The Pan American Health Organization and the Health Technology Assessment Network of the Americas (RedETSA), in collaboration with Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi), are pleased to invite you to a new edition of the RedETSA Webinar Program: 

“Health Technology Assessment of In Vitro Diagnostics”

How to participate

• DAY: Friday, May 23, 2025
• HOUR: 09:00 – 10:30 hours (EDT/UTC-4)
• LANGUAGES: English and Spanish, with simultaneous interpretation.

Register now

Context

Health Technology Assessment (HTA) aims to inform decision-making to promote equitable, efficient, and high-quality health systems. The evaluation of in vitro diagnostic tests plays a crucial role in public health, and access to this type of technology is essential to ensure accurate diagnoses, appropriate treatments, and continuous monitoring of patient health.

About the Webinar

The webinar will address current Health Technology Assessment methods for diagnostics, challenges in applying these methods to in vitro diagnostics, perspectives from international organizations, the presentation of a value framework for diagnostic technologies in Latin America, and case studies from HTA agencies evaluating in vitro diagnostic tests.

Speakers

– Christopher Hyde, University of Exeter, United Kingdom

– Federico Augustovski, IECS, Argentina 

– Rosa Maria Vivanco Hidalgo, AQuaS, Spain

– Virgilio Failoc Rojas, INEN, Peru

Moderators

– Anastasia Chalkidou, NICE, UK & Co-Chair of the HTAi Medical Devices Interest Group

– Stephanie Ouimet-Rathe, PAHO, Innovation, Access to Medicines and Health Technologies (IMT)

At the end of the presentations, there will be an open space dedicated to questions and comments from participants.

Time correspondence

• 6:00 am – Los Angeles, Vancouver
• 7:00 am – Belmopán, Guatemala City, Managua, México City, San Jose (CR), San Salvador, Tegucigalpa
• 8:00 am – Bogotá, Panama City, Kingston, Lima, Quito, Cayman Islands, Georgetown
• 9:00 am – Bridgetown, Caracas, Castries, Havana, La Paz, Nassau, Ottawa, Port-au-Prince, Port of Spain, San Juan, Santiago, Santo Domingo, Washington DC
• 10:00 am – Asunción, Buenos Aires, Brasilia, Montevideo, Paramaribo
• 2:00 pm – London
• 3:00 pm – Geneva, Madrid, Barcelona
• 11:00 pm – Canberra

For other cities, please check the local time in the following here