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
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Optimum healthcareWhat is the optimum result of cure and care in view of the risks and opportunities?
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PreventionWhich forms of prevention can help realise significant health benefits?
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Healthy nutritionWhich foods promote good health and which carry certain health risks?
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Environmental healthWhich environmental influences could have a positive or negative effect on health?
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Healthy working conditionsHow can employees be protected against working conditions that could harm their health?
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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.
Louise Gunning-Schepers, President of the Health Council of the Netherlands
On 1 April 2010 Prof. Louise Gunning-Schepers was appointed by the government as the new President of the Health Council of the Netherlands. The appointment will take effect on 1 September. ... Read more
News
Health-based occupational exposure limit for aluminium and aluminium compounds
15 July 2010 – At request of the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment, the Health Council of the Netherlands recommends health-based occupational exposure limits for the concentration of toxic substances in the air at the workplace... Read more
Health-based occupational exposure limit for endotoxins
15 July 2010 – In this report, the Committee considers the implications of exposure to endotoxins and recommends a health-based occupational exposure limit for these substances. Read more
What is health? Report of an international conference
13 July 2010 – The past years thinking about the concept of health has moved with varying degrees of criticism around the old WHO definition: a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being. Within this framework, the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) and the Health Council of the Netherlands decided to organize an international conference addressing this conceptual issue, titled ‘Is health a state or an ability? Towards a dynamic concept of health’. 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
