We are happy to announce that iDSI has been awarded a grant by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in India to significantly scale up our work in Health Technology Assessment (HTA) in the country. This grant was awarded as an extension to our existing IDSI funding to engage with global policymakers, academics, and think-tank institutions towards health system strengthening. …
GHD sent representatives to the Healthcare Quality Forum in Mexico City, October 26-28, 2016
The Global Health and Development Group at Imperial College, London (GHD, formerly NICE International) sent representatives to the “National and International Healthcare Quality Forum / Second Latin American Forum on Healthcare Quality and Safety” held in Mexico City, October 26-28, 2016. Francis Ruiz of GHD, along with Professor Stephen Campbell of the University of Manchester, and Professor Daniel Keenan (Chair, …
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 …
No Rest for the Weary in India
This 25-27 July 2016, a Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Stakeholder Consultative Workshop was held at the India Habitat Center in New Delhi. It was jointly organized by the Department of Health and Research (DHR), the Indian Council on Medical Research (ICMR) and the International Decision Support Initiative (IDSI). This workshop was a positive step in India’s path to Universal Health …
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 …
Chatham House Fellowship for West Africa Global Health Leaders
Applications are now open for a 12-month fellowship programme starting in September 2016 and funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. Chatham House are seeking applications from individuals from West Africa with a background in public health or senior management who wish to enhance their policy-making and leadership skills and effect change. For more information, including potential research topics for 2016, see the link …
First steps towards HTA and priority setting in Ghana
Dr Francoise Cluzeau, Associate Director NICE International and Prof Jo Lord from Southampton Health Technology Assessment Centre ran a workshop in Accra with a multi stakeholder working group to help them develop a health economics model for the pharmacological treatment of hypertension and using the Ghana national Standard Treatment Guidelines. The workshop was coordinated by the Directorate of Pharmaceuticals of …
Musings and Mopeds in Vietnam – Part 2
This is a guest post by Maggie Helliwell, retired English general practitioner and former Vice Chair of NICE. See also Part 1. We visited five different types of primary care health clinics, one in central Hanoi and four in the provinces and villages. They were immaculately clean, reasonably well-appointed facilities – with good basic equipment including simple laboratory machines, ultrasound, …
Quality Standards for Maternal Care in India
Between 2012-2014, NICE International (iDSI), the Government of Kerala and the Kerala Federation of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (KFOG) worked in partnership to develop and implement quality standards for maternal mortality. Future work under iDSI will continue to explore opportunities for development of evidence-based guidance and policies through established links with local and national level organisations. See below for latest news, further background …
Quality Indicators in Mexico
About the project Between 2001 and 2006, a national set of quality indicators known as INDICAS (Sistema Nacional de Indicadores de Calidad en Salud) were developed by the Mexican government. The government has implemented many initiatives on the use of quality indicators and their role in performance monitoring. A key aim of the governments initiatives is to support the use of INDICAS within institutions …