News - Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport

1. Experimental phase of the Closed Coffee Shop Chain Experiment (weed experiment) to begin in April

   As from 7 April 2025, coffee shops in municipalities participating in the weed experiment will only be allowed to sell regulated ...

   News item | 10-12-2024 | 10:00

2. Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport and Ministry of Foreign Affairs sign Dutch Global Health Pact together with more than 20 parties

   Ernst Kuipers, Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport, and Pascalle Grotenhuis, Director-General for International Cooperation at ...

   News item | 28-09-2023 | 17:25

3. Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport to organise international Defeating Dementia conference on 2 October

   The number of people with dementia worldwide is increasing rapidly. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 55 million ...

   News item | 25-09-2023 | 15:30

4. Start of autumn 2023 coronavirus vaccination campaign on 2 October

   From 2 October 2023 people who have a higher risk of becoming seriously ill with COVID-19, such as people over 60 and pregnant ...

   News item | 13-09-2023 | 13:02

5. From 1 July Digital COVID Certificates will no longer be issued

   From 1 July 2023 Digital COVID Certificates will no longer be issued

   News item | 12-06-2023 | 17:18

6. 3 steps to reopen the Netherlands

   COVID-19 infection rates are high, and many people are self-isolating or self-quarantining at home. But despite the high number ...

   News item | 15-02-2022 | 19:10

7. Working together internationally to tackle dementia

   There are 47.5 million people in the world living with dementia, and their numbers are steadily increasing. This makes a joint ...

   News item | 17-05-2017 | 10:30

8. Van Rijn: entering into new shared agreements on innovation and affordable prices for medicines

   Dutch State Secretary Martin van Rijn (Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport) calls on governments, the pharmaceutical industry, ...

   News item | 11-05-2017 | 19:32