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Ovarian cancer – do you know what to look for?
01 March 2017
It’s Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, so the Public Health Agency (PHA) is highlighting the key signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer and urging women to talk to their GP if they think something is...
Services available for people who self-harm
28 February 2017
The Public Health Agency (PHA) is using Self-Harm Awareness Day (1 March), to encourage people who are affected by self-harm to seek help.
Dr Denise O’ Hagan, Public Health Consultant with the PHA...
Countdown underway to No Smoking Day 2017
08 February 2017
It is just less than one month until No Smoking Day on Wednesday March 8 with thousands of smokers across Northern Ireland today being urged to stub out their cigarettes and become ‘Proud Quitters’.
...
Fuel Poverty Awareness Day – top tips from Public Health Agency
17 February 2017
With more than two in five households here in fuel poverty, the Public Health Agency (PHA) is using Fuel Poverty Awareness Day (Friday 17 February) to highlight energy efficiency tips and services...
Health Protection Symposium - Monday 13th March 2017
13 February 2017
The Public Health Agency (PHA) Health Protection (HP) Symposium is scheduled for Monday 13th March 2017 in QUB, Riddel Hall, Stranmillis, Belfast.
The HP Symposium will include an overview of the work...
Health and Social Care procurement awareness events
03 February 2017
Health and Social Care NI organisations, in partnership with BSO (PaLS), plan to deliver a series of procurement awareness events across Northern Ireland. These events are targeted at service...
Launch of the first Northern Ireland Helplines Awareness Day
30 January 2017
The value of helplines will be emphasised on 6 February the first Northern Ireland Helplines Awareness Day.
The Helplines Network NI is hosting the awareness day and an event at Belfast City Hall to...
Avian flu advice for those travelling for Year of the Rooster
26 January 2017
Chinese New Year celebrations take place this Saturday and the Public Health Agency (PHA) is making travellers to festivities in Asia aware that avian influenza is circulating in the region.
Human...
Don’t ignore your cervical screening invitation – it could save your life
23 January 2017
During Cervical Cancer Prevention week (22-29January) the Public Health Agency (PHA) is reminding women to take up the invitation to have a regular cervical screening test.
Dr Tracy Owen, Consultant...
Students returning to uni urged to get meningitis vaccine
18 January 2017
Students returning to university for the start of term are being urged by the Public Health Agency (PHA) to get a vaccine that can help protect against meningitis and septicaemia.
The vaccine, which...
Stop smoking for good in 2017
16 January 2017
As we progress through January, many people who quit smoking as a New Year’s Resolution may be finding it tough to stay off tobacco, so the Public Health Agency (PHA) is urging people to make use of...
