Assessing the progress of Health Technology Assessment use
In order to better understand the state of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) processes around the world, the WHO HTA team monitors the use of HTA, and it’s related principles, through the administration of a global survey of Member State countries. The survey is also designed to monitor trends in the integration and development of HTA. The survey also serves as a resource to provide contact information for HTA focal points and to provide country profiles, which provide a snapshot of the state of HTA processes in a given setting.
World Health Assembly resolution WHA67.23 mandates the WHO Secretariat to assess:
- HTA methodology
- HTA human resources and institutional capacity
- HTA governance
- links between HTA units and networks with policy authorities
- utilization of HTA results
- interest in impediments to strengthening HTA capacity.
The initial survey was conducted in 2015 after the resolution was approved, with 111 member state responses. In 2020 and 2021, an update to this survey is being conducted with an additional component exploring the linkages with the design and contents of Health Benefit Packages. The survey results are expected to be available in the latter half of 2021.
