Today (Monday 18 September) marks the start of Organ Donation Week, a national celebration of organ and tissue donation and transplantation which saves and transforms hundreds of lives each year. Organ donation is a most precious gift and the selfless act of donors and their families is at the heart...

The Public Health Agency is encouraging people to ensure they are as safe as possible from falls in their homes, as it marks Falls Awareness Week (18-24 September).

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is reminding pregnant women to get the whooping cough (pertussis) vaccine between 16 and 32 weeks of their pregnancy.

In 2019 in Northern Ireland 205 cases of confirmed whooping cough were reported to the PHA. During this time, when social distancing measures were in...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) has launched this year’s Health and Social Care (HSC) mental health and emotional wellbeing campaign “Walk and Talk”.

The Public Health Agency (PHA) has launched a public consultation on the Substance Use Strategic Commissioning and Implementation Plan to provide the public with an opportunity to help shape the substance use agenda over the next four years.

The 12-week consultation, in partnership with the...