Christian Medical College (CMC) Vellore Research Internship to HITAP

This report aims to describe the study visit of researchers at Christian Medical College (CMC) Vellore who are undertaking cost of illness studies on enteric fever and rotavirus vaccines in India at the Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP). HITAP, known regionally for supporting health technology assessment (HTA) and economic evaluations, was requested by CMC Vellore for an internship program at HITAP. After discussions, HITAP organized a week-long internship for three research scientists from CMC Vellore. The internship focused on familiarizing the researchers with HITAP, the role of HTA in the Thai health system, principles and best practices for conducting costing studies using the Global Health Cost Consortium (GHCC) reference case, and methods of conducting economic evaluations and modelling of health economics. Through the internship, the researchers were able to identify areas for further work and develop a plan for their studies and potential for economic evaluations, including areas of support from HITAP and future collaborations between the two institutions.

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