The Health Technology Assessment Network of the Americas (RedETSA), was created in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2011, its work includes collaborations with ministries of health, regulatory authorities and the World Health Organization (WHO).
RedETSA, is a non-profit organization with a presence in 19 countries in 39 institutions, its objective is to strengthen and promote the health technology assessment process in the American continent.
Some of the main objectives of RedETSA include identifying the status of health technology assessment at the national, subregional, and regional levels; identify the factors to facilitate its implementation and promote networking and good practices.
From November 29 to December 3, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and the Brazilian Network for Health Technology Assessment (REBRATS), organized the XII Meeting of RedETSA and the II Meeting of REBRATS, on the occasion of the celebration of the tenth anniversary of RedETSA and the National Committee for the Integration of Technologies in the Unified Health System (CONITEC) of Brazil.
The event was held virtually and had more than a thousand participants, including delegates from ministries of health, representatives of security institutions and health technology assessment networks, and education and research institutions in the region.
The main theme of the event was Innovation and Access and the objective was to strengthen the links between RedETSA and REBRATS, and thus encourage the exchange of experiences among the participants.
In addition, there were panels and round tables where topics such as health economics, health technologies in the pandemic and the evaluation of medical devices were discussed.
