Mon, 15/12/2025 - 09:30 to 14:00
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We are happy to invite you to the final event of the Belspo-funded HELICON — BRAIN-be project, aiming to develop policy-relevant tools to monitor and mitigate environmental health inequalities in Belgium.
HELICON aims to unravel the long-term and indirect health impact of the COVID-19 crisis in Belgium. Throughout the project, 4 guiding principles are respected:
- Valorisation of surveillance data and administrative health data
- Evaluation of socio-economic and socio-demographic differentials
- Evaluation of differentials across the different waves of the epidemic
- Knowledge translation and policy transfer
Preliminary programme
9.30: Word of welcome - Brecht Devleesschauwer
9.40: Opening presentation by Belspo - Naji Aziz
10.00: Social health inequalities in the COVID-19 pandemic and its long-term direct health impacts - Lisa Cavillot
10.15: The indirect health and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on non-COVID diseases in Belgium - Yasmine Khan
10.30: Socio-economic and sociodemographic factors of COVID-19: From evidence to policy - Jinane Ghattas
10.45: Q&A
11.00: COVID in historical context - Isabelle Devos
11.20: Break
11.40: Pandemic preparedness (BE-PIN) - Niel Hens
12.00: Pandemic preparedness - Marius Gilbert
12.20: Panel Discussion - Laura Van den Borre, Marius Gilbert, Niel Hens
13.00: Lunch
14.00: End of the meeting
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