Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment

Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment

The Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (Dutch: Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu or simply RIVM), is a Dutch research institute that is an independent agency of the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport.

RIVM performs tasks to promote public health and a safe living environment by conducting research and collecting knowledge worldwide. The results are used to support the Dutch government in formulating its policy. RIVM's primary tasks are:[1][2]

  • research
  • policy support
  • national coordination
  • intervention programmes
  • provision of reliable information to the general public and to professionals working in health care, infectious diseases, the environment, nutrition and safety.

RIVM is located in Bilthoven and employs over 1400 people, many of whom work in multidisciplinary fields.

Contents

History

RIVM was founded in 1910 when the Central Laboratory for Public Health was created and the present size of the institute is the result of a merger between three government institutes in 1984. RIVM has now become a large, complex organization with many different international links and a range of activities.[3]

Organization

In addition to the usual administrative sections (facilities management, finance, human resources, and communications), RIVM has four major technical divisions and/or centres each of which has a number of subsidiary divisions, centres and/or laboratories:[4]

  • Centre for Infectious Disease Control
    • Centre for Infectious Disease Control
    • National Coordination Centre for Outbreak Management
    • Diagnostic Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Perinatal Screening
    • Laboratory for Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
    • Microbiological Laboratory for Health Protection
  • Public Health and Health Services Division
    • Youth Health Centre
    • Centre for National Screening Programmes
    • Expertise Centre for Methodology and Information Services
    • Centre for Public Health Forecasting
    • Centre for Prevention and Health Services Research
  • Nutrition, Medicines and Consumer Safety Division
    • Laboratory for Food and Residue Analyses
    • Centre for Biological Medicines and Medical Technology
    • Centre for Nutrition and Health
    • Centre for Quality of Chemical-Pharmaceutical Products
    • Centre for Substances and Integrated Risk Assessment
    • Laboratory for Toxicology, Pathology and Genetics
  • Environment and Safety Division
    • Advisory Service for the Inspectorate, Environment and Health
    • Centre for External Safety
    • Laboratory for Ecological Risk Assessment
    • Laboratory for Radiation Research
    • Laboratory for Environmental Monitoring
    • Centre for Environmental Health Research
    • Expertise Centre for Substances
    • National Poisons Information Centre

See also

External links

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • National public health institutes — (NPHIs) are science based governmental organizations that serve as a focal point for a country s public health efforts, as well as a critical component of global disease prevention and response systems.[1] Among the better known NPHIs are the… …   Wikipedia

  • Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency — The logo of the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (Dutch: Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving abbr. PBL) is a Dutch research institute that advises the Dutch government on environmental policy …   Wikipedia

  • Politics of the Netherlands — Netherlands This article is part of the series: Politics and government of the Netherlands …   Wikipedia

  • Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (Netherlands) — Netherlands This article is part of the series: Politics and government of the Netherlands …   Wikipedia

  • KNMI (institute) — The KNMI, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (Dutch: Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut ) is the Dutch national weather forecasting service and has its headquarters in De Bilt, in the province of Utrecht, The Netherlands.The… …   Wikipedia

  • Measles outbreaks in the 2000s — refers to incidents of measles outbreaks from 2000–2009. Vaccination is hoped to eventually eradicate measles, however, a controversy regarding a popular measles vaccine has led to reduced vaccination coverage in some countries during this decade …   Wikipedia

  • Health and Disease — ▪ 2009 Introduction Food and Drug Safety.       In 2008 the contamination of infant formula and related dairy products with melamine in China led to widespread health problems in children, including urinary problems and possible renal tube… …   Universalium

  • Professional degrees of public health — The Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) and the Doctor of Public Health (Dr.PH.) are multi disciplinary professional degrees awarded for studies in areas related to public health. The MPH degree focuses on public health practice, as opposed to… …   Wikipedia

  • National Yunlin University of Science and Technology — 國立雲林科技大學 Motto Sincerity, Honor, Perseverance, Originality Established 1991 Type National President Yeong Bin Yang …   Wikipedia

  • Sustainable National Income — THE SNI, AN INDICATOR FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITYThe national income of a country is an estimate of the yearly production of goods and services. The loss of possible uses of the non human made physical surroundings, named environmental… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”