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September 20, 2025
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June 12, 2025
A Swiss research center is trying to use innovative technology to help restore bodily functions for paralyzed patients—and even help Parkinson's patients walk smoothly again. "60 Minutes" is the most successful television broadcast in history. Offering hard-hitting investigative reports, interviews, feature segments and profiles of people in the news, the broadcast began in 1968 and is still a hit, over 50 seasons later, regularly making Nielsen's Top 10. See full video here
October 29, 2024
Today, Auður Guðjónsdóttir addressed the Health Committee of the Nordic Council during this year’s Nordic Council Session , held in Iceland from October 28 to October 31 . As a dedicated advocate for spinal cord injury research and treatment, Auður emphasized the urgent need for increased collaboration and investment in finding a cure for paralysis. Her speech highlighted the critical role that the Nordic countries can play in advancing neurological research and improving the quality of life for those affected by spinal cord injuries. The Nordic Council’s commitment to health and innovation presents a unique opportunity to push for stronger initiatives, research funding, and policy changes that could accelerate breakthroughs in spinal cord injury treatment.  By addressing the Health Committee , Auður continues to champion the cause, ensuring that spinal cord injuries remain a priority issue on the Nordic agenda .
August 6, 2024
Recently, the new advertisement from the Icelandic Spinal Cord Injury Institute, “A Call to the World to Cure Paralysis,” has been aired on RÚV and across social media. In Iceland alone, it has been viewed over a million times on social media platforms.
January 5, 2024
Letter nr. 3 from Amina J. Mohammed Reyply nr. 3 from UN
December 20, 2023
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October 10, 2023
A grant for the University of Iceland. University Rector Dr. Jón Atli Benediktsson, Prof. Thor Aspelund and Auður Guðjónsdóttir Registered Nurse OR Chairman of ISCI. Name of project: Spinal cord injuries and AI. Mænuskaðastofnun Íslands styrkir Háskóla Íslands. Heiti verkefnis: Mænuskaði og gervigreind
October 2, 2023
Auður Guðjónsdóttir Registered Nurse OR chairman of ISCI met Amina J. Mohammed Deputy Secretary – General of the United Nations in Iceland and brought her attention to the contents of the enclosed letter. 
August 19, 2022
Your Excellency,The main purpose of this letter is to ask you, the world’s most powerful person in healthcare matters, to officially proclaim to the world that a cure for paralysis must be found and to encourage financial forces, artificial intelligence specialists, researchers and doctors to join hands to combine and share the scientific knowledge on the nervous system which already exists.Read the article
May 10, 2022
14.1 G. Draft omtersectoral global action plan on epilepsy and other neurological disorders in support of universal health coverage (document A75/10 Add.4).Thank you Chair, I am addressing the Agenda item 14.1 G. Draft intersectoral global action plan on epilepsy and other neurological disorders in support of universal health coverage.Read the article page 1Read the article page 2
May 3, 2022
Dear madame president,I want to thank Dr. Tedros for his sincere speech yesterday, for true leadership in difficult times and reflecting on that sadly we are regularly confronted with the trehats ad consecvences and war.Yet, knowing and believe that peace  is a prerequisite for well-being.Read the article
February 25, 2022
The Foreign Minister of Iceland Thordis Kolbrun Gylfadottir at a meeting with Dr. Tetros Ghebreyesus Managing Director WHO about spinal cord injury and the Global Action plan on Epilepsy and other Neurological Disorders.
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