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…
On Tuesday 23 July 2024, the HFACT project brought together members of the HFACT Advisory Board as well as the Principal Investigators and researchers from the HFACT partners to Imperial College, London. In attendance was Professor Ali Ghufron Mukti of Badan Penyelenggara Jaminan Sosial (BPJS), Ajay Tandon of The World Bank, Matt Jowett of the…
Last month, the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG) team, along with a team from OP Jindal Global University working on the NIHR-funded Fragmentation Project, began a household survey of 1800 households in the state of Meghalaya. They are also consulting with the Indian Institute of Public Health, Shillong and received approval begin after a series…
We are pleased to report that the first official HFACT publication is now live! An effort lead by HFACT researcher Thomas Hone (Imperial College School of Public Health) along with contributions from HFACT partners at the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, Instituto de Estudos para Políticas de Saúde, (IEPS), the Institute for Economic…
HFACT held a Bonus Seminar in March, featuring Professor Sharon Fonn. Professor Fonn is a full professor at the University of Witwatersrand (WITS) in Johannesburg, South Africa, and is also a Visiting Professor at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She currently co-leads the Consortium of Advanced…
We recently had the the pleasure of having a presentation from Arthur Aguilar, the Public Policy Director at Instituto de Estudos para Políticas de Saúde (IEPS) on Stakeholder engagement and evidence communication. Drawing from his previous experience, the seminar addressed mapping relevant actors for a given agenda, understanding the role of each actor in defining…
