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Establishing disease models for the Belgian national burden of disease study: challenges and perspectives
complete clinical picture of the condition. The disease models instead help in understanding how the number of cases for each health state is calculated. Models typically start with one “parent node”, which ...
be.Prepared: Setting up a cloud-based bioinformatics platform and coupled NRC usability platform for integrated genomic-epidemiological analysis at a national level
genomic indicators and health data. It allows extensive data exploration and visualization. Finally, the NRC-usability platform is also connected to an internal instance of Microreact to help the NRC ...
Molecular and WGS-based characterization of invasive Neisseria meningitidis isolates collected in Belgium (2016-2022) and MenB-FHbp vaccine coverage estimation of serogroup B.
programs could help inform public health policy. In this study, a collection of 493 strains was analysed, collected in Belgium by the National Reference Centre between 2016 and 2022. Slide agglutination was ...
Psychological distress and online advice-seeking in times of COVID-19: vertical and horizontal equity of an e-mental health strategy
2020. 13,150 different individuals participated in at least one study wave. At the end of each wave, information on how to receive help was provided. Psychological distress was measured using the GHQ-12. ...
Galaxy @Sciensano: a comprehensive bioinformatics portal for genomics-based microbial typing, characterization, and outbreak detection.
for noncommercial use at https://galaxy.sciensano.be/ and can help other laboratories establish reliable, traceable and reproducible bioinformatics analyses for pathogens encountered in public ...
Patterns and drivers of excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in 13 Western European countries
and help guide pandemic preparedness plans. Health Topics: Mortalité Mortality Mortaliteit Service: Épidémiologie des maladies infectieuses Epidemiologie van infectieziekten Epidemiology of infectious ...
Development of the Local Food Systems Policy Index (Local Food-EPI+) tool and assessment process to benchmark the implementation of local government policies for creating healthy, equitable and environmentally sustainable food systems.
reduction; and support for communities. Pilot implementation of the tool in one local government demonstrated that the assessment process was feasible and likely to be helpful in guiding policy implementation. ...
The International cookbook for wastewater practitioners- Vol. 1 SARS-CoV-2
information gained was used to help monitor, communicate, and manage the COVID-19 pandemic. Rapid and significant innovations in the field of WBS were realised in parallel in multiple jurisdictions globally. ...
HealthDCAT-AP – A DCAT Application Profile for the description of health datasets “Recommendations on further development and deployment for possible EU-wide uptake”
across Europe. By enhancing the accessibility and availability of health data, HealthDCAT- AP plays an essential role in helping the EHDS achieve its objectives of improving public health outcomes, ...
First European pollen reanalysis for allergenic trees
long-term assessment of pollen abundance in the air is therefore useful for epidemiological studies, to track the biodiversity and ecosystem evolution, and may also help to estimate the species migration ...