Table 3

Schedule of infant visits and procedures

Timepoints
Birth1 month*6 months9 months12 monthsUnscheduled 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.