maternity care, from early prenatal care, acute management of delivery and post-partum care. It is expected that adherence to the guidelines would have substantial impact on maternal and new-born outcomes, however, nationally consistent implementation …
HTA Workshop Indonesia 25 – 29 April 2016
The Ministry of Health, Indonesia, and the WHO, with support from the International Decision Support Initiative (iDSI), are organising a workshop titled “Health and the Wealth of Evidence: Using Health Technology Assessment (HTA) for Priority Setting in Indonesia” from 25th to 29th April, 2016 in Jakarta, Indonesia. During the workshop, participants will learn about how to conduct HTA, how evidence is used for making policy decisions and how HTA …
NICE International hosts Vietnamese Delegation to explore HTA in Vietnam
On 19th November 2015, NICE International hosted a 21-strong Vietnamese delegation headed by Professor Phạm Lê Tuấn, Vice Minister of Health, Vietnam. The delegation comprised a number of heads of departments, directors and senior officials forming a broad spectrum of Vietnamese health policy makers, and they sought to increase their understanding of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) methods, its potential for …
China Clinical Pathways Project Dissemination Event
iDSI colleagues travelled to Beijing to take part in a dissemination event for the “Clinical Pathways Phase 2” project. The event was part of a long-standing collaboration with the China National Health Development Research Center (CNHDRC). The purpose of the project was to introduce clinical pathways for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and stroke. The pathways cover prevention, treatment and rehabilitation guidance for clinicians at …
Mahidol University and NICE commit to strengthening HTA capacity
NICE and Mahidol University, Thailand’s leading university, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to pursue further collaboration under the international Decision Support Initiative (iDSI). The collaboration will support the establishment of a new postgraduate programme and scholarships on health technology assessment. This will ultimately strengthen and sustain capacity for HTA research and implementation, and support universal health coverage in low- and …
PMAC 2016 World Art Contest now open: How To Choose… For Better Health
The Prince Mahidol Award Conference 2016 World Art Contest is now open for submissions of artworks on the theme “How To Choose… For Better Health”. Entries must be submitted online by 31 October 2015, and can be in one of three categories: Drawings and paintings Photos Comic and cartoon art. There will be cash prizes up to US$700 for each of the categories, and …
Institutional strengthening in health: Lunch seminar at the Department for International Development
NICE International were invited to speak at the Department for International Development (DFID) “brown bag” lunch seminar, discussing issues in international health with DFID Health Advisers. Dr Ryan Li and Laura Morris, in conjunction with Rob Lloyd, Itad (our partners on monitoring and evaluation), presented our approach to institutional strengthening. The discussions focused on our practical support to decision makers …
CHE, University of York Welcomes ODI Health Fellows for Health Economics Training Day
This post originally appeared on CHE (Centre for Health Economics, University of York) On 24 July 2015, CHE hosted a full day’s training event for the 2015 cohort of Health Fellows, accepted onto the prestigious Overseas Development Institute’s (ODI) Fellowship Scheme. The post-graduate economists and statisticians will soon be working in the very heart of Ministries of Health in Haiti, Liberia, …
The political economy of priority-setting in health in LMICs
This is a discussion summary based on a private roundtable meeting held at the Center for Global Development in February 2015. Update (7 Sep 2015): The paper by Hauck & Smith is now published in the iDSI Knowledge Library. Why study the political economy of priority-setting in health? The global health agenda aims to reach universal health coverage (UHC)—which the …