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Geir Gunnlaugsson - Professor Emeritus

Geir Gunnlaugsson

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Geir Gunnlaugsson

Professor Emeritus

Professor of Global Health

Location
Oddi / O-319
Phone
+354-525 4369 +354-843 6237
Email
geirgunnlaugsson [at] hi.is

Unit
Anthropology
Website
https://www.hi.is/staff/geirgunnlaugsson
Published Work
Geir Gunnlaugsson - published work

Curriculum Vitae
Geir Gunnlaugsson - Curriculum Vitae
Consultation hours
By an appointment.
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6674-2862
Research portal – Geir Gunnlaugsson

Professional Experience

2015 - , Professor of Global Health, University of Iceland
2007 - 2015, Professor of Public Health, Reykjavik University
2010 - 2014, Chief Medical Officer for Iceland/Surgeon General, Directorate of Health
1999 - 2011, Consultant for Monkey Bay Health Care Project, Malawi, and other tasks in Mozambique, Icelandic International Development Agency (Iceida)
2000 - 2009, Director, Centre for Child Health Services, Primary Health Care Organization of Reykjavík Capital Area
2004 - 2007, Adjunct Faculty Position, Medical faculty, University of Iceland
1998 - 2000, Lecturer/IDirector of Studies, Section for Maternal and Child Health (IMCH), University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
1993 - 1998, Medical Advisor, Biombo Regional Health Management Team, Quinhamel, Guinea-Bissau
1985 - 1993, Junior Doctor/pediatrician, St Göran´s/Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
1982 - 1985, General Practitioner/paediatrics, Centre for Maternal and Child Health, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
1980 - 1981, General Practitioner, Höfn Hornafjordur, Iceland
1978 - 1980, Junior doctor, University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland

Published works

2024

Prevalence of and Influential Factors for Waterpipe Smoking among School-Attending Adolescents in Bissau, Guinea-BissauAdolescents
The Extent of and Determinants for Smoking Cigarettes among Adolescents Attending School in Guinea-Bissau
Child Fatalities in Tractor-Related Agricultural Incidents in Iceland 1918–2024: A Historical Analysis

2023

Child Rights during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Learning from Child Health-and-Rights Professionals across the WorldChildren
“Just Standing Still”: A Qualitative Study on Adolescents’ Experiences of School Closures Due to Emerging COVID-19 in Bissau, Guinea-BissauInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

2022

Adolescents amid emerging COVID-19 pandemic in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau: a qualitative studyBMJ Paediatrics Open
The Provider Role and Perspective in the Denial of Family Planning Services to Women in Malawi: A Mixed-Methods StudyInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Turned Away and at Risk: Denial of Family Planning Services to Women in MalawiStudies in Family Planning
The voices of children and young people during COVID‐19: A critical review of methodsActa Paediatrica
Work‐free childhood to child labour and street lifeActa Paediatrica

2021

Social Determinants of Narcotics Use Susceptibility among School-Attending Adolescents in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau: A Cross-Sectional AnalysisAdolescents
Assessment of improved neonatal ward infrastructure on neonatal health outcomes in southern MalawiJournal of Global Health Reports
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the life of Bissau-Guinean religious (Quranic) schoolboys during a state of emergency: a qualitative studyBMJ Paediatrics Open
Public or private school? Determinants for enrolment of adolescents in Bissau, Guinea-BissauInternational Journal of Educational Research

2020

Use of Digital Technology among Adolescents Attending Schools in Bissau, Guinea-BissauInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Iodine status of breastfed infants and their mothers' breast milk iodine concentrationMaternal & Child Nutrition

2018

Review shows that Icelandic society is taking firmer steps to tackle the diverse forms of child abuse and neglect that its children are exposed to.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)
„Allt sem ég þrái“: Menntun og skólaganga barna sem leita alþjóðlegrar verndar á ÍslandiTímarit um uppeldi og menntun

2017

Infant Mortality in a Global ContextOxford Bibliographies Online Datasets
Financial crises and child health: reflections from IcelandBMJ Paediatrics Open

2016

Applied ethics and allocation of foreign aid: disparity in pretensions and practiceDevelopment Policy Review
Child health in times of austerity as a result of the economic crisis that started in 2008Acta Paediatrica
‘All’s well in Iceland?’ Austerity measures, labour market initiatives, and health and well-being of childrenNordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research

2015

Child health in Iceland before and after the economic collapse in 2008Archives of Disease in Childhood
[Prevalence and diversity of emotional abuse and neglect in childhood in Iceland].Laeknabladid

2014

RICHE – Research Inventory, Indicators, Gaps and Roadmaps for Child Health in Europe - an EU FP7 project
Initiation of Complementary Feeding and Duration of Total Breastfeeding: Unlimited Access to Lactation Consultants Versus Routine Care at the Well-Baby ClinicsBreastfeeding Medicine

2013

Exclusive Breastfeeding and Developmental and Behavioral Status in Early ChildhoodNutrients
Exclusive breastfeeding for 4 versus 6 months and growth in early childhoodActa Paediatrica
[Experience of Icelandic adults of corporal punishment and abuse in childhood].Laeknabladid

2012

[Directorate of Health following a merger].Laeknabladid
Randomized controlled trial of 4 compared with 6 mo of exclusive breastfeeding in Iceland: differences in breast-milk intake by stable-isotope probeThe American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Timing of the introduction of complementary foods in infancy: a randomized controlled trial.Pediatrics

2011

Intrafamilial conflict and emotional well-being: A population based study among Icelandic adolescentsChild Abuse & Neglect

2009

Docosahexaenoic acid in red blood cells of women of reproductive age is positively associated with oral contraceptive use and physical activityProstaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

2007

Optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding: what is the evidence to support current recommendations?The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

2006

[Health services for children and the implementation of IMCI in Monkey Bay, Malawi].Laeknabladid

2005

[Immunization coverage in the Monkey Bay Head zone Malawi].Laeknabladid
International aid, partnership, and child survivalThe Lancet

2004

There's Many a Slip between Chocolate and LipAnthropology News

2001

Infant feeding practices during the first six months of life in a rural area in Tanzania.East African medical journal
Health education and cholera in rural Guinea-BissauInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases

2000

Epidemic cholera in Guinea-Bissau: The challenge of preventing deaths in rural West AfricaInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases

1999

Corpses and the spread of cholera.Lancet (London, England)
First do no harm: making oral rehydration solution safer in a cholera epidemic.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene

1998

Funerals during the 1994 cholera epidemic in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa: the need for disinfection of bodies of persons dying of cholera.Epidemiology and infection

1997

Selective compartmentalization of gammadelta-T lymphocytes in human breastmilk.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)

1995

Does age at the start of breast feeding influence infantile diarrhoea morbidity? A case-control study in periurban Guinea-Bissau.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)

1993

Colostrum and ideas about bad milk: A case study from Guinea-BissauSocial Science & Medicine
[Monitoring of quality in human milk. Breast feeding and children's health in Guinea-Bissau]Jordemodern
Age at breast feeding start and postneonatal growth and survival.Archives of disease in childhood

1992

Determinants of Delayed Initiation of Breastfeeding: A Community and Hospital Study from Guinea-BissauInternational Journal of Epidemiology

1989

Rotavirus Serology and Breast-Feeding in Young Children in Rural Guinea-BissauActa Paediatrica

1988

Follow-up of the Antibody Response to Measles Vaccine in a Rural Area of Guinea-BissauActa Paediatrica

1986

Augmented antibody response to live attenuated measles vaccine in children withPlasmodium falciparumparasitaemiaAnnals of Tropical Paediatrics

Keywords for Specialisation:

International Development

Child abuse and neglect

Maternal neonatal child and adolescent health