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This Northern Ireland Alcohol Awareness Week (20-26 June) people are being encouraged to take a closer look at their drinking habits and to give themselves an “alcohol audit”.

Four-fifths (81%) of...

This Cervical Screening Awareness Week (20-26 June) the Public Health Agency (PHA) is highlighting the importance of attending for cervical screening when invited.

Between 2016 and 2020 in Northern...

A new YouTube channel is set to bring the healthy eating and nutrition expertise of dietitians to the palms of the hands of people in Northern Ireland.

The ‘Public Health Dietitians’ channel is a...

Schools will soon be finishing up for the summer holidays and parents and guardians are being encouraged to talk to their children and young people now about the dangers of using alcohol and drugs.

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The Public Health Agency (PHA) is urging smokers to use World No Tobacco Day (31 May) as the date to start their quit journey and improve their health.

Colette Rogers, Strategic Lead for Tobacco...

New figures from the Public Health Agency (PHA) show that the Take Home Naloxone programme saw naloxone administered 256 times in 2020-21 and was successful in reversing an opioid overdose in over 90%...