Björn Gunnarsson, senior lecturer at the Health Sciences Institute and Chief Medical Officer at the Akureyri Hospital, has just been awarded ISK 19 million in a research grant from Rannís for his research project.

March 24 is World Tuberculosis Day, on which day in 1882 Dr. Robert Koch declared that he had discovered the cause of the tuberculosis disease, the tuberculosis bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Ragnheiður Diljá Gunnarsdóttir a midwife at Infant and Toddler healthcare at HSN Akureyri is the Main Coordinator for Children's Prosperity at HSN. The Main Coordinator's role is to monitor and support the implementation at all HSN locations, to be a guide for others and to coordinate procedures.

The first agreement on all dental services for a long period.

The Directorate of Health has published Key Healthcare Performance Indicators for the second time with the latest available data, most often from 2022 for Iceland. The publication aims to gather in one place indicators that give insights into key aspects of healthcare services.

The exchange market opens tomorrow, Wednesday, 24th of April 2024 at 14:00. The deadline for submitting tenders is until 14:00 on Wednesday the 1st of May 2024.

The World Health Organization (WHO) raises the awareness of hepatitis virus on 28 July each year. This year the slogan is: One life, one liver, which reminds us that we only have one life and only one liver, but hepatitis can hurt both.

The purpose of the content policy is to ensure that everyone involved in content work for Iceland.is is working at a pace to maximise the quality of content and the network for users of the website.

Great participation at this year's Connecting the State conference, the third time it has been held.

The annual Icelandic Forestry Conference will be held in Hof, Akureyri, 20-21 March under the title Forest Resources - Infrastructure and Planning. About 140 people are registered to the event.