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Minister Of Health Proposes New National Action Plan On Obesity
The Minister of Health, Alma Möller, has opened a parliamentary proposal on measures to tackle obesity for public consultation via the government’s consultation portal. One of the stated aims is that childhood obesity in Iceland should no longer be the highest among…
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Minister Of Health To Propose Measures Against Obesity
Following news that Iceland has the highest proportion of overweight and obese residents in the Nordic region, Minister of Health Alma D. Möller plans to submit a parliamentary resolution on measures to combat obesity, RÚV reports. The resolution is expected to be…
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Tobacco Giant On Flavour Ban Of New Bill : Undermines Public Health Goals
BAT, otherwise known as British American Tobacco Denmark, submitted a commentary to the Minister of Health’s new bill on nicotine products. BAT is one of the largest tobacco producers in Europe. Minister of Health Willum Þór Þórsson proposed a policy reform which…
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Pirate Party MP Seeks Answers, Wants Drugging Drinks To Be Criminalised
Lenya Rún Taha Karim, a deputy MP for the Pirate Party, was a guest on the radio show Reykjavík síðdegis yesterday, wherein she discussed the widespread problem of women having their drinks drugged by strangers when they go to bars and clubs.…
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Health Minister Ices Own Bill On Decriminalising Personal Drug Consumption
Despite having a broad base of popular support, including an endorsement from the director of prisons, Minister of Heath Willum Þór Þorsson has opted to kill his own bill on drug decriminalisation. [su_pullquote]We have over 60 kinds of Icelandic candy in our…
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50 People Can Meet and 150 Can Come Together In Schools
New regulations have been announced by Svandís Svavarsdóttir, the Minister of Health, that will take effect as of tomorrow for the next three weeks. The rules were announced after a meeting was held today between the ministers that discussed Þórólfur Guðnason’s proposal…
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Tax On Sweets May Be Raised By 20 Percent
The working group for the Minister of Health has submitted a proposal for the raising of taxes on sweets, RUV reports. The working group was formed to formulate proposals on how to use financial incentives to promote public health. Their latest suggestion…
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Cancer Society Completes Cervical Screening Review
The Iceland Cancer Society has now completed its review of cervical cancer samples following the misdiagnoses of patients in 2018, Vísir reports. A statement on the Cancer Society’s website says that 209 cases were found where further examination would be necessary due…
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Decision Of 95 Icelandic Midwives To Quit Jobs Sends Hospital Into Chaos
After the entire body of midwives in Iceland quit their jobs in home-based postnatal care two days ago, the future looks grim for both new mothers and The National University Hospital of Iceland. The 95 midwives decided to quit en masse on Monday…
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Safe Consumption Centre For Drug Addicts To Open In Reykjavík
The Icelandic Ministry of Welfare and the City of Reykjavík have recently began working on a new supervised consumption centre for local drug addicts, Visir reports. The goal is to provide injections sites where people with severe drug addictions can consume and…
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Health Minister Agrees With International Drug War Report
Minister of Health Kristján Þór Júlíusson told reporters he agrees with a new report from the Global Commission on Drug Policy (GODP) that the “war on drugs” has been a failure. Vísir reports the the GODP has released their latest findings on…
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Welfare Society, You’re Doing It Wrong
As far as outrage goes, having to pay seventeen thousand, five hundred and thirty eight ISK for a few packs of test strips and insulin pens ranks pretty high on my list. As a type one diabetic, I am unable to produce…