The Health Council of the Netherlands
The Health Council is an independent scientific advisory body. It is our task to provide the government and parliament with advice in the field of public health and health/healthcare research.
This website contains the advisory reports we have published to date and provides information about advisory opinions in preparation, our planning and who we are.
Areas of activity
-
Optimum healthcareWhat is the optimum result of cure and care in view of the risks and opportunities?
-
PreventionWhich forms of prevention can help realise significant health benefits?
-
Healthy nutritionWhich foods promote good health and which carry certain health risks?
-
Environmental healthWhich environmental influences could have a positive or negative effect on health?
-
Healthy working conditionsHow can employees be protected against working conditions that could harm their health?
-
Innovation and the knowledge infrastructureBefore we can harvest knowledge in the field of healthcare, we first need to ensure that the right seeds are sown.
News
Pneumococcal vaccines
10 March 2010 – The Minister has asked the Health Council to advise on the criteria on which he can base the choice for a replacement for PCV7 within the RVP. More specifically, ... Read more
Neonatal screening for cystic fibrosis
5 March 2010 – The Health Council of the Netherlands has in 2005 provided the Minister for Health, Welfare and Sport with an Advisory Report on Neonatal Screening. Read more
EuSANH
The Health Council of the Netherlands is a member of the European Science Advisory Network for Health (EuSANH). EuSANH is a network of science advisory bodies in Europe, which are active in the field of health. Read more
