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This year’s Public Health Annual Scientific Conference under the theme of ‘Recognising diversity in Public Health’ is taking place on Monday 16 June 2014, Riddel Hall, Stranmillis.

This all-day...

People living in the Southern Trust area will be able to make a splash this March with leisure centres offering swimming for just £1.

To support the Public Health Agency’s (PHA) ‘Give it a Go!’...

Work to help communities prevent suicide has taken a further step forward with over 50 ASIST Trainers from across Northern Ireland completing the new ASIST 11 upgrader trainer course.The Applied...

Primary school pupils in Lisburn have been enjoying their first graduation ceremony, as part of Early Intervention Lisburn’s ‘Incredible Years Programme’.
The initiative, run by the Public Health...

Churches from across Northern Ireland came together today at Stormont to officially launch a new partnership initiative which aims to prevent suicide.

‘Flourish!’ is a regional inter-church suicide...

To coincide with Self-Injury Awareness Day tomorrow, the Public Health Agency (PHA) is publishing the first Annual Report of the Northern Ireland Registry of Self-Harm.The Northern Ireland Registry of...

A healthier approach to food in schools is being taken to improve learning opportunities and health and wellbeing by encouraging better eating habits among children.
The ‘Food in Schools’ conference...

You know spring is on its way when you begin to see lambs appearing in the fields; however the Public Health Agency (PHA) is reminding pregnant women about the risk of close contact with sheep during...

People across Belfast are finding out how to cook healthy, tasty, low cost meals thanks to cookery demonstrations being organised by the Public Health Agency (PHA).

As the countdown to No Smoking Day 2014, which is on 12 March, gets underway, thousands of smokers across Northern Ireland were today urged to take their first step to Victory and set 12 March 2014 as...

Improving the lives of older people is the focus of a series of community conversations aimed at developing ‘good neighbourhoods for ageing well’.

Around 200 people in Northern Ireland are on the transplant waiting list and sadly around 15 people die each year waiting for an organ. Despite support for organ donation being extremely high, just 31...