News

The Public Health Agency welcomes the second annual Depression Aware Week, 20–27 May 2011.

‘Changing Minds’ aims to change people’s minds about depression, raise public and political awareness of the...

Welcome to the new look PHA website that has undergone a comprehensive face lift and redevelopment over the last few months.

This phase of development has seen substantial input from each work area...

With over 300 people currently waiting for organ donation in Northern Ireland, the Public Health Agency (PHA) has urged people to join the Organ Donor Register by hosting a stand at the Balmoral Show...

Lagan Valley MLA, Edwin Poots, has been appointed Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety.

The Democratic Unionist Party member will hold the role for two years before it is taken over...

In Northern Ireland over 300 people are currently waiting for organ donation. With this in mind, the Public Health Agency (PHA), on behalf of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public...

To mark Cancer Prevention Week (9–15 May 2011) the Public Health Agency (PHA) has highlighted that although around 9,000 new cases of cancer are diagnosed each year in Northern Ireland, one third of...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is sending out a clear message – SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands. The PHA is supporting the World Health Organization (WHO) in their global campaign to improve and sustain...

Young children, parents and grandparents in the Southern area recently attended a ‘Healthy steps for life’ workshop in the newly opened Seashell Centre, Kilkeel. The workshop highlighted the...

Would you take an organ if you needed one? Nearly everyone would, but only one in four of us in Northern Ireland has joined the Organ Donor Register.

In an effort to increase sign-up, the Public Health...