In the past year, efforts have been made to improve and integrate services and advice for illness and emergency with telephone consultation at 1700, which is provided by the Information Centre for Health Care in the Capital Area (HH).

Iceland holds fifth place in a survey of digital public services and infrastructure in UN member states.

The Akureyri Hospital, LSH, HÍ and HA together with the Icelandic Health Care Development Center (Þróunarmiðstöð íslenskrar heilsugæslu) were recently awarded a grant from the universities' cooperation fund for the project Strengthening Clinical Pharmacy in Akureyri.

Guðný Björk Þorvaldsdóttir hired as Director of Research at the Communication Centre for the Deaf and hard of hearing

A group of university students from around the United States recently visited the Land and Forest Iceland research facilities in Mógilsá and learned about the agency and its subjects.

We must maintain good participation in general vaccinations to prevent epidemic communicable diseases. If general participation in vaccinations is sufficiently good, herd immunity will develop, which protects those who cannot be vaccinated, for example, due to age (infants) or disease.

In an interview with Bændablaðið, Hrefna Jóhannesdóttir, Director of Agriculture and Forestry at Land and Forest, explained that forestry in rural areas has proven to be a very important and sustainable regional project. Participants are spread across the country in nearly 700 rural areas.

The Icelandic language test for citizenship was held from 14 to 31 May. It is a pleasure to report that 90% of the 460 who took the test met the basic requirements for Icelandic knowledge for Icelandic citizenship.

During the early months of the year, when the weather is cool and spring is anticipated, it is beneficial to engage in activities related to the growth and sprouting of vegetation. Currently, Land and Forest Iceland staff in Gunnarsholt and Vaglaskógur National Forest are conducting seed sprouting tests and quality assessments on forest plants, among other activities.

It is important to have a conversation about good infection prevention.