25th September 2024

Public Health Indicators 2024 presented

Regional Public Health Indicators 2024 were presented for the ninth time on September 20th.

24th September 2024

Annual report on antimicrobial consumption and antimicrobial resistance in humans and animals in Iceland 2023

The 2023 annual report on antimicrobial consumption (AMC) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in humans and animals in Iceland has been published for the twelfth time.

23rd September 2024

Epi-Ice. September 2024

The latest issue of EPI ICE touches on healthcare associated infections and antimicrobial use in the EU/EEA and respiratory infections in Iceland during the season of 2023-2024.

18th September 2024

Grants from the Bergþóra Magnúsdóttir and Jakob Júlíus Bjarnason Memorial Fund for quality projects and scientific research in healthcare

Four quality projects and three scientific research projects have just received grants totalling ISK 15,049,500 from the Bergþóra Magnúsdóttir and Jakob Júlíus Bjarnason Memorial fund.

17th September 2024

Public health indicators published 2024

The Public Health Indicators 2024 will be presented this Friday, 20 September, from 11:00-13:00. You will be able to follow the presentation in a stream.

13th September 2024

Seminar on patient safety. Improving diagnosis for patient safety

The Directorate of Health organises a seminar on patient safety in healthcare.

5th September 2024

Talnabrunnur - Issue 6 2024

A new issue of Talnabrunnur, a newsletter on Health Information, has been published.

4th September 2024

Lífsbrú awards for contribution to suicide prevention granted for the first time

The formal opening of the Yellow September awareness campaign was held at Reykjavík City Hall on 1 September.

3rd September 2024

Vaccination against annual influenza winter 2024-2025

Influenza vaccines will be ready for delivery from the distributor from 1 October.

2nd September 2024

Vaccination against COVID-19 in the winter of 2024-2025

A COVID-19 vaccine is available from the distributor. The vaccine that will be used in vaccinations in the winter of 2024-2025 according to contracts from the Ministry of Health is a Comirnaty JN.1 vaccines.