The Directorate of Health aims to promote health and well-being in Iceland, through good and safe healthcare services, health promotion and effective disease prevention.
License to practice and certificate
The Directorate of Health grants licenses to healthcare professionals and issues certificates confirming valid licenses to practice.
Interactive Dashboard
Statistics on public health and the activities of health services are available in interactive dashboards. The dashboards are based on data from health registers and surveys.
Dietary recommendations
A healthy and varied diet is important for health and well-being. The dietary recommendations emphasize increasing the consumption of vegetables, fruit, fish and whole grain products and reducing the consumption of sugar, saturated fat, salt and highly processed products.
News from Directorate of Health
New Dashboard: Tracking Infectious Diseases
The Chief Epidemiologist has launched an interactive dashboard featuring information on specific infectious diseases monitored under the Act on Health Security and Communicable Disease Control.
Pertussis (whooping cough) diagnosed in Iceland - First cases since 2019
In the last week, two adult individuals in the capital area were diagnosed with pertussis, also known as whooping cough. While pertussis cases are sporadic in Iceland, outbreaks tend to occur every 3-5 years. The last recorded cases of pertussis in Iceland were in 2019. Globally, the incidence of pertussis has been on the rise over the past two decades, and the disease is endemic in some regions.