NICE hosts senior delegation from Indonesia September 2015 From 28 – 30 September 2015, NICE hosted a delegation of senior health policy makers and academics from Indonesia on a 3-day study visit. The delegation was led by Dr Untung Suseno Sutarjo, Secretary General, Ministry of Health of Indonesia. The aim of the study visit was for the delegates to learn …
China: Nov 2012 – Sept 2015
iDSI has been collaborating with China (through NICE International’s earlier engagements with CNHDRC) since 2012. See below for further information on events and work that took place between November 2012 and September 2015. NICE signs MOU with CNHDRC during UK-China health talks September 2015 NICE International developed and delivered a two-week study tour programme for a senior delegation from China. …
NICE International supports the development of learning health systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
August 2015 NICE International were involved in an initiative to develop ‘learning health systems’ in Sub-Saharan Africa. At the beginning of August 2015, Kalipso Chalkidou represented NICE International at a 3-day meeting at the Rockefeller Foundation Center in Bellagio, Italy. The meeting was convened to explore the potential for developing a new initiative, with the aim of and building capacity …
National Convention on Quality in India
November 2014 Dr. Abha Mehndiratta, India Technical Adviser, NICE International, made a presentation on “UK’s Quality & Outcomes Framework (QOF): Linking NICE Quality Standards to payment” , during the National Convention on Quality in Public Health organized by the National Health System Resource Center (NHSRC) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. Dr. Abha …
Thailand
New publication: Thailand QOF project December 2016 A paper summarising iDSI partners’ work on the Thailand QOF project has been published on F1000 Research. Read the article here: https://f1000research.com/articles/5-2700/v1 NICE International supporting Thailand to review its QOF programme July 2015 NICE International, together with the National Collaborating Centre for Indicator Development (NCCID) in Birmingham, is helping Thailand review its Quality Outcomes …
What health economics research should iDSI prioritise? Help us decide!
Do you conduct or have you ever conducted health economic evaluations for low- or middle-income countries? If so, we would love to hear from you about where you see the challenges; whether in terms of methodology, data availability, or translation into policy. Simply complete the questionnaire (which should take less than 15-20 minutes) here. Thank you! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ResearchMethodsEE This survey is part of an …
Cuba
Learning from the Cuban experience in medical education April 2017 Members of a collaborative Cuba-UK-South Africa project exploring the value of Cuban-training for South African medical students met this year to discuss how the programme can promote Universal Health Coverage (UHC). The ‘South Africa-Cuba doctors programme’, which offers bursaries to South Africans from disadvantaged backgrounds to study medicine in Cuba …
NICE International mapping priority-setting activities in Malawi
Laura Morris travelled to Malawi as part of initial iDSI activities in Sub-Saharan Africa. The purpose of the trip was to learn about current priority-setting activities in Malawi and identify any gaps, through meetings with representatives from the Ministry of Health and their major technical partners. This follows earlier communication as part of a mapping exercise conducted by iDSI in …
179 LMICs, 1 iDSI: Where do we start? Setting priorities in international development
Priority-setting is important for all countries, regardless of level of economic development, if the goal is to achieve and sustain universal health coverage (UHC). One year ago in Geneva, the World Health Assembly endorsed a resolution on Health Intervention and Technology Assessment (HITA), calling on member countries to support each other in strengthening institutional and technical capacity for priority-setting. The …
Vietnam delegation visits to NICE
Vietnamese Ministry visit NICE July 2014 NICE International was pleased to host a delegation from the Vietnamese central and provincial governments as part of the EU-funded Health Sector Capacity Support Project. The delegation consisted of members of the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Planning and Investment, and representatives from the health services departments in the Bac Ninh, Bac Giang, and …