World Kidney Day aims to raise awareness of the importance of healthy kidneys. For further information go to www.worldkidneyday.co.uk/ and click here for information on organ donation.

Saturday 4 February 2012 is World Cancer Day. Further information can be found at  www.worldcancerday.org/

For other information on cancer go to www.publichealthagency.org/directorate-public-health/service-development-and-screening/screening
and www.ulstercancer.org/index.asp

No Smoking Day is a national campaign, funded by a coalition of governmental and voluntary sector organisations who share an interest in health.

For information on No Smoking Day go to www.ulstercancer.org/campaigns/nosmokingday.asp and for information on stopping smoking go to www.want2stop.info/

The seventh annual Public Health Agency (PHA) media awards, run by the Western Investing for Health Partnership, is inviting entries from media students across Northern Ireland which address key public health or health improvement issues.

The closing date for submissions in the 2012 competition is Friday 10th February 2012. The judging panel will meet at the end of February and the award ceremony will take place on Thursday 22nd March 2012 at Magee Campus, University of Ulster. For more information, contact Ailish O’Neill, Public Health Agency on 028 7186 0086.

The seventh annual Public Health Agency (PHA) media awards, run by the Western Investing for Health Partnership, invites entries from media students across Northern Ireland which address key public health or health improvement issues.

The award ceremony will take place on Thursday 22 March 2012 at Magee Campus, University of Ulster.

The seventh annual Public Health Agency (PHA) media awards, run by the Western Investing for Health Partnership, invites entries from media students across Northern Ireland which address key public health or health improvement issues.