Synergies Among Health Data Projects with Cancer Use Cases Based on Health Standards.

We are creating a synergy among European Health Data Space projects (e.g., IDERHA, EUCAIM, ASCAPE, iHELP, Bigpicture, and HealthData@EU pilot project) via health standards usage thanks to the HSBOOSTER EU Project since they are involved or using standards, and/or designing health ontologies.

[Cooperation between the Health Data Hub and the Health Data Lab at the BfArM in setting up the European Health Data Space].

In recent years, the cross-border exchange between European member states regarding the use of health data has become increasingly relevant. In order to jointly counteract the current heterogeneity and health-related challenges as well as to successively implement the vision of the European Health Data Space (EHDS) in compliance with high data protection standards, different projects with the participation of the Health Data Lab at the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) and the Health Data Hub have been initiated. This close German-French cooperation on the one hand creates synergies and examines challenges and possible solutions on a European level.

Health care worker vaccination against Ebola: Vaccine acceptance and employment duration in Sierra Leone.

Health care workers (HCW) are at high risk of Ebola virus disease (EVD) infection during epidemics and may contribute to onward transmission, and therefore HCW-targeted prophylactic vaccination strategies are being considered as interventions. To assess the feasibility of preventive HCW vaccination, we conducted a pilot survey on staff turnover and vaccine acceptance amongst 305 HCW in Freetown and Kambia districts of Sierra Leone. Multivariable logistic regression demonstrated which demographic and behavioural factors were associated with acceptance of a hypothetical new vaccine.

Residential Air Pollution, Road Traffic, Greenness and Maternal Hypertension: Results from GINIplus and LISAplus.

Background: The public health burden of hypertension is high, but its relationship with long-term residential air pollution, road traffic, and greenness remains unclear.

Objective: To investigate associations between residential air pollution, traffic, greenness, and hypertension among mothers.

Methods: Information on doctor-diagnosed maternal hypertension was collected at the 15-year follow-up of two large population-based multicenter German birth cohorts-GINIplus and LISAplus (n=3063).