Documents

Pathogen reduction in blood products

Work has been under way for some time in the field of blood transfusion medicine on the development of techniques for ...

Advisory report | 28-08-2003

Health and the environment: monitoring options

On 12 May 2000, the government ministers with responsibility for Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS) and Housing, Spatial Planning ...

Advisory report | 26-08-2003

Tetanus prophylaxis in injuries

Anyone with an open wound that has been in contact with soil is at risk of infection by the bacterium that causes tetanus. An ...

Advisory report | 25-08-2003

Pneumococcal vaccine in elderly adults and risk groups

At present, pneumococcal vaccination is not carried out on any great scale in the Netherlands. Among adults, the vaccine is ...

Advisory report | 18-08-2003

Vaccination of children against hepatitis B

On 1 March 2003, the National Vaccination Programme (NVP) was extended to include vaccination for the children of families in ...

Advisory report | 11-08-2003

Controlling Legionnaire’s Disease

Following the 1999 epidemic of Legionella pneumonia which broke out among visitors to the West-Friese Flora in Bovenkarspel, the ...

Advisory report | 29-07-2003

New Options for Organ Donation

In the early days of kidney transplantation, during the fifties and sixties, donor organs were initially obtained from both ...

Advisory report | 19-06-2003

Foods and dietary supplements with health claims

More and more of the foods and dietary supplements appearing in our shops come with statements - claims - that give the ...

Advisory report | 10-06-2003

2003 Ethics and health monitoring report - Health Council of the Netherlands (Gezondheidsraad)

Advisory report | 16-05-2003

Human enhancement [English translation of chapter 4 from: 'Signalering ethiek en gezondheid 2003' (2003/08)]

Under the influence of scientific and technological developments, the theme of ‘engineering people’ is receiving increasing ...

Advisory report | 16-05-2003