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COVID-19 surveillance in the Flemish school system: development of systematic data collection within the public health school system and descriptive analysis of cases reported between October 2020 and June 2021 Universiteit Hasselt KU Leuven Universiteit Antwerpen
Background The age-specific distribution of SARS-CoV-2 cases in schools is not well described. Reported statistics reflect the intensity of community transmission while being shaped by biases from age-dependent testing regimes, as well as effective age-specific interventions. A case surveillance system was introduced within the Flemish school and health-prevention network during the 2020-2021 school year. We present epidemiological data of ...
International cooperation in public health in Martinique: geostrategic utility for cancer surveillance in the Caribbean Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Background: Cooperation in public health and in oncology in particular, is currently a major issue for the island of Martinique, given its geopolitical position in the Caribbean region. The region of Martinique shares certain public health problems with other countries of the Caribbean, notably in terms of diagnostic and therapeutic management of patients with cancer. We present here a roadmap of cooperation priorities and activities in cancer ...
Use of technology for public health surveillance reporting/ opportunities, challenges and lessons learnt from Kenya Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
BACKGROUND: Effective public health surveillance systems are crucial for early detection and response to outbreaks. In 2016, Kenya transitioned its surveillance system from a standalone web-based surveillance system to the more sustainable and integrated District Health Information System 2 (DHIS2). As part of Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) initiatives in Kenya, training on use of the new system was conducted among surveillance ...
MLVA as a tool for public health surveillance of human Salmonella Typhimurium: prospective study in Belgium and evaluation of MLVA loci stability KU Leuven Universiteit Gent
Surveillance of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) is generally considered to benefit from molecular techniques like multiple-locus variable-number of tandem repeats analysis (MLVA), which allow earlier detection and confinement of outbreaks. Here, a surveillance study, including phage typing, antimicrobial susceptibility testing and the in Europe most commonly used 5-loci MLVA on 1,420 S. Typhimurium ...
Surveillance of Outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 Infections at School in the Veneto Region: Methods and Results of the Public Health Response during the Second and Third Waves of the Pandemic between January and June 2021 KU Leuven
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries adopted various non-pharmacological interventions to contain the number of infections. The most often used policy was school closures. We describe the strategy adopted by the Veneto Regional Authority to contain transmission in school settings. This included a detailed school surveillance system, strict contact tracing, and maintaining school attendance with self-monitoring for symptoms whenever ...
Building capacity for cancer surveillance and public health research Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Tobacco use and associated factors among adults reside in Arba Minch health and demographic surveillance site, southern Ethiopia : a cross-sectional study Universiteit Gent
BackgroundTobacco use is one of the world-leading preventable killers. There was a varied prevalence of tobacco use and cigarette smoking across different areas. The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence and factors associated with current tobacco use among adults residing in Arba Minch health and demographic surveillance site (HDSS).MethodsA community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among adults residing in Arba Minch HDSS in ...
Feasibility of applying syndrome surveillance algorithms to animal health and production data to improve emerging animal disease surveillance Universiteit Hasselt
This paper presents the results of a feasibility study on applying syndrome surveillance algorithms to animal health and production data to enhance early detection of emerging animal diseases. The case of the introduction of bluetongue virus serotype 8 in Northern Europe in 2006 was investigated while looking at historical mortality data that collected on a daily bases by the rendering plant. Several candidate algorithms were identified from ...