Interview // Berglind Rós Ragnarsdóttir, nursing director of HSU healthcare center in Hveragerði and Þorlákshöfn

Sigurlinn Sváfnisdóttir, a midwife specializing in prenatal screening, and Hugborg Kjartansdóttir, a midwife at Heilbrigðisstofnun Suðurlands (HSU), attended an international conference in London earlier in December.

At the beginning of 2023, a grant was applied for the project “Use of Patient Archetypes to Analyze the Status of Emergency Services in South Iceland.” The purpose of the project is to harmonize services across the institution.

Automated Evondos medication dispensers have been used in home healthcare services at the North Iceland Healthcare Institution (HSN) with good results since 2022.

Heilbrigðisstofnun Suðurlands (HSU) has taken an important step in harnessing new technology in care and service delivery with the implementation of TETON at Móberg.

The first meeting of the newly appointed Professional Council was held with HSU’s Executive Board on Wednesday, 18 February 2026.

The World Health Organization (WHO) dedicates one week each year to immunization, from April 24–30. In Europe, both WHO Europe and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) are responsible for producing materials and disseminating information in connection with European Immunization Week.

Lífsbrú – Centre for Suicide Prevention at the Directorate of Health has completed an updated security checklist to support safer environments in hospitals and treatment facilities, supported housing units, and nursing homes. The checklist has been developed in line with Action 3.3 of the Icelandic government’s action plan.

The annual influenza outbreak is continuing, and the number of confirmed cases has remained similar over the past weeks. The peak was in December 2025, and confirmed cases declined after the New Year and have remained stable since then.

A collaborative project between the Nordic public health authorities has gathered important lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic. The results can be used as a basis for strengthening collaboration and preparedness in the region.