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Health Minister Edwin Poots MLA and Olympian Dame Mary Peters have jointly opened a new community gym in Lisburn established to improve the health and wellbeing of local people.

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October marks the beginning of autumn and the official start of the seasonal flu vaccination programme for 2013/2014. The Public Health Agency (PHA) is urging all people whose health could be...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, so the Public Health Agency (PHA) is urging all women to be ‘breast aware’ and to think about attending for screening when invited.

In 2011/12 a total of 76...

Smoking is the single greatest cause of preventable illness, premature death and health inequality throughout Northern Ireland with around 2,300 people dying prematurely each year from smoking-related...

Health Agency (PHA) and Health and Social Care Board (HSCB).

The ‘Be Safe’ Belfast pilot has been developed to enable community pharmacies to provide sexual health assessment to women aged between 16...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is launching a new routine shingles vaccination programme, available from 1 October, for all people aged 70 and a catch-up programme for people aged 79 years old to help...

Now that autumn is underway, the Public Health Agency (PHA) is reminding parents of primary six children who are in the first phase of the childhood flu programme to avail of the flu vaccine.

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This is sexual health week and the Public Health Agency (PHA) is stressing the importance of looking after sexual health by urging people who are sexually active to takes steps to protect themselves...

A conference in Armagh today highlighted two new diabetes services introduced over the past 3 years, with funding provided by the European Union’s INTERRERG IVA programme, which are proving to be a...

As students return to colleges and universities the Public Health Agency (PHA) is reminding students during Meningitis Awareness Week (16-22 September) to be aware of the signs and symptoms of...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is aware that a healthcare worker who had worked in Maternity and Gynaecology hospitals throughout the UK has been diagnosed with hepatitis C infection. Although the...

The damaging impact smoking has on families is being highlighted in Northern Ireland’s new campaign to tackle smoking prevalence, which is being launched today by the Public Health Agency (PHA). 

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