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Lygature's Robin Navest Highlights the Significance of the Netherlands COVID-19 Data Portal
In October 2023, the Netherlands launched the Dutch COVID-19 Data Portal and connected it to the existing network of COVID-19 Data Portals.
The Dutch COVID-19 Data Portal supports investigators and health care professionals with tools and services in their search for ways to overcome the pandemic and its health consequences. It incorporates the Dutch National COVID-19 metadata portal, which includes information on COVID-19 related research projects. It also has a dedicated Dutch language servicedesk providing guidance on Ethical, Legal and Societal Impact (ELSI) implications.
Recently, EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) published an article about this news and asked Robin Navest, Program Manager at Lygature, about the portal's role in supporting investigators and healthcare professionals.
Robin explains: “The Dutch COVID-19 & Pandemic Preparedness Data Portal supports investigators and healthcare professionals by providing a hub for datasets, dashboards, events and training, and other resources centred around COVID-19 and pandemic preparedness in the Netherlands. Furthermore, we provide support for making your data available and are a stepping stone to the European portal, where even more data, tools and services can be found. In the future we aim to shift the focus from COVID-19 towards pandemic preparedness and migrate to a national pathogen portal.”
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