The Directorate of Health
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.
Health Services Operations
The Directorate of Health confirms that health services operators meet minimum professional requirements.
Vaccinations
Vaccination is an immunization procedure intended to prevent serious infectious diseases. General information about vaccinations, vaccines, the diseases that are vaccinated against and the side effects of vaccinations.
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
Respiratory Infections – Week 46, 2024
The Chief Epidemiologist’s respiratory infections dashboard has been updated with data through week 46 (November 11–17, 2024).
The Directorate of Health will be closed from 12:00 - Wednesday 20 November 2024
The Directorate of Health will be closed from 12:00, Wednesday 20 November.