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Policy brief Belgian EBCP Mirror Group- patient and citizen engagement
addressed if they are well understood. As such, a continuous, systematic and formalised dialogue between patients, citizens and policy makers is required to ensure ethical and socially appropriate cancer ...
Policy brief Belgian EBCP Mirror Group – cancer research in Belgium
Innovation Mission on Cancer Research Abstract: Research is central to achieving Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, and is the key focus of the European Commission’s Mission on Cancer. To successfully tackle the ...
Multimorbidity and frailty are associated with poorer SARS-CoV-2-related outcomes: systematic review of population-based studies
COVID-19 for different health groups at the population level is essential for orienting public health measures. Adopting a population-based approach, we conducted a systematic review to explore: (1) the ...
Cluster pattern analysis of environmental stressors and quantifying their impact on all-cause mortality in Belgium
a focus on n = 11.15 million individuals). The analysis is conducted at the geographical level of statistical sectors, comprising a total of n = 19,794 sectors, with a subset of n = 18,681 sectors ...
The potential impact fraction of population weight reduction scenarios on non-communicable diseases in Belgium: application of the g-computation approach
Overweight is a major risk factor for non-communicable diseases (NCD s) in Europe, affecting almost 60% of all adults. Tackling obesity is therefore a key long-term health challenge and is vital to reduce ...
Using priorities between human and livestock bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to identify data gaps in livestock AMR surveillance
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases, Volume 24, Issue 1 (2024) Keywords: Antimicrobial resistance data gaps Livestock Surveillance Abstract: Background Bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global ...
A preliminary estimate of the environmental burden of disease associated with exposure to pyrethroid insecticides and ADHD in Europe based on human biomonitoring
1 (2024) Keywords: ADHD burden of disease pyrethroids Abstract: Human biomonitoring (HBM) data indicate that exposure to pyrethroids is widespread in Europe, with significantly higher exposure observed in ...
The burden of antimicrobial resistance in livestock: A framework to estimate its impact within the Global Burden of Animal Diseases programme
antimicrobial use (AMU) and AMR ’s social and economic burden on livestock is complex to gauge. Yet, quantifying this impact can be an essential input for farm-level decision-making and, more widely, for policy ...
The importance of including a mental health dimension in a multimorbidity indicator: an analysis of Belgian health survey data
1 (2024) Abstract: Background Multimorbidity is a rising public health concern. Indicators that address these complex health conditions are often exclusively devoted to physical diseases. Because of their ...
The Belgian Cancer Inventory: Co-creating a framework for monitoring the implementation of cancer policies and associated inequalities
burden through targeted actions. However, the uptake of those actions is not systematically monitored in every Member State. In Belgium, a country lacking an up-to-date national cancer plan, a monitoring ...