The Public Health Agency (PHA) has renewed its commitment to improve road safety and high visibility in the Fermanagh area for students, with the introduction of reflective blazers in Lisnaskea High School, St Comhghall’s College and Devenish College, County Fermanagh. This was a pilot initiative undertaken by the Western Education and Library Board (WELB) and the PHA has provided vouchers for a number of students to help with the costs of purchasing new school blazers this year.
What are the next steps for breastfeeding in Northern Ireland?
The importance of breastfeeding to reducing health inequalities and improving maternal and child health is well recognised. The future for breastfeeding in Northern Ireland was firmly under the spotlight today at a seminar hosted by the Public Health Agency, (PHA), and Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, (DHSSPS), in Lagan Valley Island.
The PHA supports the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland on their new carbon monoxide campaign
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) have launched a new campaign to raise public awareness of the dangers of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. This new campaign, ‘Watch Out. Carbon Monoxide Kills.’, drives home the importance of having all fossil fuel boilers and appliances properly installed and serviced annually, to ensure that carbon monoxide is not produced. It also strongly urges householders to install an audible carbon monoxide alarm in their home as an added precaution.