HFACT Inception Meeting
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…
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HFACT Partner Lead Wins Gold Medal for Applying Science for the Benefit of Society
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…
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HFACT Partner Lead participates in national debate forum
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…
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IEG HFACT Representatives attend NIHR-hosted Health Research Roundtable in New Delhi
An excellent networking opportunity HFACT representatives from IEG attended the Health Research Roundtable hosted by the NIHR in New Delhi. The event was also attended by representatives from the Department of Health and Social Care, the NIHR Coordinating Centres and the British High Commission. The event focused on discussions of NIHR award successes, challenges and…
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HFACT Colleagues from Imperial College visit CHE
HFACT UK Teams meet at the Centre for Health Economics, University of York The HFACT team at the Centre for Health Economics had the pleasure of hosting HFACT colleagues from Imperial College in November. This was a great opportunity for the two teams to get to know each other a bit better. The meeting aimed…
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Memorandum of Understanding Signed Between Brazil Ministry of Health and the University of York
A Strategic Partnership Agreed The Global Health and HFACT teams at the Centre for Health Economics at the University of York were delighted to host Everton Macedo Silva, the Director of the Department of Health Economics, Investment and Performance and Vitor Lima, Policy Officer, from the Brazil Ministry of Health. Mr Silva and Mr Lima…
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