Directorate of Health - Centre for Health Security
- Country: Iceland
- Type: Government agency
- Website: landlaeknir.is
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)