How can health technology assessment support our response to public health emergencies?
08 November 2022Public health emergencies (PHEs), such as the COVID-19 crisis, are threats to global health and public order. Colleagues from ADP recommend that countries bolster their PHE responses by investing in health technology assessment (HTA), defined as a systematic process of gathering pertinent information on and evaluating health technologies from a medical, economic, social and ethical standpoint.