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Table 2 Timeline of surveillance activities

From: Sentinel site community surveillance of mortality and nutritional status in southwestern Central African Republic, 2010

Dates (2010)

Weeks (2010)

Activities

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