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Anxiety and depression in people with post-COVID condition: a Belgian population-based cohort study three months after SARS-CoV-2 infection
onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, most research has focused on the management of the acute symptoms of the disease. Yet some people tend to experience symptoms beyond the acute phase, defined as Post- ...
The OPTIMUS International Consensus Guidance for Monitoring User-Reported Outcomes of Opioid Maintenance Treatment: a Delphi Study
on how to assess opioid use disorder treatmentoutcomes, and key health outcomes are often omitted. We report the results of a Delphi studyto produce service user- and public health–centred ...
Linking animal and human health burden: challenges and opportunities
impact of poor animal health outcomes on human health represents a complex challenge. Using the disability-adjusted life year (DALY) metric as an endpoint, this article discusses how animal health outcomes ...
Susceptibility of Mammals to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza: A Qualitative Risk Assessment From the Belgian Perspective
sometimes unusual mammal infections. The aim of this paper is to assess the risk of crossing the avian/mammalian species barrier by the currently circulating HPAI viruses, focusing on the epidemiological ...
Unraveling social health inequalities during COVID-19 in Belgium: the vital role of data linkages
drawn from data collections on hospitalization from the COVID-19 health surveillance (Sciensano), on the socioeconomic and sociodemographic context (Statistics Belgium), and on healthcare use and ...
The wisdom layer: how to support evidence-informed policymaking
on the health information pyramid; (b) identify obstacles and facilitators in the translation of knowledge into actionable policy; and (c) present both successful and unsuccessful examples from our ...
Establishing disease models for the Belgian national burden of disease study: challenges and perspectives
local data to feed into the calculations. In this presentation, we will demonstrate the BeBOD process for establishing disease models based on a number of archetypical examples, which represent varying ...
The burden of psoriasis in Belgium, 2021
on healthcare systems. Given the limitations of the currently available burden estimates, estimates of the Belgian national burden of disease study are necessary in order to guide decision-making ...
Burden of inflammatory bowel disease in Belgium, 2020
disorders resulting from non-infectious inflammation of the colon and gastrointestinal tract. With its global prevalence on the rise, IBD poses significant challenges to healthcare systems. There is a need ...
The knowledge layer: the role of key messages for translating data into meaning
conflicting information on critical health topics, complicating the decision-making process for policymakers. To address this issue, Belgium has initiated the ‘Health Status Report’ website, hosted at ...