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In Northern Ireland approximately 185* people are diagnosed with mouth cancer every year, with more than one third dying from the disease. Although mouth cancer awareness month (1–30 November) is...

It’s that time of year again; the time when you start hearing coughing and sneezing throughout the office and working days are lost due to winter viruses.

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is advising all...

A stillbirth seminar was organised today (Thursday 22 November) by the Northern Ireland Maternal and Child Health centre (NIMACH), part of the Public Health Agency (PHA),  to bring together leading...

Examining innovative ways to help people who are drinking at hazardous and harmful levels is the subject of a conference being held today [19 November] by the Public Health Agency (PHA) in Antrim.

Dr...

Representatives from TF3 and the Centre for Connected Health and Social Care (CCHSC) were honoured and delighted to receive two Crystal Awards at the Telecare Services Association’s (TSA) annual...

As winter fast approaches and we begin to turn on the heating, the Public Health Agency (PHA) is advising people during Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week (19 - 23 November 2012), to buy and fit a carbon...

Ahead of this year’s International Survivors of Suicide Day, Families’ Voices Forum and the Public Health Agency (PHA) is hosting a joint event today in Antrim to look at what can be done to assist...

In support of the 1st Worldwide Stop Pressure Ulcer Day, (16 November) the Tissue Viability Nurse Network, Northern Ireland (TVNN NI) today, 14 November, hosted a conference to raise awareness of...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) and Environmental Health Officers from Belfast City Council are satisfied that the outbreak of Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157 linked to Flicks restaurant in Cityside...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is today publishing the results of the 2012 Point Prevalence Survey (PPS) of hospital-acquired Infections (HAI) and antimicrobial use (AMU) in Northern Ireland. The...

In 2012, 32,973 people were registered as having Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in Northern Ireland. The most common cause of COPD is smoking, so to mark this year’s World COPD day...

Diabetes affects over 75,000 adults in Northern Ireland, however many cases of diabetes are preventable and are the result of obesity. With this in mind, on World Diabetes Day, 14 November 2012, the...