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Stop smoking in Stoptober!
29 September 2014
Stoptober is back and the Public Health Agency (PHA) is supporting the campaign by urging all smokers to take part in the 28 day stop smoking challenge during October, as smokers who give up their...
National Eye Health Week – your vision matters!
26 September 2014
Research from the College of Optometrists shows that 84% of adults value their sight more than any other sense, yet many people are living with poor vision and putting their sight at risk because of...
Dig for mental health
23 September 2014
Gardening is being used as a tool to promote mental and emotional wellbeing through a new pilot project funded by the Public Health Agency (PHA).
The project ‘Wellbeing with nature’ will run over two...
Aneurysm screening programme success
22 September 2014
The Northern Ireland Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme has published its first annual report highlighting the programme success, with 81% of the men invited attending for a scan.
The...
Switch off, step out and take your first steps to better health
22 September 2014
The Public Health Agency (PHA) is encouraging everyone to switch off the telly, pull on your walking shoes and take the first steps to better health, after figures revealed that almost half of adults...
Pack a healthy snack for kids’ best start to school
18 September 2014
As parents take to the shops thinking about what to pack in their children’s lunchboxes for the new school term, the Public Health Agency (PHA) is encouraging them to choose healthier options for a...
Shingles vaccination programme launched for people aged 70, 78 and 79
18 September 2014
The Public Health Agency (PHA) is today launching the second year of the shingles vaccination programme, available from 1 October 2014, for all people aged 70 and a catch-up programme for people aged...
City Council joins Breastfeeding Welcome Here scheme
16 September 2014
Belfast City Council has become the latest organisation to join the Public Health Agency’s Breastfeeding Welcome Here scheme, a Northern Ireland-wide programme to increase the number of premises which...
Students encouraged to ‘mind their heads’
15 September 2014
As thousands of students across Northern Ireland start the new term at college or university, the Public Health Agency (PHA) is using the opportunity to raise awareness of student mental health.
To...
High air pollution in Northern Ireland
18 March 2015
HIGH levels of air pollution (particulate matter) are currently being monitored in the Belfast area. MODERATE levels of air pollution are being monitored in other urban centres across Northern Ireland...
PHA urges people to seek help on World Suicide Prevention Day
10 September 2014
The Public Health Agency (PHA) is using today [10 September] – World Suicide Prevention Day – to encourage people who are feeling in distress or despair to seek help.
The theme for this year’s World...
