1 September 2025, Cairo, Egypt – WHO Egypt has concluded a 1-year extended training programme on advanced economic evaluation and health technology assessment (HTA).

The programme included virtual sessions and collaborative projects and 40 full days of in-person training. Structured into 5 specialized modules and a capstone project, it covered areas such as health economics, pharmacoeconomic modeling and core HTA domains.

The 30 participants who took part in the training included representatives from the Ministry of Health and Population, the Universal Health Insurance Authority, Egypt Healthcare Authority, the Unified Procurement Authority, the Egyptian Drug Authority and the Health Insurance Organization.

The programme was designed to enhance the ability of health care professionals to apply advanced economic evaluation methods and HTA in decision-making. It introduced participants to key economic concepts in health care financing, strengthened their skills in evaluating cost-effectiveness and the budget impact of interventions and familiarized them with tools such as cost-effectiveness and cost-utility analyses and managed entry agreements. The course also fostered collaboration among the participating institutions through group discussions and projects focused on real-world health economic challenges.

The programme is part of WHO’s ongoing commitment to advance the development and institutionalization of HTA and strengthen national capacity to apply HTA in health care decision-making.

The course was cofacilitated by Syreon Middle East, a corporation specialized in health economics and outcomes research.