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New data on greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions

Greenhouse gas emissions have fallen slightly; ammonia emissions remain stable.

Nature and green in the city contribute to the well-being of citizens of Amsterdam

The municipality of Amsterdam aims to make the city greener. To gain more insight into the benefits of green infrastructure, it commissioned the development of four different scenarios. For every scenario, and for the current situation, RIVM has calculated the value for the living environment of the city.

Blue spaces for all!

22 March UN World Water Day is all about attention on the importance of water.

Slightly more tuberculosis patients in the Netherlands

The key figures of the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) show that in 2018 there were 806 TB patients in the Netherlands. This is 3 percent more than in 2017 (784).

Join our HEVnet laboratory network now!

Would you like to collaborate in an international laboratory network of hepatitis E virus (HEV) experts performing supranational studies and are you able to share HEV sequences in a shared reposito

Strong decline of tuberculosis in the Netherlands

The number of tuberculosis (TB) patients in the Netherlands decreased considerably in 2017. From 887 patients in 2016 to 787 in 2017.

Citizen Science Magazine; everyone's a scientist

“RIVM is committed to being innovative, and becoming a key player in citizen science is fully in line with that goal,” says Danielle Timmermans, Chief Science Officer for Risk Communication at RIVM

Health and Well-being through Effective Blue-Green Space Design and Governance

During World Water Week (August 26 – 31, 2018), the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, RIVM, is facilitating a session on Health and Well-being through effective Blue-G

One Health European Joint Programme (EJP) Expert Meeting

On the 4th and 5th of June 2018, an expert meeting was held at RIVM to redefine and prioritise the topics for One Health research and integrative activities in Europe.

People who eat meat do not carry more ESBL bacteria

RIVM research reveals that people who eat meat regularly do not carry ESBLs more frequently than vegetarians.