iDSI caught up with Dr Justice Nonvignon, a senior lecturer and health economist at the University of Ghana, ahead of a special event in Accra later this month that focuses on sustainable policies for effective resource allocation in Africa. As part of the two-day event, Justice will lead on a workshop session highlighting international case studies of Health Technology Assessment …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Scoping visit to Ethiopia
January 2015 Associate director of NICE International Francoise Cluzeau undertook a scoping visit to Ethiopia in conjunction with the Institute of Tropical Medicine (Antwerp) and EVIDENT, an extensive network of North-South partners that aims to enhance evidence-informed decision-making and policy driven research in both health and nutrition in response to local priority concerns. The visit included meetings with the State …
NICE International meets with the Iraqi Deputy Health Minister
November 2014 Kalipso Chalkidou met with the Iraqi Deputy Health Minister, Dr Sattar Jabbar Al-Saedi along with a senior delegation from the Iraqi Ministry of Health as part of the Ministry’s mission to improve bilateral relations regarding healthcare with the UK. During the meeting they discussed NICE International’s work on maternal mortality in India and work in China on pathways …
Ecuador
NICE International meets with Ecuadorian policy makers in Quito March 2013 NICE International, at the invitation of ENFARMA, the national drugs company of Ecuador, and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, met with Ecuadorian policy makers, including the Ministry of Health and the Ministry for Coordination of public programmes, over two days in Quito. We shared experiences in relation to quality standards and …