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Annual General Meeting - Wednesday 17 September 2025.

The Annual General Meeting of the Public Health Wales Board will be held on Wednesday 17 September 2025.

One in five people in Wales are making positive changes to reduce type 2 Diabetes risk

A new survey has found that one in five people in Wales, who have never been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, have made positive changes to their behaviour in the past year to cut their risk of developing the condition. 

Registration now open: Welsh Public Health Conference 2025

This year’s Welsh Public Health Conference will be taking place on Wednesday 22 October in Glamorgan Cricket, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.

Public Health Wales issues advice following burst water main in Flintshire
Creating healthier homes is key to supporting family wellbeing in Wales.

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. 

"World-leading" gonorrhoea vaccination programme rolled out in Wales as infection levels remain at historic high
Record hepatitis testing in Wales as elimination efforts continue

On World Hepatitis Day, new data from Public Health Wales shows progress towards eliminating hepatitis B and C in Wales. 

Farmers advised to prevent visitors having close contact with animals at lamb-feeding events after Cryptosporidium outbreak

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.

Targeted action can help prevent Measles outbreaks in Wales

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. 

New framework embeds Public Health values into healthcare approach in Wales, to promote prevention and reduce inequalities

Public Health Wales has coproduced a healthcare framework to support the NHS in Wales become a preventive, equitable, sustainable and learning healthcare system.