Water Quality Monitoring Training for project SMALL in Mozambique

The project SMALL aims at supporting the development of applicable and sustainable water and sanitation provision models for small towns of Sub-Saharan Africa.

20-07-2017 | 00:00

Ethiopian delegation visits RIVM

A delegation from the Ethiopian Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Electricity visited RIVM on May 30th 2017. Mutual interests were discussed and also future collaborative activities.

19-07-2017 | 00:00

Training on Water Safety Plans by Unesco-IHE and RIVM in Suriname

The Suriname Water Company (SWM) recently started the implementation of Water Safety Plans (WSPs). The inception phase included a tailor-made training by Dr. Giuliana Ferrero (UNESCO-IHE) and Mr.

10-01-2017 | 00:00

Blood spot test extended as of 1 January 2017 to include two more disorders

As of 1 January 2017, the disorders alpha and beta thalassaemia will be added to the neonatal blood spot (‘heel prick’) screening programme.

22-12-2016 | 00:00

Newborn heel prick screening starts on St Eustatius and Saba

On 26 October 2015, heel prick screening started for all newborns on St Eustatius and Saba.

11-11-2015 | 00:00

Release of QMRAspot v2 for quantitative microbial risk assessment of drinking water

RIVM has developed a new version of QMRAspot (2.0), a user-friendly computational tool to calculate the risk of becoming infected by pathogenic microorganisms in drinking water.

15-12-2014 | 00:00