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Closing educational attainment gap offers potential benefits for health, well-being and equity

A tool designed to increase understanding of the connected factors affecting a child’s educational achievement and a review of the mechanisms by which this affects health have been developed by Public Health Wales. 

Official statistics show impact of pandemic on cancer survival rates

One-year survival rates for most cancer types decreased from 2019 to 2020, latest official statistics show.  

Men are less likely than women to wash their hands

A survey by Public Health Wales has found that men in Wales are less likely than women to think handwashing is necessary.

Calls for action to reduce risk of antibiotic resistance

A woman who has relied on antibiotics since birth has joined calls for people to act to help combat the overuse of these vital medicines. 

Early HIV testing key to living healthy lives

As Wales HIV Testing Week starts, community groups and healthcare professionals are reminding sexually active people that anyone can get HIV, and that regular testing is vital to protect yourself and others. 

Study Reveals the Impact of Parental Technoference on Adolescents' Mental Health and Behaviour

A new review published by Public Health Wales and Bangor University in the journal BMC Public Health has shown how parental ‘technoference’ can influence adolescents’ mental health and behavioural outcomes.  

Public Health Wales team awarded funding to improve communicable disease surveillance in care homes

The data science team at Public Health Wales’ Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre has been jointly awarded funding to develop new tools that will help protect care home residents from infectious diseases. 

48,000 additional people with diabetes in Wales by 2035 – new analysis

Around one in 11 adults in Wales could be living with diabetes by 2035 if current trends continue, according to a new analysis by Public Health Wales on World Diabetes Day.

Internationally-renowned Welsh childhood anomaly register celebrates 25 years of helping to improve services

A clinician who works with babies and children with severe hip dysplasia has praised Public Health Wales’ CARIS project, which collects data on congenital anomalies in Wales and is celebrating 25 years of operation.

Vaccination encouraged before flu season gets into full swing

Public Health experts are urging those eligible to get their flu vaccine before the worst of the winter flu season begins.