Averted mortality by COVID-19 vaccination in Belgium between 2021 and 2023
Vaccinating against COVID-19 reduced deaths by 54 % among the Belgian population aged 65 years and older, underscoring the importance of COVID-19 vaccines in reducing mortality.
Authors
- Matthieu Billuart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4805-9242)
- Toon Braeye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5637-4613)
- Naïma Hammami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2572-6540)
- Mathieu Roelants (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3749-0475)
- Koen Blot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0847-0133)
- Veerle Stouten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0162-2202)
- Izaak Van Evercooren
- Ángel Rosas-Aguirre (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3271-7028)
- Lucy Catteau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4695-4275)
- Catharina Vernemmen
- Natalia Bustos Sierra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3562-2937)
- Joris Adriaan Frank van Loenhout (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7810-7738)
- Léonore Nasiadka
- Elias Vermeiren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6865-6251)
- Serge Nganda
- Anna I. Schmelz
- Thomas Lamot
Institutions
- Flemish Government (BE)
- Sciensano (Belgium) (BE)
- French Community of Belgium (BE)
- Grand Charleroi Hospital (BE)
- Common Community Commission (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Vaccine
- Published
- 2025-05-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.127290
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00