作者
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 PJ Day, Yoel Lubell, Thomas Julian Peto
发表日期
2024/3/1
期刊
BMJ open
卷号
14
期号
3
页码范围
e081079
出版商
British Medical Journal Publishing Group
简介
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). This survey, alongside other RFI studies that explore fever aetiology, leading causes of mortality, and establishing village and health facility maps and profiles, will provide an updated epidemiological background of the rural areas where the network is operational.
Methods and analysis
During 2022–2023, a cross-sectional household survey will be conducted across …
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