Painter, Chris https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7970-039X
Isaranuwatchai, Wanrudee
Prawjaeng, Juthamas
Wee, Hwee Lin
Chua, Brandon Wen Bing
Huynh, Vinh Anh
Lou, Jing
Goh, Fang Ting
Luangasanatip, Nantasit
Pan-Ngum, Wirichada
Yi, Wang
Clapham, Hannah
Teerawattananon, Yot
Funding for this research was provided by:
Thailand Research Fund (RTA5980011)
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1202541)
Department for International Development
Rockefeller Foundation
Article History
Accepted: 11 May 2021
First Online: 8 July 2021
Declarations
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: The economic evaluation study in Thailand is funded by the Health Systems Research Institute and the WHO. The Thai mathematical and economic modelling work from the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU) was funded by the Wellcome Trust [Grant number 220211]. For the purpose of open access, the authors have applied a CC BY public copyright licence to any author-accepted manuscript version arising from this submission. Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP) is supported by the International Decision Support Initiative (iDSI) to provide technical assistance on health intervention and technology assessment to governments in low- and middle-income countries. iDSI is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1202541), the UK’s Department for International Development, and the Rockefeller Foundation. HITAP is also supported by the Access and Delivery Partnership, which is hosted by the United Nations Development Programme and funded by the Government of Japan. The Singapore mathematical modelling and economic evaluation study is supported by the Singapore Ministry of Health’s National Medical Research Council under its COVID-19 Research Fund MOH-000442. The content and conclusions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the views of the funding agencies.
: CP, WI, JP, HLW, BWBC, VAH, JL, FTG, NL, WP-N, WY, HC, and YT have no conflicts of interest that are directly relevant to the content of this article.
: The Thai study was approved by the Institute for the Development of Human Research Protections of the Thai Ministry of Public Health.
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: Relevant data on the details of the Thai and Singapore studies are detailed in the supplementary materials.
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: All authors contributed to the design and implementation of the research and review of the manuscript.
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