Meiwen Zhang, Nan Shwe Nwe Htun, Shayla Islam, Aninda Sen, Akramul Islam, Amit Kumer Neogi, Rupam Tripura, Lek Dysoley, Carlo Perrone, Rusheng Chew, Elizabeth M Batty, Watcharintorn Thongpiam, Jantana Wongsantichon, Chonticha Menggred, Sazid Ibna Zaman, Naomi Waithira, Stuart Blacksell, Marco Liverani, Sue Lee, Richard James Maude, Nicholas P J Day, Yoel Lubell, Thomas Julian Peto
INTRODUCTION: In low-income and middle-income countries in Southeast Asia, the burden of diseases among rural population remains poorly understood, posing a challenge for effective healthcare prioritisation and resource allocation. Addressing this knowledge gap, the South and Southeast Asia Community-based Trials Network (SEACTN) will undertake a survey that aims to determine the prevalence of a wide range of non-communicable and communicable diseases, as one of the key initiatives of its first project-the Rural Febrile Illness project (RFI)...
March 23, 2024: BMJ Open