Table 2.

Timeline of surveillance activities

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