HTA in Developing Countries

Overview

The HTAi HTA in Developing Countries Interest Group is a service to members who reside or have interest in developing countries. This Interest Group is dedicated to sharing members’ experiences, activities, resources, opportunities for education and training, discussing ideas and projects, needs, challenges, and solutions that are specific to the developing countries. DCIG is a communication platform to help advancing HTA in developing countries. For more information, visit the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjO1vYrZ6Gw&t=89s

Organization Information

Chair: Debjani Mueller, South Africa

Vice-Chair: Esra Meltem Koc, Türkiye

Technical Officer: Marilia Mastrocolla de Almeida Cardoso, Brazil

IG Steering Committee:

Anthony Kamau Njuguna – Kenya

Appiah Akwasi Obeng – Ghana

Kavita Kachroo – India

Magdalena Moshi – Australia

Marisa Santos – Brazil

Meera Muthukrishnan – India

Monica Ferrie – Australia

Ukamaka Gladys Oka – Nigeria

Yanga Nokhepheyi – South Africa

Terms of Reference

2023-10 DCIG-TOR)Download

Join DCIG

Contact our Technical Officer to find out how to become part of this interest group.

Marilia Mastrocolla de
Almeida Cardoso
to.developinghta@htai.org

Webinars & Presentations

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Upcoming Webinars

Health Technology Assessment for Rare Diseases in Developing Countries: Insights about Strategies to Promote a collaborative network.

Join us for a live webinar presented by HTA in Developing Countries Interest Group (DCIG) “Health Technology Assessment for Rare Diseases in Developing Countries: Insights about Strategies to Promote a collaborative network” on 30th May, 12:00 p.m. CET.

This webinar aims to bridge insights about strategies by providing a comprehensive perspective from experts who could be instrumental for other developing countries with similar developmental trajectories .

Previous Webinars

Challenges of Assessing Digital Health Technologies in LMICs

HTAi Scholarships: Opportunities, Experiences, and Challenges

2023 DCIG Writing Project

DCIG invited members to submit a piece on a topic pertinent to low- and middle-income countries for a competition. The winners of the competition were:

Hasdeu S, Beliera A, Alvarez J, Sánchez Viamonte J. Exploring the linkage between health technology assessment and decision making during COVID-19 public health emergency in a developing country: analysis of processes and results. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2024 Nov 4;40(1):e42. doi: 10.1017/S0266462324000473. PMID: 39494834; PMCID: PMC11563179.
Cardoso MMA, Machado-Rugolo J, Thabane L, da Rocha NC, Barbosa AMP, Komoda DS, de Almeida JTC, Curado DDSP, Weber SAT, de Andrade LGM. Application of natural language processing to predict final recommendation of Brazilian health technology assessment reports. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2024 Apr 12;40(1):e19. doi: 10.1017/S0266462324000163. PMID: 38605654; PMCID: PMC11569907.
John D, Dutta Majumdar A, Pillai RN, Khatoon S, Bhattacharya P, Mukherjee N, Menon JC, Pavithran K, Kumar A, Jakovljevic M. Health technology assessment for digital health Technologies in India: a framework for action. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2024 Nov 4;40(1):e70. doi: 10.1017/S0266462324000345. PMID: 39494593; PMCID: PMC11703630.