In the Article by Tara Gomes and colleagues,1 it was concluded that initiation of safer opioid supply (SOS) programmes was associated with improvements in the rate of opioid toxicities, all-cause emergency department visits, all-cause inpatient hospitalisations, incident infections, and non-primary care-related health-care costs. The benefits in these factors were attributed to the initiation of SOS, similar to what was seen in the matched methadone initiation cohort, with the exception that the SOS group had significantly higher rates of opioid toxicity.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a regional organisation comprised of ten member states: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam. Home to more than 676 million people, the ASEAN is a geopolitical and economic collaboration network, with stark economic, political, ethnic, and cultural diversities among countries. As the ASEAN post-2015 health development agenda is ending and post-2025 planning is underway: robust data on population health are crucial to assess progress and to guide future plans.