The vaccination rate for vaccines included in the National Immunisation Programme has dropped slightly by about 1 percent.

We have launched the RIVM newsletter. We would like to keep you informed about the developments in public health and the environment in the Netherlands and our institute.

On the 4th and 5th of June 2018, an expert meeting was held at RIVM to redefine and prioritise the topics for One Health research and integrative activities in Europe.

RIVM research reveals that people who eat meat regularly do not carry ESBLs more frequently than vegetarians.

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