Physical activity levels in children and teenagers across Ireland and Northern Ireland have improved slightly over the past eight years but not all children and teens have an equal chance to be active, a new Active Healthy Kids Report Card has found. The Ireland North and South Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Adolescents has…
The Institute of Public Health has launched a new Public Health Matters podcast highlighting key public health issues across Ireland and Northern Ireland. In the first series of the Public Health Matters podcast we look at what lessons we can learn from public health. In the first episode, we speak to Sir Michael Marmot, a Professor of Epidemiology at…
An intergenerational vignette, a moment of holiday fun, and a poignant Covid-19 snapshot – these are the prize-winning images that captured the judges attention in the Institute of Public Health’s ‘How We Age’ photography competition. The Institute is delighted to announce the winners in this all-island competition, which was launched in April to reframe how…
‘Climate change is the greatest global health threat facing the world in the 21st century, but it is also the greatest opportunity to redefine the social and environmental determinants of health’ – The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change Registration has now opened for the Joint North South Public Health Conference taking place…
