Healthy
Healthy
Improving the health of citizens physically and mentally. That is our ambition. This requires innovation and a new perspective on health and healthcare. Our living environment plays an important role. Because healthier living environments prevent almost a quarter of global diseases.
Our latest developments
Discover hybrid working 2.0: virtual meetings in the metaverse
Positive experiences of remote working are leading us to insights for new innovations. Our latest innovation: work meetings in the metaverse.


Group Care for pregnant women: A game changer for maternal and child care
Approximately 800 women die every day from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. Group care breaks the vicious circle of poor quality and inadequate utilization of services by offering care that addresses health holistically. It also focuses on health promotion and information and meets the needs of the end users. TNO and partners co-create strategies, learn implementation lessons and build ecosystems for learning and adaptation to bring group care to scale in seven countries.


Peter Werkhoven steps down as member of the Executive Board
Prof. Peter Werkhoven will step down as member of the Executive Board on 1 January 2023. He is making this move of his own volition and for personal reasons. Peter will stay on as Scientific Advisor to the Board for a few days per week. In addition, Peter has worked and will continue to work as a professor at Utrecht University one day a week.


TNO innovations addressing mental health of children
BoB, TNO’s methodology for teaching children resilience and stress management in South Sudan has proven successful and effective, and is ready for upscaling.


TNO helps accelerate drug development through insight
To find the most effective interventions for complex metabolic diseases, we must first understand the dynamics of disease onset and progression. Only then can key targets and optimal therapeutic windows for more effective treatment be defined. We spoke with Anita van den Hoek, Research Scientist for TNO Metabolic Health, about how TNO helps pharmaceutical companies accelerate drug development through better understanding of disease pathways.


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