International Symposium on Health Technology Assessment (ISHTA-2023)
International Symposium on Health Technology Assessment (ISHTA-2023) with the theme of “Affordability, Availability, and Accessibility of Health Care Technologies through evidence generated by Health Technology Assessment for Universal Health Coverage” was held on the 10 th  of March 2023  at Sushma Swaraj Bhavan, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. Three HTA evaluation studies conducted by ICMR-NIRT were selected for HTA Marketplace in the symposium. Shri. Jagdeep Dhankhar, Honourable Vice President, Government of India and Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Honourable Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Government of India and Dr. Rajiv Bahl, Secretary, Department of Health Research, Government of India and DG ICMR visited the stall put up by ICMR-NIRT at the Marketplace. C-Tb skin test kit for latent TB screening was positively appreciated by the Honourable Vice President. The stall was visited by many researchers and HTA specialists from WHO, Geneva and Centre for Global Development, Europe. HTA team lead by Dr. M Muniyandi from ICMR-NIRT participated in the Symposium.
