Directorate of Health - Centre for Health Security

The Centre for Health Security and Communicable Disease Control within Iceland’s Directorate of Health. The Chief Epidemiologist coordinates human AMR and AMU surveillance.

Role in AMR/AMU Surveillance

  • Collects clinical microbiology data for the Icelandic AMR-AMU Report
  • Coordinates human AMU surveillance
  • Hosts the medicines prescription database (outpatient care prescriptions)
  • Regulated under the Act on Health Security and Communicable Diseases (No. 19/1997)