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Assessing European national health information systems in peer review format: lessons learnt
study is to identify lessons learnt and the added value of the InfAct peer assessment for the assessors. METHODS: A qualitative evaluation of the peer HIS assessment was performed based on 12 ...
Inequalities in the burden of non-communicable diseases across European countries: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Although overall health status in the last decades improved, health inequalities due to non-communicable diseases (NCD s) persist between and within European countries. There is a lack ...
Lumpy Skin Disease: A Systematic Review of Mode of Transmission, Risk of Emergence and Risk Entry Pathway.
versus observational. The main findings and limitations of the retrieved articles were summarized: buffaloes are the main non-cattle hosts, the main transmission mode is mechanical, i.e., via blood-sucking ...
Time series modelling for wastewater-based epidemiology of COVID-19: A nationwide study in 40 wastewater treatment plants of Belgium, February 2021 to June 2022
variability was observed in terms of explaining incident cases. These findings are of practical importance to WBE practitioners and show that the early-warning potential of WBE is WWTP-specific and ...
Release of silver and titanium from face masks traded for the general population.
consumers. Direct measurement of release of Ag and TiO particles during normal wearing is problematic by the lack of methodology to test release and to quantify inhaled particles. Therefore in this study, we ...
Towards Less Plastic in Food Contact Materials: An In-Depth Overview of the Belgian Market.
industry is forced to develop substitute materials due to constant pressure from consumers and authorities to reduce fossil-based plastic. Several alternatives are available on the market. However, market ...
Data collection in pandemic times: the case of the Belgian COVID-19 health surveys
different crisis phases on, amongst others, the mental health. It is important to draw lessons from these experiences: initiatives in order to create a survey infrastructure better equipped for future crises ...
Direct impact of COVID-19 by estimating disability-adjusted life years at national level in France in 2020
COVID-19 had a large contribution to the YLD component of the disease burden, even when we assume the shortest duration of 28 days, long COVID burden is large. Further research is recommended to assess the ...
Epidemiologische surveillance van legionellose, 2019 2021
Denis Piérard Source: p.5 (2023) Keywords: Legionella; surveillance Abstract: Op nationaal niveau is de incidentie van legionellose tot 2019 gestegen, in 2020 gedaald als gevolg van de COVID-19 pandemie, ...
Evaluating the health and health economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on delayed cancer care in Belgium: A Markov model study protocol
care trajectory of cancer patients, which may affect their prognosis in a potentially negative way. The purpose of this paper is to present a flexible decision-analytic Markov model methodology allowing ...