The research team owes a great deal of gratitude to the Bureau of AIDS, TB and STIs (BATS) Department of Disease Control Ministry of Public Health, who have greatly supported the research team in accessing the key informants. We have benefitted greatly from Chiangdao hospital, Nongyai hospital, C

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Executive summary The proposal to conduct a situational assessment on disease prevention and control for the establishment of a Southeast Asia Centre for Infectious Disease Control (SEACID) was an academic study, led by the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore (NU