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 …
HTAsiaLink 7th newsletter features iDSI
The Jul-Dec 2015 edition of the the Reference Case for Economic Evaluation, as well a special interview with Prof Tony Culyer on the role of universities in capacity building for HTA. Read the HTAsiaLink newsletter
HTA capacity development across Asia
HITAP’s activities during the Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC) 2015 focused on an overarching theme – priority-setting for universal health coverage (UHC), which is also the theme for next year’s PMAC. As a new member of the HITAP team, I was involved in different activities during the Conference, particularly helping out at the PMAC 2016 booth and two side meetings. …
Strengthening HTA agencies in Asia: Learning and sharing experiences for the APO Policy Brief Meeting
By Alia Luz, Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP) With the introduction of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Asian countries, priority-setting and HTA has become increasingly important. However, only in the past decade has HTA been used to inform countries’ health programs and policies. As such, HTA agencies are relatively new in Asia. In 2007, the Health Intervention and …