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In advance of Child Safety Week (7- 13 June) the Public Health Agency  (PHA), in association with partners involved in the delivery of the Home Accident Prevention Strategy in Northern Ireland, has...

The Public Health Agency is urging smokers to use the opportunity of World No Tobacco Day (31 May) to ‘Commit to Quit’.

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently launched the year-long global...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is encouraging women to be breast aware and know the signs and symptoms of breast cancer.

Breast cancer can occur at any age. However, the risk of developing it...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is encouraging older adults who might not be as active as they were before the pandemic to gradually and safely build exercise back into their daily routine.

Colette...

Today [Thursday 20 May] marks International Clinical Trials Day and the HSC R&D Division within the Public Health Agency (PHA) is using it to highlight that everyone, both young and old, can be part...

COVID-19 is affecting all our lives and there are a lot of changes we all need to get used to. If you are pregnant or you have just given birth, this can be a particularly worrying time as Ali, new...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is calling on parents and guardians to talk to young people about the dangers of vaping unknown substances after further reports of incidents of young people falling ill...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) has confirmed that seven cases of the COVID-19 variant under investigation VUI B.1.617.2 (first detected in India) have been detected in Northern Ireland. These are the...

As the nights get brighter, the Public Health Agency (PHA) is encouraging people to get out and get active.

 Colette Brolly, the PHA’s joint lead on Obesity and Physical Activity, said: “Being...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) in Northern Ireland and the Health Service Executive (HSE) in the Republic of Ireland are urging people to stick to key public health advice and exercise caution over...

This Sun Awareness Week [May 3-9] the Public Health Agency (PHA) and Cancer Focus Northern Ireland are encouraging people to stay safe in the sun and to be UV aware.

Denise McCallion, Health and...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is urging people to stick to key public health advice as restrictions ease as the best way to help keep COVID-19 case numbers down and ensure that everyone can enjoy the...