This week we published our Capability Statement which outlines how Public Health England can help low and middle income countries strengthen their public health capacity and respond to outbreaks and emergencies. Of course, in a perfect world, all countries would …
The Sendai Framework was recently adopted by 187 countries, including the UK, at the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) which took place in Sendai, Japan in March 2015. PHE’s Public Health Strategy Division has worked towards giving public …
Traditional Chinese New Year celebrations, also known as the Spring Festival, start on 19 February 2015 (the Chinese Year of the Goat). The Spring festival is the longest and most important festival in the Chinese calendar, lasting for fifteen days. …
Last year, I spent an inspiring and humbling day at the Hagadera refugee camp, part of the Dadaab camp complex in eastern Kenya. After an early start in Nairobi, the UN transport plane dropped us at the airstrip near the …
Conversations about public health may have flowed over coffee yesterday (16 Sep), but they also took place online. On Twitter alone more than 1000 people got involved, Tweeting over 4000 times using the #PHE2014 hashtag. This blog provides a brief snapshot …
...travel health nursing team. Travellers should seek advice as soon as possible about travel vaccines. Recommendations will depend on the exact nature of the travel, but an appointment for last...
“Global Health Security” sounds like a very grand and important subject, but what does it mean for PHE (and the UK) and what do we actually do? Global Health Security...
