The HFACT Advisory Board Meeting was held on the 21-22 of April 2026. This was an opportunity to bring members of the Advisory Board, country teams, and partners together to discuss and reflect on HFACT’s progress. On the first day of the meeting, teams presented published and ongoing work from India, Indonesia, Brazil, South Africa,…
On August 20th 2025, second-year Masters of Public Health (MPH) students visited the IEG department along with their lead faculty, Samik Chowdhury. It was a successful event with an overview of IEG, the Health Policy Research Unit (HPRU) and HFACT. The IEG team shared examples of ongoing HFACT work and a junior researcher provided personal…
On July 19-23, HFACT partners and colleagues attended the biennial International Health Economics Association (iHEA) congress in Bali, Indonesia. Six individual abstracts from various partners (CHE, PRICELESS, IEPS, Fipe) were accepted and presented to audiences ranging from 15 to 80 people. The CHEPS team delivered three organised sessions with varied themes including the financial burden…
In May 2025, Professor Mayur Trivedi from the IEG team visited the Indian Institute of Public Health (IIPH) Shillong in Meghalaya to conduct a workshop on health economics for students. The workshop was very successful and highly appreciated by the participants. During the trip, he along with key team members from IIPH Shillong including the Director,…
The Lancet Commission on Gender and Global Health was successfully launched its report at a function in the Indian International Centre on 7 April 2025. The report highlights the importance of achieving gender justice in global health to improve health outcomes, reduce health inequities, and ensure more inclusive and equitable global health workplaces and workforce governance.…
On Thursday, February 13th, HFACT colleagues were invited to a technical meeting by the Indonesian Ministry of Health (MoH) and World Health Organisation (WHO). The topic of the meeting was ‘Supply Side Analysis and Policy Recommendations on Cost-Effectiveness Threshold (CET) in Indonesia’. Jessica Ochalek, University of York Research Fellow, delivered an informative presentation on global…
On January 22nd, HFACT partners and colleagues gathered in Delhi (India) for a three day conference to discuss future research, cross-country collaboration, capacity strengthening activities and policy engagement. On the first day, each partner provided research updates followed by comments, questions and feedback from the room. CHEPS shared exciting updates on cost effectiveness thresholds and…
The HFACT project is delighted to share the latest publication. Bertrand Lefebvre, Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay and Vastav Ratra have published “Who bears the distance cost of public primary healthcare? Hypertension among the elderly in rural India” in the latest issue of Social Science & Medicine. Hypertension is one of the most prevalent NCDs in the world. Its…
The HFACT project is delighted to share the latest publication. Dr. Micheal Boachie and the PRICELESS Team from the Wits University have published “Modelling the potential impact of a tax on fruit juice in South Africa: Implications for the primary prevention of type 2 diabetes and health financing” in the latest issue of BMC Nutrition. Diabetes is among…
The HFACT project is delighted to share the latest publication. Professor Budi Hidayat of the Center for Health Economics and Policy Studies (CHEPS) at Universitas Indonesia published “Evolution of Health Technology Assessment in Indonesia: Supply Landscape, Implementation and Future Directions” in the latest issue of Health Systems & Reform . Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is one research…