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HIGH levels of air pollution (particulate matter) are currently being monitored in the Belfast area. MODERATE levels of air pollution are being monitored in other urban centres across Northern Ireland...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is using today [10 September] – World Suicide Prevention Day – to encourage people who are feeling in distress or despair to seek help. 
The theme for this year’s World...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is today launching an ovarian cancer awareness programme which will see leaflets and posters distributed across Northern Ireland to highlight the signs and symptoms of...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is calling on businesses across Northern Ireland to take part in a new initiative to help support employees who want to stop smoking.

The ‘Workplace 28 day stop smoking...

Organisations are invited to submit proposals to the Public Health Agency (PHA) for a three-year programme to develop and sustain a Men’s Sheds Network in Northern Ireland. The service provider will:

• S...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is today launching phase two of its childhood flu vaccination programme which will see immunisation being offered to pre-school children aged two years and over, and all...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is today [Thursday 04 September] launching a simple but very important initiative to encourage health and social care staff to introduce themselves before delivering...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) has welcomed the recommendation from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) that the whooping cough (pertussis) vaccination programme for pregnant...

With the bank holiday approaching, many new mums will be out and about enjoying time with their families. But what do they think about breastfeeding in public and what are local businesses doing to...

Now that the summer festival season is in full swing, and people from across Northern Ireland are heading out to enjoy themselves, the Public Health Agency (PHA) is reminding revellers that taking...

Thousands of young people across Northern Ireland will receive exam results in the coming days and ahead of this the Public Health Agency (PHA) is encouraging parents to have a chat about alcohol and...

Transplant athletes from Northern Ireland are set to compete for gold at the Westfield Health British Transplant Games, taking place in Bolton, England from Thursday 7 August – Sunday 10 August, and...