The Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP), was established to take responsibility for appraising a wide range of health technologies and programs, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, interventions, individual and community health promotions and disease prevention. HITAP is an associate organisation, coming under the auspices of the International Health Policy Program (IHPP), Thailand.
HITAP aims to efficiently and transparently appraise health interventions and technologies by using international, standard and qualified research methodologies and develop systems and mechanisms in order to promote the optimal selection, procurement and management of health technology as well as appropriate health policy determination also distributes research findings and educate the public in order to make the best use of health interventions and technology assessment results.