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Factors influencing SARS-CoV-2 infection rate in Belgian nursing homes’ residents during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic
was organised testing all NH residents and staff. We analysed data of Flemish NH to identify institutional factors associated with increased SARS-CoV-2 infection rates among NH residents. ...
Wastewater monitoring can anchor global disease surveillance systems
Whereas 59% of HIC s regularly monitored wastewater for SARS-CoV-2 variants, only 13% of LMIC s did so. Most programmes share their wastewater data internally, with partnering organisations, but not ...
Do genomic passports leave us more vulnerable or less vulnerable? Perspectives from an online citizen engagement
traction. While this would have many advantages, it raises ethical issues requiring societal debate alongside academic reflection. Hence, Sciensano—the Belgian scientific Institute of Public Health—organised ...
Monitoring HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis programmes in the EU/EEA
panel of clinical, research and community experts from different EU / EEA countries and organisations. The result of this consensus-building exercise is a monitoring tool that provides countries with ...
Healthy Data, an online citizen consultation about health data reuse – intermediate report
including many partnering organisations who leveraged their networks to bring attention to the initiative. A large body of content was created in different formats, such as text, videos, visuals, an ...
Le Débat des Données, une consultation citoyenne en ligne sur la réutilisation des données de santé – Rapport intermédiaire
échelle, incluant de nombreuses organisations partenaires qui ont mobilisé leur réseau afin d’attirer l’attention sur cette initiative. Nous avons créé différents formats informatifs tels que des vidéos, des ...
Prevalence and incidence of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 among primary healthcare providers in Belgium during 1 year of the COVID-19 epidemic: prospective cohort study protocol.
organisation of healthcare. Currently, evidence is lacking on (1) how many PHCP s get infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Belgium, (2) the rate at which this happens, (3) their clinical spectrum, (4) their risk factors, ...
Opportunities for a population-based cohort in Belgium
– i.e., to facilitate the establishment of administrative linkages, increase digitalisation, secure long-term financial and organisational efforts, establish a consortium of the willing, and identify and ...
ADVANCE database characterisation and fit for purpose assessment for multi-country studies on the coverage, benefits and risks of pertussis vaccinations.
to those reported by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Incidence rates of events were comparable in magnitude and age-distribution between databases with the same characteristics. Several conditions ...
Point Prevalence Study of Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Use in Belgian Acute-Care Hospitals: Results of the ECDC PPS 2017
Background: In 2011, the first European point prevalence study (PPS) of antimicrobial use and healthcare-associated infections (HAI s) was organised by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ...