Table 3

Schedule of infant visits and procedures

	Timepoints
	Birth	1 month*	6 months	9 months	12 months	Unscheduled visits
Procedures:
Medical history	×	×	×	×	×	×
Physical examination	×	×	×	×	×	×
Psychomotor development assessment	×	×	×	×	×
Weight	×	×	×	×	×	×
Height	×	×	×	×	×	×
Temperature	×	×	×	×	×	×
Blood smear	×	†	†	†	†	†
Haemoglobin test	×	†	†	†	†	†
HIV PCR ‡		×	×	×	×
Malaria PCR (filter paper)	×
HIV prophylaxis adherence	§	§	§	§	§	§
HIV treatment adherence	§	§	§	§	§	§

*First visit will be scheduled 1 month after birth or coinciding with first EPI visit.
†Only if fever (≥37.5°C) or history of fever in the past 24 hours or signs suggestive of malaria.
‡HIV PCR test should also be repeated at month 18 after birth.
§Adherence should be assessed at each visit.
EPI, Expanded Program on Immunization; PCR, Polymerase chain reaction.