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500 venues show support for breastfeeding mums

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The Public Health Agency’s (PHA) Breastfeeding Welcome Here scheme has reached the milestone of having 500 venues signed up to the initiative which aims to provide supportive environments for breastfeeding mums. The MAC in Belfast has become the 500th member of Breastfeeding Welcome Here, and this World Breastfeeding Week (1–7 August) it joins all types of businesses, tourist venues and council facilities that are already part of the scheme.

Q Member Blogs

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Experience of Service User

Why join Q?

It is just one year, since I was first introduced to the world of Q, and the concept of quality improvement. A lot has happened in that very short period of time…

PHA Annual report and accounts 2016-2017

The Public Health Agency Annual report 2016–2017 provides background information about the PHA, highlights the achievements during the 2016–2017 financial year and provides an overview of work undertaken in priority areas within each directorate of the organisation.

The full financial accounts are included in this report as is information on members of the PHA board.

Help eliminate hepatitis

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On World Hepatitis Day (28 July) the Public Health Agency is supporting the World Hepatitis Alliance campaign message to eliminate hepatitis. In May 2016, the World Health Assembly endorsed the Global Health Sector Strategy (GHSS) on viral hepatitis 2016–2021. This calls for the elimination of viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030 (reducing new infections by 90% and deaths by 65%). Hepatitis B and C are responsible for 96% of all hepatitis deaths.

Pregabalin: Guidance for people working with Pregabalin users

This booklet is primarily for professionals who work with people who use Pregabalin that is not prescribed to them.

The booklet was produced by Extern and supported by the PHA.

Q Community

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We are delighted to welcome 93 new Northern Ireland Q Members

Q is an initiative connecting people who have health and care improvement expertise across the UK. It is being led by the Health Foundation and supported and co-funded by NHS Improvement.

Figures show Take Home Naloxone is saving lives

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Figures published today by the Public Health Agency (PHA) have shown that in the five years since ‘Take Home Naloxone’ was introduced in Northern Ireland, the potentially life-saving medicine has been administered 112 times and has been successful in reversing an overdose on 98 occasions. Naloxone is a medication designed to rapidly reverse opioid overdose. It can very quickly restore normal respiration to a person whose breathing has slowed or stopped as a result of overdosing with heroin or prescription opioid pain medications.