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From June 9th to 11th 2025, an Ideation Workshop, led by Dr. Kate Bärninghausen from the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH), Germany, took place in Chanthaburi Province, Thailand. The workshop brought community members from three provinces in Thailand, aiming to co-develop interventions and pave the way for the next step of the project.

Organized by PANDA and PANDASIA, in partnership with Khon Kaen University (KKU), the three-day workshop brought together different community stakeholders to collaboratively design the materials and messages for the community-based intervention. Participants included community leaders, village health volunteers (VHVs), and youth advocates from three provinces in Thailand: Chanthaburi, Nan, and Chiang Rai.

At the beginning of the workshop, the HIGH team, composed of Dr. Kate Bärninghausen and Uliana Kachnova, and the KKU team, led by Dr. Patcharin Lapanun, presented an overview of the project to establish a shared understanding between the researchers and the participants. Participants engaged in group activities such as journey mapping, co-designing delivery formats and messages, developing prototypes, practicing delivery, and sharing feedback for refinement.

These sessions provided valuable insights into the unique challenges and needs of each province. Participants also identified potential barriers, such as different languages present in the study areas, and proposed solutions to improve reach and impact.

On the final day, attendees voted on their preferred intervention concepts, helping to shape the next phase of the PANDA and PANDASIA projects. The workshop marked an important step toward ensuring that the Pandemic Prevention and Preparedness Literacy (3PL) Intervention is grounded in local knowledge, culturally appropriate, and sustainable.