Table 1.

Overview of venue and participant selection procedures for each for the venue types

	Primary school	Health facility	Churches
Region venue sampled	Artibonite; Grand’Anse	Artibonite; Grand’Anse	Artibonite
Venue
Sampling frame	Government and non-governmental	Government and non-governmental	Convenience census
Inclusion criteria	At least 100 pupils registered	Staffed daily with clinician attending patients	At least 100 regular attendees
Sampling strategy	- Stratified random sample according to remoteness measured as distance to main roads - N = 21 (Artibonite); N = 25 (Grand’Anse)	- Census of all functioning facilities - N = 9 (Artibonite); N = 16 (Grand’Anse)	- Stratified random sample by sub-commune and denomination - N = 9 (Artibonite)
Participant
Target sample size	- 150 pupils per school	- A total of 450 individuals per facility - 150 individuals per each age category (6 months to 5 years; 6–15 years; > 15 years)	- All attendees
Sampling strategy	- Pupils in class 2 to 6 - 25 pupils per class selected by random number table	- All patients attending the health facility above 6 months of age not requiring urgent medical attention - All people accompanying patients above 6 months of age	- Above 6 months of age - Attended the church service
Consent	- Written from school director - Community parental meetings, with opt-out consent - Assent from children	- Written informed consent - Written assent for children 7 to 17 years old	- Written informed consent - Written assent for children 7 to 17 years old
Geolocation strategy	- All hsRDT-positive individuals by handheld GPS - Random selection of 30% of people testing hsRDT negative by GPS trackers and/or handheld GPS	- All coordinates collected by handheld GPS - All hsRDT-positive individuals - Random selection of 30% of people testing hsRDT negative	- None