Investments in regional cooperation are essential for health security. The ability of communicable diseases to cross international boundaries and affect large number of people demands a sustained and coordinated response among neighboring countries. The continued cooperation between the CLV countries provided a good practice for a coordinated response mechanism against this threat. The regional design enabled the sharing of knowledge, experiences, and resources and supported better data capture and timely information exchange, which are essential to CDC. Initially supported by grant resources from ADB, the regional platform was nurtured by the established NFPs and the regional steering committee, who advocated continued investment from national resources for regional activities. The RCU was instrumental in organizing regional activities and helped the CLV countries initiate coordination mechanisms.
Second Greater Mekong Subregion Regional Communicable Diseases Control Project