Womens Health
15 Jan, 2024
- The UK is in line to be the first country in Europe to fortify flour in a bid to reduce the occurrence of certain birth defects. In this blog, Dr Jenny Mack, Consultant in Public Health Medicine,…
15 Jan, 2024
- In August 2023 the Institute responded to the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) consultation on Northern Ireland’s ‘Bread and Flour’ regulations. The consultation…
26 Apr, 2023
- A gender gap in physical activity levels between men and women in Ireland and Northern Ireland has highlighted the need to address barriers to physical activity for women and other population groups…
1 Jan, 2016
- On 27 January 2016 Republic of Ireland’s Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar, launched Ireland’s first National Maternity Strategy –…
9 Dec, 2015
- A new IPH report estimates that over half of 7 year-olds (53.2%) in Northern Ireland have one or more longstanding health conditions.…
28 Sep, 2012
- The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety invited submissions on the development of a new ten-year Breastfeeding…
5 Jan, 2008
- This research was commissioned by Derry Well Woman and carried out on its behalf by the Institute of Public Health in Ireland in…