Professor Jim McManus will be joining Public Health Wales as its new National Director of Health and Wellbeing, Claire Birchall will also be joining Public Health Wales as our Acting Director of Quality, Nursing and Allied Health Professionals.
Our current Strategic Equality Plan – which sets out how we will address inequalities – is coming to the end of its four year cycle. We are now launching a consultation with the public for three months.
In the latest survey from Public Health Wales’ Time to Talk Public Health panel, 6 in 10 people said they would be likely (38 percent) or very likely (23 percent) to take up the offer of face-to-face bystander to violence training if offered.
On World Hepatitis Day, the latest annual report from Public Health Wales into blood borne viruses (BBVs), including hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV infections, shows there has been progress towards eliminating these infections as a public health problem by 2030 in Wales.
A review of international evidence and country experiences has found that asylum-seekers, refugees, and other displaced peoples have poorer mental health outcomes than those of the general population.
Water Safety Wales has teamed up with a Pembrokeshire mum on World Drowning Prevention Day to help prevent other families from enduring the tragedy she has suffered after losing her son.
Public Health Wales researchers are publishing a series of briefings to examine what needs to be done to create healthier housing in Wales.
Public Health Wales has published a Health Impact Assessment on the health and wellbeing impacts of climate change across Wales.
