Participation in National Immunisation Programme shows slight decrease

Participation in the National Immunisation Programme has fallen slightly, showing a decrease of 1 to 2 percentage points.

07/04/2022 - 12:30
Rijksvaccinatie voorkant rapport

Seasonal flu epidemic in the Netherlands

The flu epidemic in the Netherlands has started. The number of people with flu (influenza) increased significantly in the past two weeks.

03/16/2022 - 17:00
Man met griep op de bank

Flu epidemic seems to be emerging

More and more people in the Netherlands have the flu. The number of people with flu increased significantly last week.

03/09/2022 - 17:22
Man met griep op de bank

Impact of coronavirus outbreak on participation in National Immunisation Programme limited

Participation in the vaccinations against mumps, measles and rubella (MMR) and diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), tetanus and polio) (DTaP-IPV) has decreased slightly among infants (-1%).

02/22/2022 - 10:45
Vader en moeder spelen met jonge kinderen met speelgoed

RIVM expands HPV vaccination programme: girls and boys protected from six types of cancer with one vaccine

Now not only girls, but also boys will have the opportunity to protect themselves from cancer caused by HPV.

01/31/2022 - 14:58
Jongen en meisjes poseren op een kruk voor campagneposter HPV vaccin

Flu jab for additional groups

The flu jab is offered free of charge every year to people aged 60 years and older, and to people who are at higher risk of becoming seriously ill from the flu virus due to medical reasons

09/22/2021 - 11:00

Last winter’s flu epidemic was short and mild. And then COVID-19 arrived.

The flu epidemic in the winter of 2019/2020 was mild and lasted only 5 weeks.

01/28/2021 - 14:00
De griepepidemie in de winter van 2019/2020 was mild en duurde slechts 5 weken.

Report on the developments of the National Immunisation Programme: national immunisation coverage increased slightly for the first time in five years

National immunisation coverage has increased for the first time in five years, for almost all vaccinations. For children born in 2017, vaccination coverage against mumps, measles and rubella (MMR) increased by 0.7% to 93.6%.

11/26/2020 - 10:15

Vaccination rate increased, HPV even significantly

For the first time in five years, the number of children receiving vaccinations from the National Immunisation Programme has increased slightly.

06/30/2020 - 08:39

Corona crisis has limited impact on infant participation in National Immunisation Programme

Nearly all infants in the Netherlands are still participating in the National Immunisation Programme.

06/04/2020 - 12:38