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The Public Health Agency (PHA) is taking the opportunity to highlight this year’s World No Tobacco Day which takes place on Tuesday 31 May.

In Northern Ireland, around 340,000 people aged 16 and over...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) has been made aware that Germany is currently experiencing a large outbreak of Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) directly related to infections of verocytoxin –...

Dr Eddie Rooney, Chief Executive of the Public Health Agency and Chair of the local organising committee for the games welcomed the celebration and launch of the Westfield Health British Transplant...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is advising that the plume of volcanic ash over the north Atlantic is not currently a risk to public health in Northern Ireland.

The previous eruption of the...

The Public Health Agency welcomes the second annual Depression Aware Week, 20–27 May 2011.

‘Changing Minds’ aims to change people’s minds about depression, raise public and political awareness of the...

Welcome to the new look PHA website that has undergone a comprehensive face lift and redevelopment over the last few months.

This phase of development has seen substantial input from each work area...

With over 300 people currently waiting for organ donation in Northern Ireland, the Public Health Agency (PHA) has urged people to join the Organ Donor Register by hosting a stand at the Balmoral Show...

Lagan Valley MLA, Edwin Poots, has been appointed Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety.

The Democratic Unionist Party member will hold the role for two years before it is taken over...

In Northern Ireland over 300 people are currently waiting for organ donation. With this in mind, the Public Health Agency (PHA), on behalf of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public...

To mark Cancer Prevention Week (9–15 May 2011) the Public Health Agency (PHA) has highlighted that although around 9,000 new cases of cancer are diagnosed each year in Northern Ireland, one third of...