On 22-23 Sept, the CCRU team completed training for the study, Overview of disease burden in rural South and Southeast Asia: A cross-sectional household health survey with questionnaire interviews and selected laboratory tests (SEACTN-HHS). The entire survey team participated the training, including CCRU staff, recruited nurses, and hill tribe language interpreters. The team is now ready to start the pilot on 3 Oct. CCRU will be the first site starting recruitment for SEACTN-HHS. Upon completion of the pilot, the fieldwork will start in the Cambodia and Bangladesh sites. It will last about 4 months, with 1500 participants to be recruited from each site.
Pictured at Wat Rong Suea Ten (Blue Temple) are CCRU team (trainers and trainees) along with some study investigators. Back row, from left: Phattharath Thira-Preedatap, Carlo Perrone, Tom Peto, Kwanchanok Supaluck. Middle row, from left: Rujira Yuin, Nattika Klahan, Anothai Weerapongsuchart, Darunee Netsuwan, Ratchadaporn Papwijitsil, Eakkamon Wongchai, Meiwen Zhang, Duanghathai Yasaeng. Bottom, from left: Nipaphan Kanthawang, Nongyao Khatta, Walaipan Choatworapan, Jarntrah Sappayabanphot.
– Thank you, Meiwen Zhang, for text and photo.