In safeguarding the quality, safety and efficacy of medicinal products, the present EU regulatory system has become a time consuming and highly regulated process.

The Medicines Evaluation Board (MEB), the Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre (Lareb), the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), and the National Health Care Institute w

The average annual disease burden for the total Dutch population was highest for invasive pneumococcal disease and influenza.

As 21 days have passed since the two aid workers evacuated from Sierra Leone had unprotected contact with Ebola patients, active monitoring of their health status by the Community Health Service ha

On the first day of the 17th European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG), the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) organises a workshop on ‘Our health in 2040’.

The two patients, who have been admitted to the hospital under suspicion of an Ebola infection, are not infected with the virus.

On 22 September, following the request of the General Practitioner, a patient was transported to the Radboudumc in order to undergo further medical assessment.

Two repatriated Dutch aid workers were discharged Monday 15 September from Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) after a 24-hour observation period.

On September 12 2014, RIVM organised the symposium ‘Acceptation of and communication about the National Immunisation Programme’.

Two Dutch doctors working for an NGO (the Lion Heart Foundation) will be evacuated from Sierra Leone.