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Data collection in pandemic times: the case of the Belgian COVID-19 health surveys
collection modes. This paper describes the methodological choices and results in terms of participation for the COVID-19 health surveys conducted in Belgium. Methods The COVID-19 health surveys refer to ...
Uncovering the Quality Deficiencies with Potentially Harmful Effects in Substandard and Falsified PDE-5 Inhibitors Seized by Belgian Controlling Agencies
medical supervision and might be of poor quality which could result in adverse reactions. In order to provide an overview of the quality deficiencies present in recently seized illicit PDE-5 samples that ...
Direct impact of COVID-19 by estimating disability-adjusted life years at national level in France in 2020
defining COVID-19 deaths using the underlying, and associated, cause of death. RESULTS: In 2020, the estimated DALY s due to COVID-19 in France were 990 710 (1472 per 100 000), with 99% of burden due to ...
Evaluating the health and health economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on delayed cancer care in Belgium: A Markov model study protocol
assess the robustness of the model’s results. Scenario analyses are suggested to evaluate methodological and structural assumptions. DISCUSSION: The results that such decision-analytic Markov model can ...
A multi-country One Health foodborne outbreak simulation exercise: cross-sectoral cooperation, data sharing and communication.
a sequence of scripts covering the different stages of a outbreak investigation at a national level, involving both the human food chain and the raw pet feed industry. RESULTS: A total of 255 participants from ...
Potential impact fractions of body mass index reductions on the non-communicable disease burden in Belgium using G-computation
with overweight was reduced by one unit. In the third and fourth scenarios, the BMI of people with overweight was modified based on a weight loss of 5 and 10%, respectively. Results: Under the four ...
Transforming Shiga toxin-producing surveillance through whole genome sequencing in food safety practices.
from 1998 to 2020 was analyzed. RESULTS: We confirmed that WGS in food safety surveillance allows accurate detection of genomic relationships between human cases and strains isolated from food samples, ...
Adherence to '5-2-1-0' guidelines and multiple risky behaviours among adolescents in nine sub-Saharan African countries: evidence from Global School-based Student Health Survey 2012-2017.
of the four risky behaviours were explored using observed/expected prevalence ratios. Data came from the Global School-based Health Survey and 18 314 adolescents were considered. RESULTS: Among the ...
Were SARS-CoV-2 self-tests used for their intended purpose? The experience in Belgium.
and the proportion of all positive tests that were confirmed self-tests. To evaluate the reason why people use self-tests, we used the results of two online surveys among members of the general ...
Burden of disease attributable to risk factors in European countries: A scoping literature review
comparative risk assessment (CRA) and risk assessment methods. METHODS: We searched multiple literature databases, including grey literature websites and targeted public health agencies websites. RESULTS ...