Table 1.

WHO Health Technology Assessment by country

Country	Governance		Purpose	Process transparency			Public communication
	National HTA organisation	Legislative requirement	HTA used in decision-making	Guidelines	Conflict of interest declaration	Civil society participation	Reports public available
Afghanistan, Albania, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Bulgaria, Bahrain, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Fiji, Micronesia (Federated States), Ghana, Kenya, Kiribati, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Libya, Republic of Moldova, Macedonia, Maldives, Peru, Qatar, San Marino, Somalia, Vietnam	No/unsure	No/unsure	No/unsure	No/unsure	No/unsure	No/unsure	No/unsure
Armenia, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Finland, Guatemala	Yes	Yes	Advisory	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Austria, Belgium	Yes	No	Advisory	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Bangladesh	No	Yes	Unsure	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Belarus	Yes	No	Advisory	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Benin, Denmark, Thailand, United Kingdom	Yes	No	Advisory	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bhutan	Yes	Yes	Advisory	Yes	Yes	No	No
Cape Verde	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Cameroon, Monaco, Trinidad and Tobago	No	No	Advisory	No	Unsure	No	Unsure
China	Yes	No	Advisory	No	No	Unsure	No
Costa Rica	No	No	Advisory	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Croatia	Yes	Yes	Advisory	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cuba	Yes	No	Advisory	No	No	No	Yes
Cyprus	Yes	No	Advisory	Unsure	Yes	No	No
Germany, Republic of Korea, Kazakhstan, Romania	Yes	Yes	Mandatory	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ecuador	Yes	No	Advisory	Yes	Yes	Unsure	Yes
Egypt	No	Yes	Advisory	No	Unsure	No	Yes
Estonia	Yes	Yes	Advisory	No	Yes	Unsure	Yes
Ethiopia	No	No	Mandatory	Unsure	No	Yes	Yes
Gambia, Slovenia, Sudan, Timor-Leste	No	Yes	Advisory	Unsure	Unsure	Unsure	Unsure
Georgia	Yes	Yes	Mandatory	Unsure	Unsure	Unsure	Unsure
Ghana	Yes	No	Advisory	Unsure	Unsure	Unsure	Unsure
Hungary, Iran	Yes	Yes	Advisory	Yes	No	Yes	No
Iceland, Montenegro	No	No	Advisory	Unsure	Unsure	No	Unsure
India	Yes	No	Advisory	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Indonesia	Yes	No	Advisory	Unsure	Yes	Yes	Yes
Iraq	Yes	Unsure	Advisory	Yes	Unsure	Yes	Yes
Italy	Yes	No	Advisory	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Jamaica	Yes	Unsure	Advisory	Yes	Unsure	Yes	Unsure
Japan, Norway	Yes	No	Advisory	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Jordan	Yes	Unsure	Advisory	Unsure	Unsure	Unsure	Unsure
Latvia	No	Yes	Mandatory	Yes	No	Yes	Unsure
Lithuania	Yes	Yes	Advisory	No	No	No	No
Luxembourg	Yes	Yes	Advisory	Unsure	Yes	No	Yes
Malaysia	Yes	No	Advisory	No	Yes	No	No
Mali	Yes	Yes	Mandatory	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Malta	Yes	Yes	Advisory	No	Yes	Yes	No
Mexico	Yes	No	Advisory	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Mozambique	Yes	No	Unsure	No	No	No	Yes
Nauru	No	No	Mandatory	No	No	Yes	Yes
Nepal	No	No	Unsure	No	No	Yes	Yes
Netherlands	Yes	Yes	Unsure	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
New Zealand	Yes	No	Advisory	Unsure	Yes	Yes	Yes
Philippines	No	Yes	Advisory	No	Yes	No	No
Poland, Portugal	Yes	No	Advisory	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
New Zealand	Yes	No	Advisory	Unsure	Yes	Yes	Yes
Russian Federation	No	No	Unsure	Yes	Unsure	Yes	No
Saudi Arabia	Yes	Yes	Advisory	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Serbia	Yes	Yes	Mandatory	No	Unsure	Yes	Yes
Singapore	Yes	Yes	Advisory	No	Yes	No	Yes
South Africa	No	Yes	Advisory	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spain	Yes	Yes	Advisory	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes	Yes	Advisory	Unsure	Unsure	Yes	Yes
Switzerland, Slovakia, Sweden	Yes	Yes	Advisory	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes	Yes	Advisory	Yes	Yes	No	No
Tuvalu	Yes	Yes	Advisory	No	No	Yes	Yes
Tanzania, United Republic of	No	Unsure	Advisory	Yes	Unsure	Yes	No
Turkey	Yes	No	Advisory	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
USA	Yes	No	Advisory	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

HTA, Health Technology Assessment.