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You searched for these word(s): risk assessmentMental health at risk: broad investment in mental health by new government required
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/mental-health-at-risk-broad-investment-in-mental-health-by-new-government-required… Monitor shows that mental health in the Netherlands is at risk and highlights the urgency of the situation. Around 85% … to improve individual well-being and detect mental health risks and problems at an early stage. If problems do arise, … Mental health at risk: broad investment in mental health by new government …
Publication date: 12-12-2025Travellers to Cape Verde: be alert to bacterial dysentery caused by shigellosis
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/travellers-to-cape-verde-be-alert-to-bacterial-dysentery-caused-by-shigellosis… RIVM has warned travellers to Cape Verde about a shigellosis risk. The bacterial infection causes severe bloody diarrhoea … on the Cape Verdean islands. There are certain health risks as a result of the outbreak. Travellers can make an … to shigellosis. Good hygiene can help to minimise the risk: Wash your hands regularly. Flush the toilet with the …
Publication date: 12-10-2025Early detection and screening
https://www.rivm.nl/en/dna-and-public-health/early-detection-and-screening… identify early on whether someone has a condition or is at risk of developing one. This can be done in different ways. … a genetic predisposition to a disease that increases the risk of disease. For more information on this and RIVM’s … multiple locations on the DNA that are associated with the risk of developing a disease. This means that, in the …
Publication date: 12-16-2025Responsible innovation with nanomaterials and nanotechnology: past, present, future
https://www.rivm.nl/en/weblog/responsible-innovation-with-nanomaterials-and-nanotechnology-past-present-future… into everyday life accelerates, understanding the risks and benefits of these materials becomes crucial, … and clean energy applications. Balancing benefits and risks is key Understanding how nanomaterials move, … to managing both benefits—like cleaner energy systems—and risks, such as nanoparticle pollution. The overarching …
Publication date: 12-18-2025Flu vaccine during pregnancy
https://www.rivm.nl/en/flu-and-flu-vaccine/vaccine/pregnancy… Newborn babies have a higher risk of serious consequences from flu, such as hospital … If a pregnant woman gets the flu, she has a higher risk of serious illness than a woman who is not pregnant. … compared to women of the same age who are not pregnant. The risk of ICU admission or death from flu does not seem to …
Publication date: 12-19-2025New approach methodologies to study intestinal fate of nanomaterials: current understanding and knowledge gaps
https://www.rivm.nl/en/weblog/new-approach-methodologies-to-study-intestinal-fate-of-nanomaterials-current-understanding… knowledge gaps remain, especially in standardising and assessing how well these models mimic human biology and … human health. The intestinal uptake of NMs is critical for assessing their systemic effects. The intestine serves as a … strengthen the scientific and regulatory foundations for assessing the intestinal fate of ingested NMs. The document …
Publication date: 12-18-2025Issue 25
https://www.rivm.nl/en/covid-19-vaccination/professionals/newsletter/2021/25… EMA’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) has concluded that anyone who … the need to protect citizens, especially those at risk of severe COVID-19, and the desire to open up our …
Publication date: 07-19-2021Machine learning to identify key factors in titanium dioxide nanoparticle genotoxicity; a work in progress
https://www.rivm.nl/en/weblog/machine-learning-to-identify-key-factors-in-titanium-dioxide-nanoparticle-genotoxicity-work… handling outliers and validating the model warrants further assessment. The findings of this study are therefore not … presents an interesting approach that uses ML for hazard assessment. If developed further, these methods could be valuable for hazard and risk assessment. However, in its current set-up, the …
Publication date: 12-18-2025Young people born in 2008 invited for COVID-19 vaccination
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/young-people-born-in-2008-invited-for-covid-19-vaccination… 2009 will receive an invitation. Young people in medical risk groups have already been invited. Consent for …
Publication date: 07-10-2021Young people born in 2006 invited for COVID-19 vaccination
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/young-people-born-in-2006-invited-for-covid-19-vaccination… 2009 will receive an invitation. Young people in medical risk groups have already been invited. Consent for …
Publication date: 07-05-2021More attention needs to be paid to the safe recycling of waste
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/more-attention-needs-to-be-paid-to-safe-recycling-of-waste… and electronic equipment. The selection process involved an assessment of, among other things, the volume of the waste … the presence of substances of concern, the accompanying risks and the effort it takes to remove the substances of …
Publication date: 07-20-2021Issue 24
https://www.rivm.nl/en/covid-19-vaccination/professionals/newsletter/2021/24… The Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) of the European Medicines Agency …
Publication date: 07-15-2021Transforming waste into valuable resources: innovations in sustainable nanoparticle synthesis
https://www.rivm.nl/en/weblog/transforming-waste-into-valuable-resources-innovations-in-sustainable-nanoparticle-synthesis… Consequently, the existing issues surrounding their risk assessment remain, including knowledge gaps on long-term …
Publication date: 12-18-2025Official start to ban PFAS in Europe
https://www.rivm.nl/en/pfas/official-start-to-ban-pfas-in-europe… survey completion is 17 October 2021 In order to make such assessments, the five countries depend on cooperation with … often have the most detailed information required in such assessments. The questionnaire is open until 17 October 2021 …
Publication date: 07-15-2021SUNSHINE
https://www.rivm.nl/en/international-projects/sunshine… WP3; the development and implementation of the similarity assessment, grouping and read-across approaches in WP4; …
Publication date: 07-29-2021PHIRI
https://www.rivm.nl/en/international-projects/phiri… sustainability . RIVM performs a health information system assessment of Malta and vice versa. WP 4 Health Information …
Publication date: 07-29-2021Issue 23
https://www.rivm.nl/en/covid-19-vaccination/professionals/newsletter/2021/23… to the direct and indirect health benefits (such as lower risk of more restrictive measures) for the young people … people aged 16 and 17 years old who are in the medical high-risk groups and young people aged 12-17 years with health …
Publication date: 07-02-2021Issue 26
https://www.rivm.nl/en/covid-19-vaccination/professionals/newsletter/2021/26… TTS) and the mRNA vaccines Comirnaty© and Spikevax© (risk of myocarditis and pericarditis). …
Publication date: 07-22-2021Research, innovation and development
https://www.rivm.nl/en/dna-and-public-health/research-innovation-and-development… called genetic variants, that can increase or reduce the risk of developing a condition. RIVM has studied (in Dutch) … there are DNA tests that can properly predict the risk of developing them. Furthermore, the recommended lifestyle advice for someone with an increased risk of developing a condition is often the same as general …
Publication date: 12-16-2025Improved air quality leads to decline in mortality
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/improved-air-quality-leads-to-decline-in-mortality… individual substances The comparison also revealed that the risk of death after being exposed to a similar quantity of … matter or ozone has not changed. For nitrogen dioxide, this risk seems to have gotten smaller. The reasons for this are … research is needed to examine which people are at a greater risk of dying after multiple days of elevated concentrations …
Publication date: 12-11-2025