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…
The Centre for Economics (CHE) at the University of York had the privilege of hosting Dr Rudi Rocha, as well as a group of young scholars representing HFACT partners for the week commencing 22 January 2024. Many thanks to Evelyn Thsehla (PRICELESS), Gustavo Cordeiro (IEPS), Adriano Teixeira (Fipe), Kanksha Barman (IEG), Vastav Ratra (IEG) and…
In September, we launched the HFACT Seminar series, kicking off the series with research presented by Vishalie Shah (CHE), Taufik Hidayat (CHEPS) and Royasia Ramadani (CHEPS). The inaugural seminar was titled Health-related impacts of demand-side policies: evidence from Indonesia’s conditional cash transfer and national health insurance for the poor programmes. The seminar was well attended with…
On 11 October 2023, the HFACT team at the Centre for Health Economics (CHE), University of York had the pleasure and privilege of welcoming a delegation of researchers, public health officials, and economists from the Universitas Indonesia for a one-day workshop and training event. Members of the delegation from Universitas Indonesia included HFACT members from…
HFACT Inception Meeting 4-7 July 2023 hosted by PRICELESS/WITS SA HFACT held a “kick-off” meeting to bring together all project partners to get to know one another. Delegates from CHEPS (Indonesia), CHE (UK), Fipe (Brazil), IEG (India), IEPS (Brazil) and Imperial College (UK) joined the PRICELESS team in Johannesburg to discuss research activities taking place…
Congratulations to Dr Karen Hofman of PRICELESS SA Congratulations to PRICELESS HFACT lead Dr Karen Hofman for recently being honoured with a Gold Medal for her application of scientific thinking in the service of society. Her efforts have resulted in an increase in health for people in South Africa. Dr Hofman advocated the Health Promotion…
Dolores Diaz participates in 5th edition of the CONASEMS debate forum in Brazil In December, Dr Dolores Diaz of FIPE participated in the 5th edition of the CONASEMS debate forum regarding “New Tax Regime: Effects on Health.” She gave the forum a presentation on the importance of Primary Health Care in Brazil and the main…