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Development of a data-intensive centralized system for surveillance and outbreak investigation of bacterial pathogens using whole-genome sequencing

ciprofloxacin-resistant Shigella within Belgium, successfully linking cases to domestic circulation and travel-related events. We also applied the developed data analysis methods to solve specific questions for various ...

Flanders and Brussels join forces to tackle animal testing

techniques play a very important role in answering questions that follow from a regulatory framework or biomedical research,” a press release stated. Service:  Risques chimiques et physiques pour la santé ...

Opportunities for a population-based cohort in Belgium

policy-relevant research questions. In Belgium, existing cohort-like initiatives are limited by their focus on specific population groups or specific topics, or they lack a true longitudinal design. Since 2016, ...

Prioritizing health information for national health reporting- a Delphi study of the Joint Action on Health Information (InfAct).

first round, information about these processes was gathered in semi-structured questions; in the second round, participants were asked to rank the identified approaches for desirability and feasibility. ...

The stigma of people with mental health problems and the role of health care professionals: An international scoping review

existing interventions. Method A literature review was carried out on PubMed, Cinhal and Cairn databases using a scoping review method. The inclusion criteria for the articles were their relevance to the research question ...

WGS- versus ORF5-Based Typing of PRRSV: A Belgian Case Study.

analysing (nearly) complete genomes. Finally, we also identified several vaccine-derived recombinant strains, which once more raises the question of the safety of these vaccines. Manuscript versions:  DOI:  ...

Citizens’ perception of and engagement with health data secondary use and sharing in Europe – a literature review

is more debated, as is the question of how to determine societal benefits. Authors suggest several criteria to evaluate the public interest of a project, including the public nature of the projected ...

Unravelling data for rapid evidence-based response to COVID-19: a summary of the unCoVer protocol.

epidemiological research questions arising from the evolving pandemic. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: From the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, partners are gathering RWD from electronic health records currently including ...

The Relation between Perceived and Actual Understanding and Adherence: Results from a National Survey on COVID-19 Measures in Belgium.

province and socio-economic status. The survey was conducted in September 2020, and included questions on perceived and actual understanding of COVID-19 protective measures in place during that time, as well ...

Health expectancies in the European Union: same concept, different methods, different results

The HLE methods differ in definition, measurement and valuation of health states. While SPH- HLE relies directly on one question, DW- HLE relies on epidemiological data adjusted for DW. Spearman’s r, ...

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