New data on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in European countries is now available in the fourth annual report of the Central Asian and Eastern European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance (CAE

On 7 November 2018, Raymond Cointe, Director-General of INERIS and Hans Brug, Director-General of RIVM, signed a Framework Agreement. RIVM has been working with the French National Institute f

The prospects for future public health in the Netherlands are good. Our life expectancy is steadily increasing, and most people feel healthy and do not experience activity limitations.

Coen van Gool was named co-chair of the Family Development Committee (FDC) at the Annual Meeting 2018 of the WHO Family of International Classifications (WHO-FIC) Network in Seoul.

So far, none of the models used by international networks of biobanks to arrange the legal responsibility under the CBD-Nagoya protocol works efficiently.

A large international congress on tuberculosis will start in The Hague on October 24.

On 17 and 18 October 2018, RIVM visited the German Environment Agency Umwelt Bundesamt (UBA).

In 2014, a colorectal cancer screening programme was launched in the Netherlands. In a factsheet we describe the lessons learned during the introduction of this nationwide programme.

Today, 10 October 2018, is national Sustainability Day in the Netherlands.

Issue 2 of our quarterly newsletter is out now. It features the best read news stories and background information on public health and the environment from RIVM in the third quarter of 2018.