Dates (2010) | Weeks (2010) | Activities |
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January 20 to February 1 | 3 to 4 | Preparation: |
▪ Cartography and listing of sites to prepare sampling frame | ||
▪ Division into strata and selection of sentinel sites | ||
▪ Development and adaptation of procedures and registers | ||
February 2 to March 7 | 5 to 9 | Stepwise implementation (about two strata per week): |
▪ Identification of staff | ||
▪ Visit to sentinel sites | ||
▪ Three-day training and pilot | ||
▪ Baseline census during first week, then weekly household visits for demographic and nutritional data collection | ||
March 8 | 10 | Weekly household visits started in all sentinel sites |
July 12 to 18 | 28 | Repeat census |
October 3 | 39 | End of nutritional data collection |
October 3 to 14 | 39 to 40 | Evaluation visit |
▪ Capture-recapture study for mortality accuracy assessment (analyzed deaths during weeks 31 to 38) | ||
▪ Review of paper registers | ||
December 31 | 52 | End of demographic data collection |