Abstract
In 1990, a joint activity between the Thailand Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC) known as the “HIV/AIDS Collaboration” was born, its primary objective was to conduct HIV prevention research to contribute to HIV/AIDS control efforts in Thailand. The Collaboration maintained an office and a laboratory on the campus of the MoPH in Nonthaburi, a Bangkok suburb. U.S. CDC scientists and public health advisors were assigned to live and work in Thailand alongside Thai MoPH colleagues. Local staff were hired and supported by the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok and the MoPH. This research initiative built on the trust established between the Thai MoPH and the U.S. CDC through the Thai Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP), which was inaugurated in 1980, becoming the first FETP program outside North America. The Thai FETP is modeled on U.S. CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) program, both striving to improve public health surveillance, prevention and disease control efforts.
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