How did Indigenous leadership shape a major medicines funding decision in Aotearoa New Zealand? A 2021 policy change introduced ethnicity-based eligibility for new diabetes medicines, marking a significant shift in how equity is addressed within a universal health system🧵

How has health technology assessment (HTA) evolved in China, and what has shaped its role in health policy? This article by Wudong Guo and colleagues offers a useful overview🧵

How can countries build the institutional foundations needed for fair, transparent, and evidence-informed decisions as they expand their universal health coverage systems? In this article, Juhwan Oh and colleagues trace South Korea's two-decade journey to institutionalize HTA 🧵

In this commentary, Budi Hidayat analyzed the current state of health technology supply landscape in Indonesia as well as the impact of HTA studies on priority-setting decisions. These are some key insights about the present challenges and future directions🧵

The Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP) in Thailand has been recognized as a leading HTA research unit located in a LMIC. These are fifteen lessons, based on fifteen years of experience, shared by Yot Teerawattananon and colleagues🧵

Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is resulting in cost-effective and evidence-based decision-making processes within PM-JAY in India! These are some examples presented in a research article by Shankar Prinja, Yashika Chugh, Nidhi Gupta and Vipul Aggarwal🧵

How can a Health Technology Assessment organization be created? Victoria Y. Fan, Abha Mehndiratta, Jubilee Ahazie, Javier Guzman, Shankar Prinja, T. Sundararaman, and Soumya Swaminathan share insights based on the experience of India's national HTA agency🧵

Discover the key phases of health technology assessment institutionalization in Ghana, as outlined in recent research by Augustina Koduah, Jessica Anim Boadi, Joycelyn Naa Korkoi Azeez, Brian Adu Asare, Saviour Yevutsey, Martha Gyansa-Lutterodt, and Justice Nonvignon 🧵

How can governments make smarter decisions about where to invest limited health budgets? David Wilson and Marelize Görgens from the World Bank explore how mathematical modeling can help countries get more health for every dollar spent🧵

Health Benefits Packages (HBP) have been a key policy instrument for improving #UHC. Discover the research by Marcela Brun, Johnattan Garcia Ruiz, Javier Guzman on Colombia’s evolution in this field! 🧵

Why do diabetes and NCDs remain chronically underfunded in many countries, even when effective solutions exist? This study focused on Ghana by Leonard Baatiema, Kristen Danforth, David A. Watkins, Joana Ansong, Adwoa Twumwaah Twum-Barimah, and Bruno Meessen reveals the barriers blocking progress🧵

What can countries do to address the global rise of type 2 diabetes when existing market and government responses have fallen short? In their new commentary, Agnes L. Soucat, Sylvestre Gaudin, and Abdo S. Yazbeck explore this question through the lens of the WHO’s Common Goods for Health framework🧵

What are the main factors that influence the institutionalization of HTA at the macro-level across all countries globally? In this scoping review Rahab Mbau, Anna Vassall, Lucy Gilson, and Edwine Barasa found some interesting answers🧵

Developing a clear process for topic identification, selection, and prioritization (TISP) is key when institutionalizing HTA. These are three key institutional aspects of TISP identified by Elizabeth Peacocke, Lieke Fleur Heupink, Aparna Ananthakrishnan & Katrine B. Frønsdal🧵

How can Health Technology Assessment (HTA) and Health Benefit Package (HBP) be integrated to achieve #UHC in low- and middle-income countries? In this commentary, Ole F. Norheim & David A. Watkins offer some insights🧵

Prioritizing health interventions is a major challenge for health systems. Pete Baker and colleagues discuss the international Decision Support Initiative (iDSI), a platform aimed to catalyze progress on Evidence-Informed Priority-Setting (EIPS) in LMICs🧵

Discover how AI can revolutionize health systems in low and middle-income countries in this article authored by África Periáñez, Ana Fernández Del Río, Ivan Nazarov, Enric Jané, Moiz Hassan, Aditya Rastogi and Dexian Tang🧵

In 2021 India launched the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) to strengthen the digital health ecosystem. Udaya Shankar Mishra, Suryakant Yadav, and William Joe made an assessment of the progress of this ambitious initiative🧵

In their latest article, Terence C. Cheng and Winnie Yip explore the transformative impact of internet telemedicine on China's healthcare landscape!🧵

In this article, Miwako Hosoda investigates how digitalized peer support is transforming patient-provider relationships in Japan🧵

How did digital training innovations keep global health services connected during COVID-19? In this study, Caroline Benski, Aya Goto, Abéline Hantavololona, and team explore two fascinating cases of cross-border training🧵

In this study, Hwa-Young Lee, Minji Ju, Minah Kang, Heejung Lee, Juho Choi, and Juhwan Oh explored South Korea's innovative Smart O2O Digital Health Care Model, a program designed to tackle chronic disease in rural Pyeongchang-gun through digital intervention🧵

In this article, Friday Okonofua and colleagues explored how women, health providers, and civil society organizations utilized a mobile phone-based tool designed to help report and address gender-based violence (GBV). The findings offer valuable insights for those working on GBV prevention🧵

How effective is Maharashtra's digitized ambulance service? Research by Ahana Sarkar, Vipul Parmar, Arnab Jana and Sujata Saunik analyzes the implementation of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) across the Indian state. Here are the key findings 🧵

Explore the digital transformation of health product supply chains in low- and middle-income countries! Prashant Yadav analyzed the impact of digital technologies on availability, affordability, and adoption of health products🧵

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the mortality rate among infected residents in assisted living facilities was 21.2%, sharply contrasting with the 2.5% observed in the wider population. How can long-term care facilities be better prepared for future emergencies?🧵

In their article, Yann Tapsoba, Amna Silim, Kingsley Addai Frimpong, assessed the statistical relationship between public financial management (PFM) quality and health outcomes, with a focus on LMICs in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). These are some of their key findings🧵

What was the role of community mental health (CMH) systems and services during the #COVID-19 pandemic? What were the key dynamics observed within CMH systems during this time? And what factors influenced the quality of their services? Find out here🧵

How can development assistance for health evolve to better address the growing challenge of non-communicable diseases? William Savedoff, Abdo S. Yazbeck, David H. Peters & Son Nam Nguyen explore this question through the lens of type 2 diabetes🧵

In 2020, China's National Healthcare Security Administration expanded the centralized procurement program to include high-value medical consumables like coronary stents. Weiyan Jian, Shanshan Huo, Lanyue Zhang & Wuping Zhou studied the impact of this program🧵

South Korea stands out as one of the few countries to successfully consolidate its national risk pools into a single-payer health insurance system. Here are key aspects of the agenda-setting and policy adoption phases that made this transformation possible🧵

How can low-income countries design provider payment mechanisms (PPMs) that advance #UHC goals? Mideksa Koricho and colleagues examined this question by exploring the impact of Ethiopia's PPMs on equity, efficiency, quality of care, and financial sustainability🧵

China's zero-COVID strategy lasted an impressive three years. In their recent study, Bingqing Guo and Karen Ann Grépin examine how China's administrative accountability system influenced this prolonged adherence🧵

Senegal initiated departmental-level community-based health insurance (CBHI) in 2014 following the failure of smaller-scale municipal CBHIs. Valéry Ridde, Mouhamadou Faly Ba, Babacar Kane, Anouk Chouaïd, and Adama Faye analyzed the stakeholders' perspectives on scaling up this model🧵

What explains why some countries managed COVID-19 better than others? A recent article by Kevin Croke explores this question and challenges the traditional political science assumptions we have relied on for decades 🧵

How prepared are Japan’s preschool teachers to support children with disabilities during disasters? A commentary by Koji Yamawaki, Aya Goto, and Kimiko Ueda examines this question 🧵

What can other countries learn from Qatar’s National Diabetes Strategy (2016–2022)? In this article, Mohamed Hamad J. T. Al-Thani, Sameh El-Saharty, Zeina Jamal, and colleagues discuss Qatar’s approach to addressing Type 2 diabetes🧵

Why does Sri Lanka, a country with strong health service coverage, still see only 1 in 5 adults with diabetes achieving glycemic control? A new study explores this question using a national care cascade analysis🧵

A new commentary by Ashley Fox, Victoria Y. Fan, Heeun Kim, and Minah Kang introduces the concept of Trust Continuum to explain how different levels of trust affect compliance with public health measures. These are some key challenges and policy recommendations highlighted by the authors🧵

Can we better understand the global rise in obesity, overweight, and diabetes by looking beyond lifestyle factors? In this commentary, Barbara McPake revisits prevailing assumptions about the relationship among these three conditions🧵

How can countries make fair decisions about which health services to fund, especially when resources are limited? A new study led by Omar Mwalim, Sanaa Said, Subira Suleiman, and colleagues explores this question through Zanzibar’s health system👇

Diabetes is a growing public health challenge in Nigeria, yet many face barriers to proper care. Out-of-pocket costs, low awareness, and lack of screening programs leave millions undiagnosed and untreated. What needs to change? 🧵

How did Kenya's Universal Health Coverage (UHC) pilot shape health reform in the country? A recent study by Lizah Nyawira, Yvonne Machira, Kenneth Munge, Jane Chuma, and Edwine Barasa provides insights into Kenya’s UHC pilot experience🧵

In their latest article, Joseph Kutzin, Susan P. Sparkes, Alexandra J. Earle, Agnes Gatome-Munyua, and Nirmala Ravishankar outline the concept of objective-oriented health systems reform, providing actionable insights from real-world cases🧵

🚨 Diabetes is a growing public health challenge in Nigeria, yet many face barriers to proper care. Out-of-pocket costs, low awareness, and lack of screening programs leave millions undiagnosed and untreated. What needs to change? 🧵👇

How can health system reforms navigate complex political landscapes to succeed? Michael R. Reich and Paola Abril Campos Rivera provide a practical approach to applied political analysis for health system reform in their recent study 🧵

How do cross-programmatic inefficiencies impact health system performance in Anambra State, Nigeria? Obinna Onwujekwe, Uchenna Ezenwaka, Prince Agwu, Chukwudi Nwokolo, Francis Ukwuije, Alexandra J. Earle, Agnes Gatome-Munyua, and Susan Sparkes investigate this in their latest study 🧵

How does direct facility financing (DFF) impact health service delivery in Tanzania? Peter Binyaruka, John Maiba, Dastan Mshana, Agnes Gatome-Munyua, and Gemini Mtei explore this in their recent study on provider autonomy and budget execution in Tanzania 🧵

How has Argentina leveraged incremental health reforms to improve its decentralized health system? A commentary by Martin Sabignoso, Susan P. Sparkes, and Alexandra J. Earle explores the transformative journey of Programa Sumar in Argentina over the past 20 years 🧵

A new study by Ashley Fox, Victoria Y. Fan, Heeun Kim, and Minah Kang introduces a Trust Continuum to explain how different levels of trust affect compliance with public health measures. Their findings highlight key challenges and policy recommendations👇