Read the latest issue of the PHA Update. The PHA Update serves as a regular communication channel, sharing news, progress reports, upcoming campaigns and initiatives, and developments across public health programmes.

This is the Public Health Agency’s Annual Business Plan for 2025-26 which sets out the actions for the coming year.

This leaflet discusses the help available to women who experience a mental health problem in the perinatal period, the name given to the period during pregnancy and up to one year after birth.

This leaflet is for pregnant women who have been diagnosed with hepatitis B. It provides information on the care pathway for these women.

The PHA Corporate Plan 2025-2030 - preventing, protecting, improving: better health for everyone, has now been published and is available in a number of formats. The Plan sets out the direction, strategic themes and priorities for the PHA..

This flyer outlines the changes to the routine childhood immunisation schedule in Northern Ireland in 2025 and 2026 as recommended by the Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).

Reporting on the shingles vaccination programme is done by programme year, which runs from 1st September to 31st August.

This PHA Consultation Scheme has been developed to meet the statutory requirement and will be known as the PHA Involvement and Consultation Scheme.

Following public consultation and approval from the Department of Health, the Public Health Agency Corporate Plan 2017-2021 is now finalised and available below.

The quarterly reports summarise the regional Needle and Syringe Exchange Service (NSES) and Take Home Naloxone (THN) activity alongside anonymous, non-identifiable client data across Northern Ireland.

This leaflet supports and provides information on Live Better, a community-centred approach to addressing health inequalities in Northern Ireland. It has been established by the Department of Health.

A total of 593,308 influenza vaccinations were administered during the 2024/25 seasonal influenza vaccination programme which commenced on 07 October 2024 and ended on 31 March 2025.

A total of 251,685 COVID-19 vaccinations were administered during the Autumn/Winter COVID-19 vaccination programme, which commenced on 07 October 2024 and ended on 28 February 2025. 

Legionnaires’ disease is a notifiable infectious disease and suspected cases are legally required to be reported to the Public Health Agency (PHA).

This booklet for childminders and staff in day nurseries, playgroups and crèches outlines straightforward, practical advice and information on a range of nutritional issues related to children up to the age of five to ensure each child gets