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Following the science? Views from scientists on government advisory boards during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative interview study in five European countries
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Tackling the COVID-19 pandemic: Initial responses in 2020 in selected social health insurance countries in Europe
Andrea E. Schmidt, Sherry Merkur, Anita Haindl, Sophie Gerkens, Coralie Gandré, Zeynep Or, Peter Groenewegen, Madelon Kroneman, Judith de Jong, Tit Albreht, Pia Vracko, Sarah Mantwill, Cristina Hernández-Quevedo, Wilm Quentin, Erin Webb, Juliane Winkelmann https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2021.09.011 Abstract Countries with social health
Re-emergence of enterovirus D68 in Europe after easing the COVID-19 lockdown, September 2021
Kimberley SM Benschop, Jan Albert, Andres Anton, et al. Rapid communication Abstract Coordination of case reporting by the European Non-Polio Enterovirus Network (ENPEN) found evidence for increasing numbers of enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) infections in Europe in September 2021. This prompted the consortium
Conceptual causal framework to assess the effect of SARS-CoV-2 variants on COVID-19 disease severity among hospitalized patients
Nina Van Goethem, Ben Serrien, Mathil Vandromme, Chloé Wyndham-Thomas, Lucy Catteau, Ruben Brondeel, Sofieke Klamer, Marjan Meurisse, Lize Cuypers, Emmanuel André, Koen Blot & Herman Van Oyen Archives of Public Health, Volume 79, Article number: 185 (2021) Abstract Background SARS-CoV-2 strains evolve continuously and accumulate
One year of laboratory-based COVID-19 surveillance system in Belgium: main indicators and performance of the laboratories (March 2020–21)
Marjan Meurisse, Adrien Lajot, Yves Dupont, Marie Lesenfants, Sofieke Klamer, Javiera Rebolledo, Tinne Lernout, Mathias Leroy, Arnaud Capron, Johan Van Bussel, Sophie Quoilin, Emmanuel Andre, Kaat Kehoe, Luc Waumans, Jos Van Acker, Olivier Vandenberg, Sigi Van den Wijngaert, Ann Verdonck,
On the timing of interventions to preserve hospital capacity: lessons to be learned from the Belgian SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in 2020
Christel Faes, Niel Hens & Marius Gilbert Archives of Public Health, Volume 79, Article number: 164 (2021) Abstract Using publicly available data on the number of new hospitalisations we use a newly developed statistical model to produce a phase portrait
Abortion care in a pandemic: an analysis of the number and social profile of people requesting and receiving abortion care during the first COVID-19 lockdown (March 16 to June 14, 2020) in Flanders, Belgium
Leen De Kort, Jonas Wood, Edwin Wouters & Sarah Van de Velde Archives of Public Health, Volume 79, Article number: 140 (2021) Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic and the national COVID-19 measures might have increased potential barriers to abortion care
Spotlight influenza: Extending influenza surveillance to detect non-influenza respiratory viruses of public health relevance: analysis of surveillance data, Belgium, 2015 to 2019
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Use of health care services by people with substance use disorders in Belgium: a register-based cohort study
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