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Vaccination rates in the Netherlands have slightly decreased in recent years. This decrease is often associated with all sorts of myths about vaccination that are circulating online. For the 'vaccination willingness committee', which was commissioned by the RIVM to investigate the social background of the decreased vaccination rate, the Media & Health Center has studied the Dutch [...]

​On 4 March, the Media & Health Center provided a presentation for staff members of the Dutch health foundations about health communication in the new media landscape. Martine Bouman and Roel Lutkenhaus illustrated important changes in the media landscape and shared insights from their research about online conversations on organ donation and vaccination. [...]