The 2023 IHEA Congress will be held in Cape Town, South Africa. Cape Town is recognized as one of the most biodiverse cities with the highest known concentration of plant species, the majority of which grow nowhere else in the world. This inspired the congress name, which also reflects IHEA’s desire for the congress to attract a …
We recently sat down with Dr. Ijeoma Edoka, Health Economist at the Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office at University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, to learn about her career in immunization economics. What projects have you been working on? I work on a number of projects, mostly to do with costing and …
“A resilient system (or society) can face shocks and persistent structural changes in such a way that it does not lose its ability to deliver societal wellbeing in a sustainable way (i.e., deliver current societal wellbeing, without compromising that of future generations)”. Health system resilience-enhancing elements include protected and diversified health system revenue generation/financing mechanism; …
The European Health Economics Associations’ (EuHea) biannual conference in Oslo, Norway, July 5th to July 8th 2022 was successfully hosted by the Department of Health Management and Health Economics (HELED) at the University of Oslo and the Frisch Centre. For many, this was the first in-person conference in two years! Nearly 700 participants from around …
We are delighted to see our community growing (currently 95 members) and engaging with our group activities. We have some good news about upcoming events, knowledge translation efforts, and opportunities to further engage with the group. We are very much looking forward to hosting our first online symposium this September, and preparations are well underway. …
It’s been more than two years since we held our webinar on surging our health workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic and one year since we had our coffee chat during the iHEA virtual Congress. Many members of our SIG played important roles in helping their countries and local regions respond to the pandemic, and now …
IHEA mentorship program – next round 2022/2023 Are you interested in learning from an experienced health economist, getting advice on your research portfolio, and discussing development opportunities and potential career trajectories? Or would you like to share your knowledge and experience as a health economist to guide and support early- and mid-career colleagues? Then join …
Interviewers: Dr. Cate Bailey In this series of interviews with Early Career Researcher (ERC) health economists, we look at understanding what paths people have taken to become health economists, what ECRs do as health economists and what their aspirations are. In previous years we have asked our interviewees to answer questions about themselves in written …
As a global professional association, iHEA is deeply concerned about the ongoing, indiscriminate attacks by the Russian military in Ukraine leading to mass civilian casualties, destruction of infrastructure and an escalating humanitarian crisis. We are particularly concerned about the attacks on hospitals and the devastating, long-term impact of the war on the Ukrainian health system and …
Call for Nominations for the 2022 Student Paper Prize Deadline: Monday, March 14, 2022 The International Health Economics Association (IHEA) is pleased to invite nominations for the Annual Student Paper Prize in Health Economics. Nominations should include a brief letter of nomination (250 words max) and a copy of the paper (preferably pdf). Papers can …
