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Data collection in pandemic times: the case of the Belgian COVID-19 health surveys

COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, the pandemic challenged classical survey methods. Time and budgetary constraints at the beginning of the pandemic led to ad hoc recruitment of participants and easily manageable data ...

Direct impact of COVID-19 by estimating disability-adjusted life years at national level in France in 2020

post-acute consequences, in 28 days (baseline) up to 140 days, following the initial infection. METHODS: National mortality, COVID-19 screening, and hospital admission data were used to calculate DALY s based ...

Evaluating the health and health economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on delayed cancer care in Belgium: A Markov model study protocol

events, contexts and settings. METHODS: A decision-analytic Markov model was developed for 4 selected cancer types (i.e. breast, colorectal, lung, and head and neck), comparing the estimated costs and ...

A multi-country One Health foodborne outbreak simulation exercise: cross-sectoral cooperation, data sharing and communication.

of crisis management plans, providing the opportunity to test practical intervention methodologies in a controlled environment. METHODS: The One Health European Joint Programme simulation exercise ...

Potential impact fractions of body mass index reductions on the non-communicable disease burden in Belgium using G-computation

reduction scenarios in the Belgian adult population. Methods: Data from the Belgian health interview surveys 2013/2018 (n=18 212) were linked with objective environmental factors based on the residential ...

Transforming Shiga toxin-producing surveillance through whole genome sequencing in food safety practices.

investigation and is not yet fully implemented in food safety surveillance across all European countries, in contrast to for example in the United States. METHODS: In this study, WGS was retrospectively applied ...

Integrating human papillomavirus testing as a point-of care service using GeneXpert platforms: Findings and lessons from a Kenyan pilot study (2019-2020).

conducted a pilot study using a point of care (POC) HPV test to inform national roll-out. METHODS: The pilot was implemented from October 2019 to December 2020, in nine health facilities across six counties. ...

Were SARS-CoV-2 self-tests used for their intended purpose? The experience in Belgium.

self-testing their place in the test strategy was evaluated. METHODS: We assessed trends in the number of self-tests sold, the number of positive self-tests reported, the proportion sold self-tests/total tests, ...

Burden of disease attributable to risk factors in European countries: A scoping literature review

disease and injury burden estimates attributable to risk factors are a useful guide for policy formulation and priority setting in disease prevention. Considering the important differences in methods, and ...

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