Culture a remedy for better health and wellbeing

The Public Health Agency (PHA) will be working in partnership with the City of Culture Company and Derry City Council to support the Derry/Londonderry City of Culture 2013 as a significant opportunity to improve the health and wellbeing of residents from the city and surrounding areas. Explaining why the PHA is supporting this initiative, Dr Eddie Rooney, Chief Executive, PHA, said: “The Public Health Agency was set up to promote good health and wellbeing within our population and to tackle the unjust health inequalities between the best and worst off in our society.

Good for Regeneration, Good for Health, Good for Belfast

Belfast Healthy Cities and Belfast City Council have worked jointly with Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Northern Ireland Housing Executive, Public Health Agency and the five Belfast Area Partnerships on the Good for Regeneration, Good for Health, Good for Belfast indicator set, which has been developed to help ensure regeneration projects generate benefits for all population groups and all local communities.

The launch of the indicator set, takes place on: