Public bodies in Wales need to do more to reduce and reuse their waste, shifting their current focus on recycling and creating a more circular and healthier economy, according to a new report by Public Health Wales.
Graham Brown, Consultant in Communicable Disease Control for Public Health Wales, said:
“Public Health Wales is today (22 June) confirming that two additional cases of monkeypox have been identified in Wales. This brings the total in Wales to eight. The cases are being managed appropriately. To protect patient confidentiality, no further details relating to the patients will be disclosed.”
Public Health Wales, Hywel Dda University Health Board (UHB), and Ceredigion County Council are investigating three cases of active tuberculosis (TB) in individuals who were close contacts of a person who sadly died with the disease last year.
The All Wales Diabetes Prevention Programme (AWDPP) has begun to be rolled out in Wales.
The national programme, which offers targeted support to people at an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, is now being delivered in the GP practices involved in the first phase of the programme nationwide.
New guidance to support healthcare professionals to respond to the outbreak of Monkeypox has been agreed by the UK’s four public health agencies - Public Health Wales (PHW), UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), Public Health Scotland (PHS), and Public Health Agency Northern Ireland (PHA).
The rate of new cases of cancer in Wales, adjusted for the age of the population, has decreased, but the number of new cases continues to increase each year as the population ages.
Public Health Wales has welcomed the launch of a consultation by Welsh Government aimed at developing new ideas for legislation to improve the health of young people, and to stop the rising rates of obesity in Wales
A new report from Public Health Wales has found that the gap in life expectancy between those living in the least and most deprived areas in Wales is increasing.
The Greener Primary Care Wales Framework and Award Scheme from Public Health Wales has been designed to help independent primary care contractors (general practice, community optometry, community pharmacy and primary care dental practice) to improve the environmental sustainability of their day-to-day practice.
