A healthy environment is one that is green and offers sufficient space for physical activity and social encounters. However, public space is limited in the Netherlands and its use is under pressure. This is why it is important for municipalities and provinces to be able to make healthy, science-based choices. RIVM has developed a few rules of thumb for this.

In 2023 and 2024, an increasing number of people in the Netherlands fell ill as a result of salmonella. This was reported by RIVM in its State of Infectious Diseases, an annual report that provides an overview of the most notable epidemiological developments in the field of infectious diseases.