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What are you waiting for? Sign up this Transplant Awareness Week
04 July 2011
The Public Health Agency (PHA) is supporting this year’s National Transplant Awareness Week, which runs from 4-10 July with the theme ‘What are you waiting for?’ Everyday people complain about waiting...
PHA warn travellers on the risk of rabies
04 July 2011
The PHA is warning holiday makers and travelling students about the risk of catching rabies from animal bites when travelling abroad.
An ever-growing number of students are taking a year out to travel...
PHA update on large outbreak of E. coli in Germany and France –
30 June 2011
The Public Health Agency is continuing to monitor outbreaks of E. coli 0104 infection in Germany and France. E. coli 0104 infection causes bloody diarrhoea and, in some patients, causes haemolytic...
Suicide and homicide in people with mental illness - launch of challenging report
29 June 2011
Health Minister Edwin Poots today launched the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness, one of four research studies funded by Health and Social Care...
Public Health Agency warns 'Wash your hands after visiting the farm'
27 June 2011
The Public Health Agency (PHA) are reminding parents about the importance of supervising hand washing among their children after visiting an open farm and handling farm animals, over the summer...
ENGAGEMENT CLOSED - Draft PHA Corporate Strategy 2011/2015: Engagement process - your views matter
24 June 2011
The Public Health Agency (PHA) has developed a draft Corporate Strategy for the period 2011/15, taking account of engagement and discussion with a range of stakeholders. The draft strategy has been...
PHA celebrates rise in organ donor figures
23 June 2011
Figures released today (Thursday 23 June) show there are now over 495,000 people in Northern Ireland signed up to the NHS Organ Donor Register. The Public Health Agency (PHA) welcomes this new total...
