{"id":192261,"date":"2026-04-09T13:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klak.is\/?p=192261"},"modified":"2026-04-09T13:39:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:39:12","slug":"althjodleg-heilbrigdisnyskopun-i-brennidepli-hja-klak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/althjodleg-heilbrigdisnyskopun-i-brennidepli-hja-klak\/","title":{"rendered":"Al\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0leg heilbrig\u00f0isn\u00fdsk\u00f6pun \u00ed brennidepli hj\u00e1 KLAK"},"content":{"rendered":"

Samtal um malar\u00edu, marka\u00f0sbresti og lausnir fyrir l\u00f6nd me\u00f0 takmarka\u00f0ar au\u00f0lindir<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00cd lok mars t\u00f3ku mentorar \u00ed KLAK – VMS<\/a> \u00e1 m\u00f3ti tveimur \u00f6flugum s\u00e9rfr\u00e6\u00f0ingum \u00ed heilbrig\u00f0isn\u00fdsk\u00f6pun, \u00feeim Sveinbirni Gizurarsyni, pr\u00f3fessor vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands, og Steven E. Kern, Ph.D., Fulbright s\u00e9rfr\u00e6\u00f0ingi vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands. \u00cd sameiginlegum h\u00e1degisvi\u00f0bur\u00f0i \u00ed Gr\u00f3sku var sj\u00f3num beint a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed hvernig n\u00fdsk\u00f6pun og t\u00e6kni geta skila\u00f0 raunverulegum \u00e1hrifum \u00ed l\u00f6ndum sem b\u00faa vi\u00f0 takmarka\u00f0ar au\u00f0lindir \u2013 me\u00f0 s\u00e9rst\u00f6ku f\u00f3kus \u00e1 malar\u00edulyf, innvi\u00f0i og fj\u00e1rm\u00f6gnun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vi\u00f0bur\u00f0urinn var haldinn \u00ed samstarfi vi\u00f0 \u00cdslensku Fulbright-stofnunina og er hluti af stu\u00f0ningi \u00feeirra vi\u00f0 America 250 verkefni\u00f0. \u00dev\u00ed fylgdi sterkur al\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0legur vinkill \u00fear sem tenging var ger\u00f0 milli \u00edslensks n\u00fdsk\u00f6punarumhverfis og umfangsmikilla verkefna \u00e1 svi\u00f0i al\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0legrar heilsu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Verksmi\u00f0ja fyrir malar\u00edulyf \u00ed Malawi \u2013 \u201everkefni sem \u00e1 skili\u00f0 mun meiri athygli\u201c<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u00cd upphafi vi\u00f0bur\u00f0arins kynnti Sveinbj\u00f6rn Gizurarson vinnuna vi\u00f0 uppbyggingu malar\u00edulyfjaverksmi\u00f0ju \u00ed Malawi. \u00dear f\u00f3r hann yfir s\u00fdn, hvatningu, markmi\u00f0 og helstu \u00e1skoranir verkefnisins \u2013 fr\u00e1 \u00fe\u00f6rfinni \u00e1 st\u00f6\u00f0ugu a\u00f0gengi a\u00f0 lyfjum yfir \u00ed fl\u00f3kna innvi\u00f0i, regluverk og mannau\u00f0 \u00e1 sta\u00f0num.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00cd umr\u00e6\u00f0um \u00e1 \u00cdslandi hefur verkefninu veri\u00f0 l\u00fdst sem sannk\u00f6llu\u00f0u flaggskipi sem \u00e1 skili\u00f0 miklu meiri athygli en \u00fea\u00f0 f\u00e6r n\u00fa, og l\u00f6g\u00f0u s\u00e9rfr\u00e6\u00f0ingar s\u00e9rstaka \u00e1herslu \u00e1 a\u00f0 svona frumkv\u00e6\u00f0i s\u00fdni vel hversu langt \u00edslenskt hugvit og samstarf geta n\u00e1\u00f0 \u00feegar horft er \u00fat fyrir hef\u00f0bundna marka\u00f0i. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fyrir mentora \u00ed VMS var \u00feetta sk\u00fdrt d\u00e6mi um hvernig handlei\u00f0sla, tengslanet og stefnum\u00f3tandi stu\u00f0ningur geta skipt sk\u00f6pum \u00feegar teymi takast \u00e1 vi\u00f0 verkefni sem eru b\u00e6\u00f0i t\u00e6knilega, fj\u00e1rhagslega og samf\u00e9lagslega krefjandi.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201eBringing Innovation to Low Resource Countries\u201c \u2013 l\u00e6rd\u00f3mur \u00far Global Health Labs og Gates Foundation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u00cd framhaldinu t\u00f3k vi\u00f0 erindi Steven E. Kern, Ph.D., sem bar vinnutitilinn \u201eBringing Innovation to Low Resource Countries\u201c. Steve er Fulbright s\u00e9rfr\u00e6\u00f0ingur vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands, fyrrverandi framkv\u00e6mdastj\u00f3ri Global Health Labs og fyrrverandi a\u00f0sto\u00f0arframkv\u00e6mdastj\u00f3ri hj\u00e1 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, auk \u00feess sem hann er d\u00f3sent \u00ed sv\u00e6finga- og l\u00edfverkfr\u00e6\u00f0i vi\u00f0 University of Utah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00cd erindinu dr\u00f3 hann upp mynd af tveimur svok\u00f6llu\u00f0um \u201edalum dau\u00f0ans\u201c \u00ed heilbrig\u00f0isn\u00fdsk\u00f6pun. Annars vegar „Translational Valley of Death“, \u00fear sem fj\u00e1rfesting \u00ed \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 koma frumhugmyndum \u00ed gegnum kl\u00edn\u00edskar pr\u00f3fanir og framlei\u00f0sluskala er oft af skornum skammti. Hins vegar dalnum sem tengist heilbrig\u00f0is\u00f3j\u00f6fnu\u00f0i „Health Equity Valley of Death“, \u00fear sem regluverk, veikbur\u00f0a heilbrig\u00f0iskerfi, birg\u00f0ake\u00f0jur og f\u00e9lagslegar a\u00f0st\u00e6\u00f0ur halda aftur af \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 lausnir komist \u00ed raun til \u00feeirra sem mest \u00feurfa \u00e1 \u00feeim a\u00f0 halda.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Steve f\u00f3r l\u00edka yfir hvers vegna hef\u00f0bundnir marka\u00f0ir virka illa \u00ed low-resource umhverfi: l\u00e1gar tekjur, veik dreifikerfi, uppl\u00fdsingahalli og fl\u00f3knir innkaupaferlar gera \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 verkum a\u00f0 jafnvel mj\u00f6g g\u00f3\u00f0ar lausnir n\u00e1 ekki f\u00f3tfestu \u00e1n markvissrar \u00edhlutunar. \u00dear kom sterkt inn, reynsla hans af \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 n\u00fdta fj\u00f6lbreytileg verkf\u00e6ri \u00ed g\u00f3\u00f0gaer\u00f0arstarfi \u2013 styrki, „program-related fj\u00e1rfestingar“ og forkaupasamninga \u2013 til a\u00f0 \u201ekveikja marka\u00f0i\u201c og l\u00e6kka \u00e1h\u00e6ttu svo frumkv\u00f6\u00f0lar og fj\u00e1rfestar treysti s\u00e9r inn \u00e1 \u00feessa marka\u00f0i.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

D\u00e6min sem hann s\u00fdndi \u00e1 gl\u00e6runum n\u00e1\u00f0u v\u00edtt: allt fr\u00e1 n\u00fdjum lausnum \u00ed malar\u00edulyfjagj\u00f6f fyrir vann\u00e6r\u00f0 b\u00f6rn, yfir \u00ed lyfjaform sem gera vikulegar e\u00f0a m\u00e1na\u00f0arlegar t\u00f6flur m\u00f6gulegar til a\u00f0 b\u00e6ta me\u00f0fer\u00f0arheldni, til samvinnu \u00ed TB Drug Accelerator \u00fear sem fyrirt\u00e6ki, h\u00e1sk\u00f3lar og stofnanir deila efnas\u00f6fnum og \u00feekkingu til a\u00f0 hra\u00f0a \u00fer\u00f3un n\u00fdrra berklalyfja. Einnig kynnti hann verkefni Global Health Labs \u00e1 bor\u00f0 vi\u00f0 NAATOS \u2013 einfalt, skalanlegt, \u00f3d\u00fdrt greiningarpr\u00f3f \u201eon-a-strip\u201c \u2013 og notkun gervigreindar og \u00f3msko\u00f0unar til a\u00f0 gera \u00e1h\u00e6ttumat \u00ed me\u00f0g\u00f6ngu a\u00f0gengilegra \u00e1 heilsug\u00e6slust\u00f6\u00f0vum \u00ed l\u00e1gau\u00f0lindaumhverfi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\u00e6rd\u00f3mur fyrir mentora \u2013 og n\u00fd tenging inn \u00ed KLAK VMS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u00cd umr\u00e6\u00f0um a\u00f0 loknu erindinu var s\u00e9rst\u00f6k \u00e1hersla l\u00f6g\u00f0 \u00e1 hlutverk mentora \u00feegar teymi horfa \u00fat fyrir \u00cdsland og Evr\u00f3pu og stefna inn \u00e1 erfi\u00f0a, al\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0lega marka\u00f0i \u00fear sem vi\u00f0skiptam\u00f3del, fj\u00e1rm\u00f6gnun og samf\u00e9lagsleg \u00e1hrif eru dj\u00fapt samtvinnu\u00f0. Fyrir mentorana \u00ed KLAK \u2013 Venture Mentoring Service var gagnlegt a\u00f0 sj\u00e1 hvernig al\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0leg verkefni \u00e1 svi\u00f0i heilbrig\u00f0ist\u00e6kni, greininga og lyfja\u00fer\u00f3unar eru bygg\u00f0 upp \u00ed \u00ferepum \u2013 me\u00f0 sterku neti samstarfsa\u00f0ila, sk\u00fdrum verkf\u00e6rum til \u00e1h\u00e6ttuminnkunar og sk\u00fdrum m\u00e6lanlegum markmi\u00f0um.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A\u00f0 sama skapi undirstrika\u00f0i heims\u00f3knin mikilv\u00e6gi \u00feess a\u00f0 \u00edslensk n\u00fdsk\u00f6pun um heilbrig\u00f0ist\u00e6kni, lyf, greiningar og tengda innvi\u00f0i tengist snemma vi\u00f0 reynslumikla a\u00f0ila \u00e1 bor\u00f0 vi\u00f0 Steve og Sveinbj\u00f6rn \u2013 b\u00e6\u00f0i til a\u00f0 for\u00f0ast algengar gryfjur og til a\u00f0 auka l\u00edkur \u00e1 alv\u00f6ru, varanlegum \u00e1hrifum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00deakkir og framhaldi\u00f0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Vi\u00f0bur\u00f0urinn er sk\u00fdr \u00e1minning um a\u00f0 \u00feegar \u00edslenskt n\u00fdsk\u00f6punarsamf\u00e9lag, al\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0legir s\u00e9rfr\u00e6\u00f0ingar, h\u00e1sk\u00f3lasamf\u00e9lagi\u00f0 og g\u00f3\u00f0ger\u00f0arsamt\u00f6k lei\u00f0a hesta s\u00edna saman, skapast einst\u00f6k t\u00e6kif\u00e6ri til a\u00f0 \u00fer\u00f3a lausnir sem hafa raunveruleg \u00e1hrif \u00e1 l\u00edf f\u00f3lks, langt \u00fat fyrir landsteinana. Vi\u00f0 viljum \u00feakka \u00cdslensku Fulbright-stofnuninni fyrir \u00f6flugt samstarf og stu\u00f0ning sem hluta af America 250 verkefninu, H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands og Sveinbirni Gizurarssyni fyrir kraftmikla s\u00fdn \u00ed Malawi-verkefninu, og Steven Kern fyrir a\u00f0 deila d\u00fdrm\u00e6tum l\u00e6rd\u00f3mi \u00far \u00e1ratuga starfi \u00e1 svi\u00f0i al\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0legrar heilbrig\u00f0isn\u00fdsk\u00f6punar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fyrir mentora og teymi \u00ed KLAK \u2013 VMS er \u00feessi heims\u00f3kn innbl\u00e1stur til a\u00f0 halda \u00e1fram a\u00f0 horfa \u00fat \u00ed heiminn me\u00f0 hugrekki, byggja upp lausnir sem standast al\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0legan samanbur\u00f0 og n\u00fdta samtal, handlei\u00f0slu og \u00feekkingu til a\u00f0 breyta g\u00f3\u00f0um hugmyndum \u00ed lausnir sem skipta raunverulegu m\u00e1li.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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KLAK – VMS er stutt af H\u00e1sk\u00f3lanum \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk, H\u00d8IBERG<\/strong>, Rann\u00eds, Menningar-, n\u00fdsk\u00f6punar- og h\u00e1sk\u00f3lar\u00e1\u00f0uneytinu, ADVEL og KPMG.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Samtal um malar\u00edu, marka\u00f0sbresti og lausnir fyrir l\u00f6nd me\u00f0 takmarka\u00f0ar au\u00f0lindir \u00cd lok mars t\u00f3ku mentorar \u00ed KLAK – VMS \u00e1 m\u00f3ti tveimur \u00f6flugum s\u00e9rfr\u00e6\u00f0ingum \u00ed heilbrig\u00f0isn\u00fdsk\u00f6pun, \u00feeim Sveinbirni Gizurarsyni, pr\u00f3fessor vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands, og Steven E. Kern, Ph.D., Fulbright s\u00e9rfr\u00e6\u00f0ingi vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands. \u00cd sameiginlegum h\u00e1degisvi\u00f0bur\u00f0i \u00ed Gr\u00f3sku var sj\u00f3num beint a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed hvernig […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":192272,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":807,"wds_primary_project":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[807,1],"tags":[],"project":[1271],"birta":[],"class_list":["post-192261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-klak-vms","category-uncategorized","project-klak-vms"],"acf":{"tengd_verkefni":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192261"},{"taxonomy":"project","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project?post=192261"},{"taxonomy":"birta","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/birta?post=192261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}