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Dr. Inthira said “It is my great pleasure to inform you that the HITA resolution was adopted yesterday at the 67th World Health Assembly. This resolution got strong support from many countries such as Ecuador, Peru, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey, Tanzania, China, Maldives, Japan, Korea, Ghana, Vietnam, Benin and USA. There were two one voices from SEA and 40 African countries supporting this resolution. They all agreed that HITA can help strengthening their health system, rationale resources allocation and sustainable UHC. They urged WHO to support capacity building, institutionalising and networking with other countries”
“There was only one minor amendment. China requested to link HITA with law and regulation. This request made USA uncomfortable with this request. However, they quickly negotiated and proposed to put “as appropriate” to flexible the request. At the end of this agenda, Marie-Paule Kieny said WHO acknowledge the need of HITA and the lack of HITA capacity in Member States. WHO will provide capacity building through tools and guidance, as well as networking among countries” she added
At the technical briefing held on Friday, HITAP and NICE name were mentioned as HTA resource organizations. There were around 200 people attended and I heard from many participants that this session is very informative and useful. Margaret Chan attend most of the session and joined until this session ended.
I think HITAP will have more work to do soon.
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