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The Director of Public Health’s Core Tables contain a range of demographic information on population numbers, births and birth rates, deaths and death rates, causes of death and life expectancy. It...

Ards and North Down Borough Council has become the latest organisation to join the Public Health Agency’s (PHA) Breastfeeding Welcome Here scheme – a programme to increase the number of premises which...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is urging people to keep an eye on their alcohol intake ahead of St Patrick’s Day, emphasising the dangers of binge drinking and the effects that excess alcohol can have...

Spring has sprung and the Public Health Agency (PHA) is encouraging people in Fermanagh to explore new ways of looking after their health and wellbeing using the Five Ways to Wellbeing approach. 

“Spri...

Cancer Focus Northern Ireland, supported by the Public Health Agency (PHA), is warning that sunbeds are a surefire way to damage and age your skin.

The alert comes at the start of a new poster, social...

A new service launched today (9 March 2016) will improve the treatment of people with cancer. The new Acute Oncology Service will focus on the care of people with cancer who need to attend hospital...

From tomorrow, Wednesday 9 March, Health and Social Care (HSC) sites across Northern Ireland will go smoke free.

The move coincides with No Smoking Day, and means that smoking will not be allowed by...

Improving palliative care services for everyone living with an advanced progressive condition in Northern Ireland was in the spotlight at Stormont with the announcement of the Regional Palliative Care...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) today launched three new research studies which aim to reduce suicide and parental alcohol misuse. 

The studies are part of the PHA’s Research and Development (R&D)...

It’s Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, so the Public Health Agency (PHA) is highlighting the key signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer and is urging women to talk to their GP if they think something is...

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is using Self-Harm Awareness Day (1 March) as an opportunity to encourage people who are affected by self-harm to seek help. 

Self-harm is when a person harms themselves...

On this extra day of the leap year, the Public Health Agency (PHA) is launching a new obesity prevention campaign making people aware of the consequences of eating ‘extras’.

A new TV ad will be on our...