“ The International Health Policy Program (IHPP) was established in 2001. It was initially focused on researches on health economic and health care financing and also act as technical arm for international health role of the Thai Ministry of Public Health. The IHPP has gradually evolved in the past decade and now its main mission includes knowledge generation and management, capacity building in health policy and health systems researches, technical support to the Thai roles in Global Health movements, and health policy advocacy. The development of IHPP is based on a process of ‘continuous interactive learning through actions. "

" It is this social spirit that meshes us together. IHPP new spin-off nodes of expertise such as Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program -HITAP, Burden of Diseases-BOD, Centre of Alcohol Study and Alcohol Policy Research, Obesity Policy, Human Resource for Health, Health Systems Researches, Healthcare Financing, Emerging Infectious Diseases are natural evolution and diversification of expertise to cope with increasing complexities of health systems development. IHPP has never thought of building empire, but diversity its capacities to accommodate more complex health systems problems, towards a lean research institute in a rapid changing context. "

Who We Are

The International Health Policy Program (IHPP), Thailand

The International Health Policy Program, Thailand (IHPP) is a semi-autonomous program conducting research on national health priorities related to health policy and systems in Thailand. As part of the Global Health Division of the Ministry of Public Health, this program aims at improving national health care systems through generating reliable knowledge and evidence of health policy and systems for the public and Thai policymakers.
However, the original aim of strengthening the capacity of Thai researchers is still carried on in the relevant areas of health care financing, economic evaluation, public health insurance, and health policy analysis.

This program also supports researchers in pursuing their postgraduate studies in local universities or abroad. During the last ten years, IHPP has done a number of outstanding records in health policy and systems research. These have identified and addressed key emerging issues in health systems with the application of tools such as health economics, health financing, and health policy analysis.

IHPP focuses not only on research, but on policy processes and utility of research findings, which requires researchers to work closely with relevant stakeholders in each particular field. Most importantly, IHPP has physical proximity to, but an arm’s length relationship with policy makers in and outside the Ministry of Public Health in order to maintain policy relevance, scientific integrity and independence.

Organization Structure

The organizational structure of the International Health Policy Program (IHPP) has a dual entity or semi-autonomous research institute. The IHPP is under the Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Public Health and closely collaborates with the Global Health Division.

The organization consists of an administrative office and numerous research teams working on various health-related themes. The working areas also include cross-cutting areas namely Global Health and Sustainable Development Goals.