Table 2.

Sample collection by evaluation method

Collection activity	Age group	Sampling	Arm	Collection location	Samples collected and diagnostics conducted
Cross-sectional surveys	≥1 month old	20 compounds from the core area per cluster	Both	Household	RDT Blood smear Dried blood spots Hemoglobin
Cohort visits (scheduled and unscheduled)	≥1 year old	Random selection from cluster cores during baseline and year 1 XSS	Both	Health facility	RDT Blood smear Dried blood spots Hemoglobin
MTaT rounds	≥1 month old	All residents	Intervention	Household	RDT Dried blood spot (from first 5000)
Passive surveillance	All ages	All individuals living within the core area of a cluster	Both	Health facility	RDT