Próximo Encuentro Anual – XVI Encuentro de RedETSA

New member of RedETSA: Health Technology Assessment Agency of Mendoza, Argentina

May 12, 2025

RedETSA and RedETS join forces to transform decision-making in health.

July 30, 2025

The Pan American Health Organization and the Health Technology Assessment Network of the Americas (RedETSA) are pleased to inform you about the upcoming annual meeting of members, XVI Meeting of RedETSA, to be held on Friday, June 13, 2025 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The RedETSA members' meeting is a closed event.

However, on Saturday June 14th Various free, open, in-person workshops will be held in June, led by RedETSA members and partners. The topics covered include:

Approaches to assess the impact of health technologies on equity, led by the RedETSA Equity Group, RedARETS, Argentina (in the morning)
GRADE for Network Meta-Analysis, led by PAHO and GRADE Southern Cone (in the morning)
Using the RedETSA Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Report Adaptation Tool, led by the Adaptation Group of RedETSA, CUFAR, Argentina & UDELAR, Uruguay (in the afternoon)
Advances and challenges in economic evaluations, and their application in hedging decisions, led by IECS, Argentina, with the participation of Michael Drummond, University of York (in the afternoon)

The workshops will be taught in Spanish, except for the last one, which will be held in both Spanish and English with interpretation.

We'd also like to mention the collaboration with HTAi, which will allow both organizations to hold their annual meetings during the same week. This will allow them to take advantage of the opportunities presented by both events and the mutual enrichment of their members. This is an excellent opportunity to interact with the global HTAi community.

How to participate in the workshops

DAY: Saturday, June 14, 2025, Sheraton Buenos Aires Hotel & Convention Center, San Martín 1225, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
TIME: Morning, 9am-12:30pm and afternoon, 2pm-5:30pm.
Register here: RedETSA 2025 Workshops

Registration does not automatically guarantee a spot in the workshop. Confirmation of participation will be sent by the organizers once your application has been approved.

Context

Building integrated health systems with effective access to quality health technologies is one of the current challenges facing countries in the Region. In this context, the development of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is essential for generating quality evidence to inform health decision-making, as well as for its effective implementation and monitoring of compliance. Furthermore, the link between HTA and decision-making processes is key to generating a real impact on health systems. To date, countries in the Region have implemented HTA with varying degrees of development and institutionalization.

From an integrated approach that encompasses the entire lifecycle of health technologies, effective HTA implementation requires that the components associated with the decision-making process be explicitly integrated and act in a coordinated manner, from evaluation to implementation and monitoring of use.

The event will promote debate on Health Technology Assessment through the exchange of experiences among specialists and managers from the Americas region. In addition to the annual meeting of RedETSA members, the event will include free workshops on June 14.

The Health Technology Assessment Network of the Americas (RedETSA), founded in June 2011 and currently comprised of 42 institutions from 21 countries, seeks to strengthen and promote the HTA process in the Americas, fostering the exchange of information to support decision-making regarding the incorporation, use, and replacement of health technologies. The Network meets annually in person to continue strengthening its mission. This year, the 16th meeting will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with the Ministry of Health as the host institution. Additionally, this year, the prestigious global organization HTAi will hold its annual meeting in the region, in Buenos Aires, during the same week as the RedETSA Meeting. This will provide RedETSA members with the opportunity to participate in events of the highest academic level, alongside participants from around the world.