As part of the work for the South and South East Asia Community Trials Network (SEACTN), Jaruwan Tubprasert and Akanittha Poonchai visited CCRU to monitor the work package B, which will find out the causes of acute febrile illness and its outcomes in people presenting to hospitals in the region, and the household survey, which will define a picture of the health status of communities in the network. Their precious feedback will help us improve the quality of our work, Thank you Jaruwan and Akanittha!
Together with the monitoring team, Dr Aninda Sen, Dr Sharmin Ahmed and Dr Nawrin Kabir came from BRAC University, Bangladesh to exchange experiences on the project, as they will soon start the household survey and have only recently started with work package B. Meiwen Zhang, Watcharintorn Thongpiam, SEACTN PI Prof Yoel Lubell and Chris Chew completed the visiting party. Together, we visited Chiangrai Prachanukroh and Mae Chan Hospitals together, met local partners and household survey fieldworkers, and discussed issues related to the projects.
Pictured during a lunch break at Mae Chan, clockwise from left: Dr Sharmin Ahmed, Laphaphat Naruesornsiri, Jaruwan Tubprasert, Akanittha Poonchai, Yoel Lubell, Dr Aninda Sen, Carlo Perrone, Chris Chew, Benjamas Nuangkanta, Dr Nawrin Kabir, Nidanuch Tasak and Areerat Thaiprakhong,
We all thank our visitors for their company and help. Unfortunately, the dry-season wildfires have made the air hazardously polluted so outdoor activities had to be kept to a minimum. We hope in future visits to show them Chiangrai’s wonderful outdoors.
– Thank you, Carlo Perrone, for text and Benjamas Nuangkanta for photo.