Date & Place
14-15 September 2023
Tervise Arengu Instituut (TAI) - National Institute for Health Development | Hiiu 42, Tallinn, Estonia
Online participation will not be possible
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Program at a glance
The 4th Working Group meeting of the European Burden of Disease Network provided all network members the opportunity to reconnect, assess progress, and discuss future activities.
Working Group meeting, day 1
The first day of the Working Group meeting was dedicated to an update of the COST Action, including an overview of the achievements of the Task Forces. The afternoon of day 1 provided opportunities for the network members to discuss ongoing and future activities.
Working Group meeting, day 2
The second day of the Working Group meeting was dedicated to discussing the state of the art of burden of disease assessment. Presentations by keynote speakers and network members set the scene, followed by a group discussion on the establishment of a burden of disease research agenda.
Agenda
| Thursday 14/09 | Friday 15/09 | |
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| 8h30 | Bus leaves at Mere pst 5 (pick-up point) | Bus leaves at Mere pst 5 (pick-up point) |
| 9h00 | Registration | Registration |
| 9h30 | Welcome General update on the COST Action |
Keynote speaker |
| 10h30 | Coffee break | Coffee break |
| 11h00 | Future of European Burden of Disease Network | Presentations network members 5- Methods |
| 12h00 | Lunch break | Lunch break |
| 13h00 | Presentations network members 1- Social inequalities 2- Rare diseases 3- Air pollution |
Towards a BOD research agenda Wrapup and Closure |
| 15h00 | Coffee break | Coffee break |
| 15h30 | Presentations network members 4- COVID-19 |
Closure day 2 |
| 16h30 | Closure day 1 |
Detailed program
Thursday 14/09
| 8h30 | Bus leaves at Mere pst 5 (pick-up point) |
| 9h00 | Registration |
| 9h30 | Welcome — Annika Veimer, Director, TAI, Estonia — Jane Idavain, TAI, Estonia |
| 10h00 | Updates from the European Burden of Disease Network — Brecht Devleesschauwer, Action Chair, Sciensano, Belgium Download the presentation |
| 10h30 | Coffee break |
| 11h00 | Future of European Burden of Disease Network — Brecht Devleesschauwer, Action Chair, Sciensano, Belgium Download the presentation |
| 12h00 | Lunch |
| 13h00 | Presentations network members (1) - Social inequalities |
| Updates of the Social Inequalities Task Force — Elena von der Lippe, Robert Koch Institute, Germany Download the presentation |
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| Inequalities in the burden of non-communicable diseases across European countries: A systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study — Orsolya Varga, Hungary Download the presentation |
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| Subnational inequalities in years of life lost and socioeconomic associations in pre-pandemic Europe, 2009-2019: A burden of disease study — José Chen-Xu, NOVA National School of Public Health, Portugal Download the presentation |
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| Measuring social inequalities in the burden of environmental stressors — Carl Michael Baravelli, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway Download the presentation |
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| 14h00 | Presentations network members (2) - Rare diseases |
| Updates of the Rare Diseases Task Force — Juanita Haagsma, Erasmus MC, Netherlands Download the presentation |
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| Status of rare diseases in burden of disease studies: A bibliometric analysis — Ferit Sevim, Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Turkey Download the presentation |
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| Rare disease indicators: an exploratory survey of European registries — Diana Grad, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania |
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| Presentations network members (3) - Air pollution |
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| Updates of the Air Pollution Task Force — Juanita Haagsma, Erasmus MC, Netherlands Download the presentation |
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| Burden of cardiovascular disease attributable to PM2.5 exposure in Portugal: Trends of mortality, 2011-2020 — Mariana Corda, NOVA National School of Public Health, Portugal Download the presentation |
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| PM2.5 intake and burden of Disease: Effect factors for Europe — Heli Lehtomäki, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland Download the presentation |
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| Local approach to attributable disease burden: Case study for air pollution and mortality in Belgium — Arno Pauwels, Sciensano, Belgium Download the presentation |
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| 15h00 | Coffee break |
| 15h30 | Presentations network members (4) - COVID-19 |
| Updates of the COVID-19 Task Force — Elena von der Lippe, Robert Koch Institute, Germany Download the presentation |
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| Burden of COVID-19 in Luxembourg over three years of pandemic: 15 March 2020 until 14 March 2023 — Jérôme Weiss, DIrection de la Santé, Luxembourg Download the presentation |
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| Years of Life Lost Due to COVID-19 in Serbia: Registered District-level Differences — Aleksandar Stevanović, University of Belgrade, Serbia Download the presentation |
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| Initial estimates of the Years lived with disability due to acute and long COVID-19 in 2021 in Belgrade — Nataša Rosić, Institute of Public Health of Belgrade, Serbia Download the presentation |
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| COVID-19 DALY in Germany in 2020, 2021 and 2022: initial findings — Caoimhe Cawley, Robert Koch Institute, Germany Download the presentation |
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| 16h30 | Closure day 1 |
Friday 15/09
| 8h30 | Bus leaves at Mere pst 5 (pick-up point) |
| 9h00 | Welcome |
| 9h30 | Initial insights from the Global Burden of Disease 2021 study — Prof Theo Vos, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, WA, USA |
| 10h30 | Coffee break |
| 11h00 | Presentations network members (5) - Methods |
| Concurrent validity of the Global Burden of Disease study Frailty Index (GBD-FI): external validation using the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe — Mark O'Donovan, University College Cork, Ireland Download the presentation |
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| Applicability of relevance index as a burden of disease indicator: Correlation between relevance index and disability adjusted life year — Jeehee Pyo, University of Ulsan, Korea Download the presentation |
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| Methodological issues in estimating the burden of disease due to patient safety incident — Minsu Ock, University of Ulsan, Korea Download the presentation |
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| Reporting practices for burden of disease studies — Periklis Charalampous, Erasmus MC, Netherlands Download the presentation |
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| Health impact of selected interventions to address unhealthy food environments in Belgium: use of population impact fractions — Vanessa Gorasso, Sciensano, Belgium Download the presentation |
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| 12h00 | Lunch |
| 13h00 | Towards a BOD research agenda — Vanessa Gorasso, Sciensano, Belgium Download the presentation |
| 14h30 | Wrapup and Closure — Brecht Devleesschauwer, Action Chair, Sciensano, Belgium |
| 15h00 | Coffee break |
| 15h30 | Closure day 2 |
Poster presentations
Social event
On Thursday 14/9, a group dinner was organised at the Tavern Kochi Ait.
Tallinn free public transportation
Tallinn supported the 4th WG meeting by offering free public transport to all delegates during the period 13-16 September 2023.
Additional useful information about Tallinn is available via https://www.visittallinn.ee/.
