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Post-graduation from Gavi support in 2016, the Bhutan Health Trust Fund took up investment for vaccine provision in the country according to its mandate. The Fund also aims to “eliminate financing uncertainties for priority core components of the Primary Health Care Services out of the income generated from the investment of the Fund” and “achieve […]

We are pleased to announce that the HTAsiaLink annual conference in 2019 will be hosted by National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency (NECA) from the 24th to the 27th April 2019, in Seoul, South Korea. The theme for this conference is ‘Priority Setting for Universal Health Coverage’. With the countries striving to provide universal health coverage […]

Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) bear the major brunt of the non-communicable disease (NCD) burden. Taking control of and reducing this burden is at the forefront of the global health agenda. But how do countries go about doing this? Well, that is a good question. One way is through interventions that target risk factors, but […]

On 12th – 15th November 2018, the Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP) welcomed Kenyan delegates for a study visit. The delegates came from Department of Universal Health Coverage Coordination from Kenya’s Ministry of Health, Kenya Health Benefits Advisory panel, County Executive Council Member for Makueni County and the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI). […]

On 29th September 2018, India’s No.1 English newspaper named ‘Hindustan times’ published a story about Thailand’s Universal Coverage Scheme (UCS). The article featured the lessons learnt from the writer’s study visit in Thailand, highlighted the success of the UCS as well as expressed the admiration for the scheme management. The writer was a part of […]

In 2016 Bhutan graduated from Gavi support as its socioeconomic status change from lower-income to lower-middle income country, hence introducing new vaccines to its routine vaccination programme can pose a long-term financial burden to the government. However, since pneumococcal infections is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among young children in Bhutan, the Bhutanese […]

How can countries build the systems that can deliver universal health coverage whilst juggling a whole host of challenges, constraints and demands? The short answer? They need to make choices, smart choices that are built on careful and evidence-based priority setting practices. This was the topic of the Setting Priorities Fairly: Sustainable Policies for Effective […]

On 17th September 2018, Sarah Garner, coordinator of the Innovation, Access and Use team under the Essential Medicines and Health Products program, World Health Organization, had an informal meeting at the Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP). She was eager to learn about HITAPs experiences and challenges (technical and non-technical) encountered while working on HTA […]