Contributor:  Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program

HITAP was requested to provide support to the Beijing Children’s Hospital and the China National Health Development Research Center in their efforts to develop a system for evaluating pediatric drugs in China.

1. To move towards evidence-informed and procedurally fair priority setting in healthcare in lower and middle-income countries
2. To assess the political and technical pitfalls that may get in the way of healthcare priority setting, and consider how they might be overcome;
3. To set a tone and approach to discussion of these issues that creates a basis for collaborative problem-solving in the future.