The Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi) Latin America Policy Forum (LAPF) will meet for the third time on 23 and 24 April 2018 in Montevideo, Uruguay. The topic chosen for this meeting is ‘defining the value of health technologies in Latin America’. Due to the differing levels of maturity in the HTA systems and approaches by countries in the region, this topic deserves specific analysis and consideration for the Latin America region.

A background paper is in development for the LAPF, and will be informed by a review of policy publications in scientific databases, google scholar plus other grey literature. The background paper will summarize the relevance of value frameworks around the world (building on the 2017 HTAi Global Policy Forum background paper and discussions) and will narratively synthesize key findings globally and draw out issues and experiences relevant to the Latin America region. This will be used to provoke the discussions and debates at the LAPF.

This presentation will focus on summarizing the background paper that was used to inform the discussion over the two days of the LAPF, highlighting the key findings on value frameworks from the Latin America region. The presentation will also summarize the key questions for deliberation that were brought to the attention of the meeting attendees, plus the key questions that were posed for the guided breakout sessions will be presented.

The presentation will provide a great opportunity for HTAi members to hear about the ‘state of the art’ methodologies for valuing health technologies in the Latin America region.