Table 1 Description of the 11 respiratory surveillance sites across Kenya.

Surveillance site	Region	Setting	Inclusion criteria	Age included
Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH)	Central	Inpatient	SARI¹ & ILI²	< 13 years
Nyeri County Referral Hospital	Central	Inpatient	SARI¹	All
Mombasa County Referral Hospital	Coast	Inpatient	SARI¹	All
Kilifi County Hospital	Coast	Inpatient	Pneumonia⁴	< 5 years
Kakuma Refugee Camp	North	Inpatient	SARI¹	All
Dadaab Refugee Camp	North	Inpatient	SARI¹	All
Nakuru County Referral Hospital	Rift valley	Inpatient	SARI¹	All
Siaya County Hospital	Western	Inpatient	SARI¹	All
Kakamega County Referral Hospital	Western	Inpatient	SARI¹	All
Lwak Mission Hospital, Asembo PBIDS*	Western	Outpatient	ALRTI³ & ILI²	All
Tabitha Medical Clinic, Kibera PBIDS	Central	Outpatient	ALRTI³ & ILI²	All

Key: 1, SARI, Severe Acute Respiratory Illness is defined as an acute respiratory illness requiring hospitalization with a history of fever or measured fever ≥ 38 °C AND a cough with an onset of symptoms within the last 14 days. 2, ILI, Influenza Like Illness is defined as measured fever of ≥ 38 °C OR sore throat in an outpatient of any age. 3, ALRTI, Acute lower respiratory tract illness is defined as presence of cough OR difficulty in breathing with one of the following danger signs: chest in-drawing, stridor, unable to breastfeed, vomit everything, convulsions, lethargy, or unconsciousness. 4, Pneumonia is defined as modified WHO syndromic severe or very severe pneumonia⁴⁸; PBIDS, Population-Based Infectious Disease Surveillance.

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