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International collaborations on health bring mutual benefits for all

The International Health Coordination Centre (IHCC) at Public Health Wales has detailed how supporting, strengthening and championing international and global health activity directly benefits people in Wales and beyond.

Public Health Wales reassures parents after cluster of enterovirus cases investigated

Public Health Wales doctors are reassuring parents after a very small number of cases of a rare complication of enterovirus has caused myocarditis in very young babies.

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Public Health Wales has launched its annual survey into its data and knowledge outputs.  

New health outcomes data published

Public Health Wales has published new data on public health outcomes.  

More awareness needed to act F.A.S.T to treat stroke and save lives.

Public health experts are urging people to familiarise themselves with the symptoms of stroke, one of the biggest causes of death in Wales. 

Call for big business to do more to help consumers tackle climate change

This report presents findings from the February
March 2023 survey,
covering issues including screening, sustainability, campaigns and current
concerns.

Scoping report identifies factors as potential barriers and facilitators to accessing and participation of prehabilitation interventions

An agile scoping review of secondary evidence by the Evidence Service at Public Health Wales has aimed to establish the existing evidence around maximising prehabilitation interventions.

Proportion of people using the internet frequently to manage their health has almost doubled

The proportion of people in Wales who used the internet and digital technology to manage their health nearly doubled from 25 per cent in 2019/20 to 46 per cent in 2020/21, according to research published today by Public Health Wales

First detailed insight into young people's wellbeing before and during the Covid pandemic.

Data analysts at Public Health Wales have provided the first detailed insight into how young people in Wales were feeling and behaving in the years before and during the pandemic. 

Official statistics show an increase in non-melanoma skin cancer cases in Wales

The first release of official statistics on non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) - the most common form of cancer in Wales - has shown a seven per cent increase in cases over a four year period.