Dutch aid workers discharged from hospital Two repatriated Dutch aid workers were discharged Monday 15 September from Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) after a 24-hour observation period.
Monitoring system for acceptation of and communication about the National Immunisation Programme On September 12 2014, RIVM organised the symposium ‘Acceptation of and communication about the National Immunisation Programme’.
Dutch doctors evacuated from Sierra Leone Two Dutch doctors working for an NGO (the Lion Heart Foundation) will be evacuated from Sierra Leone.
Dutch Health Care Performance Report 2014 published Every four years, RIVM assesses the quality, accessibility and affordability of the Dutch healthcare system.
RIVM provides overview of the possible risks of bisphenol A RIVM has created an overview of the possible risks of Bisphenol A (BPA) for humans and the environment. BPA is a component of many different products and affects the endocrine system.
Drinking water protection files are steadily progressing Local and provincial authorities, drinking water supply companies and water resource managers authority are making progress with the assessment of the current and future risks for the quality of ex
New bacterium in ticks Last year, a man was treated at the Amsterdam Academic Medical Centre (AMC) after being bitten by a tick and becoming infected with a strain of the Borrelia bacterium not previously encountered in
Regional differences in testing rates underestimate incidence of LGV epidemic Until 2003, Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV), an aggressive form of chlamydia, was considered to be a rare tropical disease, endemic to Africa, Asia and the Caribbean.
Signs of MERS coronavirus found in dromedary camels Researchers searching for signs of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in different livestock animals have found antibodies specific to the new virus in dromedary camels.
Annemiek van Bolhuis new Director Public Health and Health Services RIVM Annemiek van Bolhuis, MBA, has been appointed Director of Public Health and Health Services at RIVM.