RIVM to research safe design for new nanoparticles RIVM will be working alongside a consortium of 23 international partners on a safe design for ‘new’ nanoparticles.
Breast milk as indicator of environmental pollutants The 6th worldwide study into Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in breast milk is about to commence.
The National Immunisation Programme in the Netherlands: Developments in 2013 Annually RIVM provides an overview of key events and developments in the National Immunisation Programme (NIP).
Is screening for sexually transmitted infections as part of HIV care cost-effective in the Netherlands? Routine screening for anorectal chlamydia among HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) could avert further spread of chlamydia and HIV in the total MSM population.
End to Marburg risk On 11 July 2008, a Dutch woman died of Marburg haemorrhagic fever, a serious illness caused by the Marburg virus, which she had contracted in Uganda during a visit to a bat cave.