For more than 100 years, RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment has been promoting public health and safeguarding a healthy and safe environment. We have a central role in infectious disease control, national prevention and population screening programmes and monitoring our population’s health and the state of our environment. We support citizens, professionals and national and local authorities in the challenge of keeping ourselves and our environment healthy, safe and sustainable. Our ambition is to be a trusted advisor using independent research as the basis for our advisory work. Below we present some of the global challenges we work on and elaborate on our tasks and international activities.
Highlighted themes
Climate change and Health
Safe, healthy and sustainable food
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
Population Screening programmes
Circular Economy
Immunisation and vaccination
What we do
International collaboration
National tasks and activities
International projects and networks
COVID-19 in the Netherlands
RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment advises the Dutch government on how to control the coronavirus as effectively as possible, monitors the COVID-19 outbreak and conducts research into SARS-CoV-2. RIVM is coordinating the implementation of the COVID-19 vaccinations in the Netherlands. Our institute is responsible for coordinating the storage and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in the Netherlands (including the islands of Aruba, Bonaire, St Eustatius, Saba, Curaçao and St Maarten).
We provide weekly updates and data on COVID-19 in the Netherlands. In addition to our general COVID-19 weekly epidemiological update, we also publish a COVID-19 weekly update for the CAS and BES islands: the islands of Curaçao, Aruba and Sint Maarten and the special municipalities Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba.
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News
Awareness and use of cigarillos, heated tobacco and nicotine pouches relatively low
The awareness and use of cigarillos, heated tobacco and nicotine pouches is relatively low. This is apparent from research by RIVM among Dutch people aged 13 and older, commissioned by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport.
Better monitoring of RSV thanks to new European project
RIVM and Nivel contribute to building a European RSV monitoring network. Through the network, European health institutions and laboratories will exchange data on the spread of RSV. This will help us to better monitor the virus.
Compliance with coronavirus measures requires attention
Compliance with coronavirus measures such as working from home, distancing and testing if you have symptoms decreased in the weeks leading up to the Cabinet’s recent press conference.
European project COHESIVE develops sustainable One Health approaches
Today, fellow scientists and policymakers join the end symposium of the international project COHESIVE: One Health Structures in Europe.
Unvaccinated COVID-19 patients in hospital nearly 20 years younger than vaccinated patients
The chance that a fully vaccinated person with the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 will be admitted to hospital is 17 times lower than for a non-vaccinated person. The chance of ICU admission for a fully vaccinated person is 33 times lower.
RIVM magazine special edition on Climate Change and Health
The RIVM Magazine special edition on Climate change and Health showcases the scope of RIVM’s work on this topic.
