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An overview of programmatic indicators to monitor the roll-out of HIV preexposure prophylaxis.
implemented in national HIV prevention programmes through routine care. Monitoring will be vital to understand whether programmes succeed in engaging people into using PrEP appropriately, and in reducing the ...
COVID-19 Clusters in Belgian Nursing Homes: Impact of Facility Characteristics and Vaccination on Cluster Occurrence, Duration and Severity
Vernemmen; Romain Mahieu; Hanna Masson; Muhammet Savsin; Etienne Clercq; Mireille Thomas; Boudewijn Catry; Eline Vandael Source: Viruses, Volume 15, Issue 1 (2023) Keywords: clusters infection prevention ...
Effect of neuraminidase inhibitor (oseltamivir) treatment on outcome of hospitalised influenza patients, surveillance data from 11 EU countries, 2010 to 2020.
treatment given within 48 hours and possibly up to 7 days after symptom onset reduced risk of in-hospital death. NAI treatment should be considered in older patients to prevent severe outcomes. Health ...
Microbiological safety of aged meat.
prevented by ensuring a meat surface temperature of-0.5 to 3.0°C, with a relative humidity (RH) of 75-85% and an airflow of 0.2-0.5 m/s for up to 35 days. The main meat spoilage bacteria include spp, spp. ...
Inequalities in mortality associated with housing conditions in Belgium between 1991 and 2020
associated with increased mortality. Our objective is to investigate the association between housing inequality and increased mortality in Belgium and to estimate the number of deaths that could be prevented ...
Awareness of, Willingness to Take PrEP and Its Actual Use Among Belgian MSM at High Risk of HIV Infection: Secondary Analysis of the Belgian European MSM Internet Survey
Berghe; Jessika Deblonde; Vuylsteke, Bea Source: AIDS and Behavior (2021) Keywords: HIV prevention Abstract: We examined PrEP awareness, willingness to take it and early PrEP use among men who have sex with ...
Impact of COVID-19 on the Belgian HIV epidemic: slowdown of HIV transmission and testing and adaptation of care.
adaptive decrease in PrEP use and PrEP initiation from April onwards. Despite a slight increase in HIV care interruptions, the indicators of quality of HIV care remained stable. Access to prevention, testing ...
Understanding sexual transmission dynamics and transmission contexts of monkeypox virus: a mixed-methods study of the early outbreak in Belgium (May-June 2022).
consistently and transparently state the predominant sexual transmission potential of MPX virus, and prevention and control measures must be adapted to reflect multilevel factors contributing to MPX ...
The Africa Food Environment Research Network (FERN): from concept to practice.
Leadership Support for non-communicable diseases (NCD s) (MEALS4NCD s) prevention project. Central to the Africa FERN initiative are: 1) building research capacity for innovative food environment research in ...
Quantitative risk assessment of allergens leaching from menstrual hygiene products.
sensitized. Labelling of allergens on scented MHP s would therefore help consumers to prevent adverse effects linked to ACD. Service: Médicaments et produits de santé Geneesmiddelen en gezondheidsproducten ...