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Linkage of individual-patient data confirm protection of prophylactic human papillomavirus vaccination against invasive cervical cancer
papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine (Cervarix, GSK, Rixensart, Belgium) (1). The study completes and strengthens the evidence of the high level of effectiveness of primary cervical cancer prevention by HPV vaccination ...
The International cookbook for wastewater practitioners- Vol. 1 SARS-CoV-2
with the application of Wastewater-Based Surveillance (WBS) (also known as Wastewater-Based Epidemiology (WBE)) to provide population-scale evidence of SARS-CoV-2 shedding into wastewater. The ...
Health information system assessments: Opportunities for international collaboration
European Core Health Indicators (ECHI) and the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS), the EU aims to strengthen its continental database for evidence-informed public health policy and research. BRIDGE ...
Limited evidence of infection with other tick-borne pathogens in patients tested for Lyme neuroborreliosis in the Netherlands
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Koetsveld, Joris; Wagemakers, Alex; Brouwer, Matthijs; de Wever, Bob; de Vries, Ankje; Steven Van Gucht; Buskermolen, Anita; van Beek, Diederik; Sprong, Hein; Hovius, Joppe W. Source: Ticks and T ...
Detection and Serological Evidence of European Bat Lyssavirus 1 in Belgian Bats between 2016 and 2018
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Nauwelaers, Inne; Van den Eynde, Claudia; Terryn, Sanne; Vandendriessche, Bob; Willems, Wout; Dekeukeleire, Daan; Steven Van Gucht Source: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Volume 9, Issu ...
The Belgian physiotherapy reimbursement criteria for fall prevention fails in screening appropriately fall-prone community-dwelling older adults
adults Physiotherapy Prediction Abstract: OBJECTIVES: The incidence of falling in older adults has remained unchanged over the past decades, despite evidence-based prevention initiatives. Therefore, it is ...
Developing evidence-informed indicators to monitor HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis programmes across EU/EEA countries: a multi-stakeholder consensus
a systematic and evidence-informed consensus-building process involving a broad and multidisciplinary expert panel. We present a set of indicators, structured along relevant steps of an adapted PrEP care ...
Understanding sexual transmission dynamics and transmission contexts of monkeypox virus: a mixed-methods study of the early outbreak in Belgium (May-June 2022).
OBJECTIVE: The available epidemiological and clinical evidence from the currently ongoing monkeypox (MPX) outbreak in non-endemic areas suggests an important factor of sexual transmission. However, limited ...
Time trends in the use of field-substitution in the Belgian health interview survey
the cluster is evidently much higher in households at the first position of initial selected clusters. Over the survey-years, the share of participating household derived from substitute clusters in the ...
Resilient health systems: harnessing health information to improve population health
countries, health information systems were not always equipped to accommodate the data and information flows that were needed in order for researchers to provide the best available evidence to underpin health ...