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On World Diabetes Day (14 November) the Public Health Agency (PHA) is encouraging everyone across Northern Ireland to be aware of how diabetes can be prevented and what the signs and symptoms of...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) has renewed its commitment to improve road safety and high visibility in the Fermanagh area for students, with the introduction of reflective blazers in Lisnaskea High...

The importance of breastfeeding to reducing health inequalities and improving maternal and child health is well recognised. The future for breastfeeding in Northern Ireland was firmly under the...

The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) have launched a new campaign to raise public awareness of the dangers of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.

This new campaign, ‘Watch Out...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) can confirm that a child with confirmed flu infection, who attended a school for children with special needs, has sadly passed away. The PHA would like to extend its...

Lung cancer is the most common cancer in the world claiming more than 33,500 lives every year in the UK and in 2008 accounted for 12.5% of all cancers diagnosed in Northern Ireland.¹

90% of lung...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) has confirmed that a case of influenza has been reported in a pupil attending Ceara School, Lurgan. The Ceara School is a special school for children with severe...

A month-long programme of events will put the factors that influence individual and community health under a magnifying glass. ‘Focus on health inequalities’ is being led by the Public Health Agency...

A special meeting of the Colin Health for All – Suicide Prevention Task Group took place on Thursday (21 October) to respond to community concerns about the number of recent suicides in the area.

At...

As the new school year gets well underway, the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine which reduces the risk of cervical cancer is again being routinely offered to girls aged 12-13 years (Year 9) in...