Table 1

Trial design

	Number of clusters	Intervention	Control	Surveillance
Level 1	40 BHP clusters	BCG available at all health-facility contacts	BCG available at weekly contacts as usual practice	HDSS follow-up with bimonthly visits
Level 2	840 villages	BCG available at all health-facility contacts	BCG available at weekly contacts as usual practice	Village visit every 1–3 months by a supervisor reinforcing the CHW data collection and monthly CHW data collection

BHP, Bandim Health Project; CHW, community health worker; HDSS, Health and Demographic Surveillance System.