Collaboration necessary to ensure the safe reuse of consumer products

In a circular economy, products, materials and raw materials are continually reused. For example, consumer products like clothes, packaging and toys.

04/08/2022 - 08:31

RIVM calls for increased involvement of scientific community in solving plastic crisis

Industry and policymakers are not availing themselves enough of the available scientific knowledge when it comes to smarter ways of dealing with plastics.

03/01/2022 - 14:26
Gedumpt afval en plastic in het water

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

Vaccination coverage increases for second consecutive year, by 10% for HPV

The percentage of children receiving vaccinations from the National Immunisation Programme rose again last year. Another striking note is the 10% increase in HPV vaccination, rising to 63%.

09/30/2021 - 11:25
Het aantal jonge vrouwen dat zich laat vaccineren tegen HPV is toegenomen met 10%

More attention needs to be paid to the safe recycling of waste

According to the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) there needs to be a greater (international) focus on, and increased awareness of, the safe recycling of waste.

07/20/2021 - 13:09
Plastic flessen afval gebundeld

Method for safe and sustainable recycling of waste

The method developed by RIVM to assess whether waste treatment is sufficiently safe and sustainable, can contribute to the European ambitions for a safe and more circular economy.

03/23/2021 - 10:10

RIVM international circular economy knowledge partner

As of 7 December 2020, RIVM has become a knowledge partner of the international Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy (PACE).

12/18/2020 - 10:34
fles in afvalbak

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

More children vaccinated against mumps, measles, rubella and HPV

The percentage of newborns participating in the immunisation programme targeting mumps, measles and rubella rose slightly over the past year.

01/30/2020 - 15:44

A pregnant woman can protect her baby against whooping cough with 22-week vaccination

From 16 December 2019, pregnant women in the Netherlands will be offered the 22-week vaccination. With this vaccination, a pregnant woman protects her child and herself against whooping cough.

12/12/2019 - 11:00