National Clinical Guideline: prevention and treatment of dystocia
An English version of our national clinical guideline concerning primiparous women with dystocia is now available on our website. The guideline describes how to treat dystocia in first-time mothers....
View ArticleInformation about MERS-CoV for travellers
The Danish Health and Medicines Authority has prepared a leaflet for travellers visiting areas with outbreaks of MERS-CoV. The leaflet describes recommended precautions for travellers to areas with...
View ArticleThe Danish Ministry of Health has appointed three new Director Generals
In August, Minister for Health Sophie Løhde announced that she will strengthen the focus on core tasks, case handling and the development of the health area by establishing four new agencies under the...
View ArticleThe seven roles of physicians
Last year, the Danish Health and Medicines Authority revised the descriptions of the seven physician roles used in medical specialist training so that they match the future work of physicians. The...
View ArticleIncrease in the number of cases caused by new coronavirus (MERS CoV) on the...
The Danish Health and Medicines Authority advises Danish travellers to the Arabian Peninsula and healthcare professionals in Denmark to pay special attention to disease caused by the new coronavirus...
View ArticleChange of the HPV vaccination programme to a 2-dose programme
As part of the Danish childhood vaccination programme, girls aged around 12 years are offered HPV vaccine. In future, girls of this age only need two doses of HPV vaccine, compared with three...
View ArticleEbola ruled out in patient hospitalised at Hvidovre Hospital
On Thursday night 2 October, a patient was hospitalised at Hvidovre Hospital and tested for Ebola virus. A blood sample tested at State Serum Institute ruled out the suspicion. ”The Danish Health and...
View ArticlePatient to be examined for Ebola at Hvidovre Hospital
A patient has been admitted to Hvidovre Hospital in Copenhagen and is now being tested for Ebola infection according to the Danish Health and Medicines Authority's guidance on the management of Ebola...
View ArticleBeware if your heart flutters
The combination of low-dose aspirins and anticoagulant medicines can cause severe bleeding. Consequently, we have published new material describing the risk of this combination to patients with heart...
View ArticleChanges to the Danish childhood vaccination programme
From 1 January 2015, children will be offered the previous childhood vaccination programme again, because Statens Serum Institut (SSI) can now provide vaccines again after one year with technical...
View ArticleThe drug situation in Denmark
We have prepared our national report about the drug situation in Denmark in 2014. According to the report, the number of drug-related deaths is stable, while the number of poisonings is increasing....
View ArticleThree Danish healthcare workers will not be quarantined for Ebola
The three healthcare workers who work for Defence Command Denmark and Danish Emergency Management Agency have been examined at Aarhus University Hospital in Skejby. The employees were sent back to...
View ArticleNew advice on infant food
Infants should not be given cow's milk, but breast milk or infant formula throughout the first year of life. This is one of our new recommendations for infant food and nutrition for young children....
View ArticleEMA's new assessment of the HPV vaccine: The benefits outweigh the risks
A causal relationship between the dizziness and fatigue syndrome, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) and Gardasil can neither be confirmed nor denied. The EU's group of pharmacovigilance...
View ArticleThe Danish Health Authority recommends HPV vaccination for 12-year-old girls
This text in Danish (published 5 November 2015): Sundhedsstyrelsen anbefaler HPV-vaccination af piger i 12-års-alderen Evidence does not suggest that there is an association between HPV vaccines and...
View ArticleSharp fall in HPV vaccination rate
This text in Danish (published 18 January 2016): Markant fald i tilslutningen til HPV-vaccinen According to new figures from the SSI (Statens Serum Institut), the HPV vaccination rate relating to...
View ArticleNew HPV vaccine in the childhood vaccination programme
This text in Danish (published 29 January 2016): Ny HPV-vaccine i børnevaccinationsprogrammet On Monday 1 February 2016, a new HPV vaccine enters the Danish childhood immunisation programme. The new...
View ArticleBetter information and harmonised offer to girls and young women with...
This text in Danish (published 4 February 2016): Bedre information og et ensartet tilbud til piger og unge kvinder med uforklarede symptomer Today (4 February 2016), the Danish Health Authority (DHA)...
View ArticleChildhood vaccination programme – it works, but there is room for improvement
Vaccinations prevent diseases that may be harmful to the child. Many childhood diseases spread very easily, so almost every child will eventually catch them if they are not vaccinated. This is the...
View ArticleRisk of severe intoxication with vitamin D drops
The company Inno Pharma has recalled its organic vitamin D drops labelled 'Inno Pharma vitamin D3-dråber' following verification that the vitamin D content is 75 times too high. The product is...
View ArticleThe health of Danes combined in unique database
The Danish Health and Medicines Authority and Danish Regions have published new figures for the health of the adult population in Denmark. How healthy are we? Do we feel stressed? Are we drinking more...
View ArticleRecommendations for organ donation
More people should decide whether they wish to become a potential organ donor and the hospitals should introduce pathways. These are two of the recommendations of a working group headed by the Danish...
View ArticleDecreasing prevalence of illicit drugs
The prevalence of illicit drugs is decreasing according to this year's report on the drug situation in Denmark 2013 prepared by the Danish Health and Medicines Authority. New figures show that...
View ArticleDigital post from the Danish Health and Medicines Authority
From 1 November 2013, it is mandatory for businesses with a CVR number to be able to receive digital post from public authorities. What is digital post? e-Boks has developed an electronic mailbox...
View ArticleNational clinical guideline on the use of antibiotics in connection with...
This quick guide contains the key recommendations from the national clinical guideline on the use of antibiotics in connection with dental treatment. The guideline was prepared by the DHA. The...
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