This year’s Welsh Public Health Conference will be taking place on Wednesday 22 October in Glamorgan Cricket, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.
Public Health Wales is highlighting opportunities for closer collaboration between the health and housing sectors, to help ensure all families in Wales can live in homes that protect and promote their health and well-being.
On World Hepatitis Day, new data from Public Health Wales shows progress towards eliminating hepatitis B and C in Wales.
Public Health Wales has advised farmers running public lamb-feeding events to avoid offering close contact with animals, such as holding, cuddling and kissing lambs.
A new Public Health Wales study has highlighted the need to increase Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccination uptake in key groups and areas across Wales.
Public Health Wales has coproduced a healthcare framework to support the NHS in Wales become a preventive, equitable, sustainable and learning healthcare system.
Dr Giri Shankar, Director of Health Protection for Public Health Wales said; “The visitors to the Llangollen International Eisteddfod who were assessed in hospital last night will be discharged this morning. Tests carried out on these children have indicated the presence of common respiratory viruses, including flu. They are being treated appropriately and are recovering. The risk to the public remains low”.
Public Health Wales has launched a new online guide to help public health practitioners, researchers and, policy and decision-makers understand and demonstrate the broader social, economic and environmental value of public health interventions.