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COVID-19 vaccination of children aged 5 to 11 and the use of bivalent vaccines

The Health Council of the Netherlands is recommending that children aged 5 to 11 are only offered a vaccine against COVID-19 if ...

Advisory report | 10-01-2023

Evaluation and optimisation of the colorectal cancer screening programme

The colorectal cancer screening programme was introduced gradually from 2014. Since 2019, all people aged 55 to 75 have been ...

Advisory report | 14-12-2022

Work programme 2023

Each year the Health Council of the Netherlands draws up a work programme containing an overview of the issues that will form the ...

Other | 05-12-2022

Hearing loss due to amplified music

The Health Council of the Netherlands recommends that the maximum noise level of amplified music be lowered from 103 to 100 ...

Advisory report | 30-11-2022

Evaluation of the Nutri-Score algorithm

Nutri-Score is a label on the packaging of food that indicates a score on the basis of the composition of this food: from dark ...

Advisory report | 29-11-2022

COVID-19 vaccination of children aged 6 months to 6 years

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recently approved the use of the COVID-19 vaccines of Moderna and BioNTech/Pfizer as a ...

Advisory report | 15-11-2022

Comments on draft report Tin and selected inorganic tin compounds and response Health Council

Other | 08-11-2022

Tin and selected inorganic tin compounds

Tin is a metal that is primarily used in alloys. As such, tin is frequently used for electrical/electronic and general industrial ...

Advisory report | 08-11-2022

Meningococcal B vaccination: update

Meningococcal B (MenB) is a very serious disease that can lead to meningitis and sepsis, and ultimately result in death. These ...

Advisory report | 12-10-2022

Assessment framework for donor blood screening

Transfusion-transmitted infections can have serious consequences for the health of blood recipients, which is why donor blood is ...

Advisory report | 15-09-2022