Keeping music fans safe at Glastonbury
...impressive beard. Who would suspect that behind the fields of wellington boots and abandoned tents lurks a team from PHE, constantly working to keep festival-goers on their admittedly wobbly feet....
Protecting the country's health
Posts relating to PHE Priority 3: Protecting the country's health
The genomics of tuberculosis
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Christine McCartney, Posted on:
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Microbiology services, Protecting the country's health
...techniques and share results. In December 2012 the Prime Minister announced that the UK would sequence 100,000 human genomes to develop capacity and capability in genetic science. PHE has been...
Keeping fans healthy at the 2014 World Cup
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Geraldine Oliver, Posted on:
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Global health, Protecting the country's health
...Any health professional needing more complex advice, dependent on a traveller’s medical history or travel itinerary, can telephone our Advice Line for Health Professionals, which is led by the specialist...
The serum archive for emerging zoonoses
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Hilary Kirkbride, Posted on:
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Health Protection, Protecting the country's health
...of these infections considered to be zoonoses. Zoonoses are infections spread between animals and humans. So people that have close and frequent exposure to animals, especially sick animals, or animal...
Why vaccinate?
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Joanne Yarwood, Posted on:
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Health Protection, Immunisation and vaccination, Protecting the country's health
...as producing a new effective vaccination. It only works if the uptake of the new vaccination is high, so we rely on the trust of people to accept a vaccination...
Joining up national commissioning for sexual and reproductive health and HIV services
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Kate Folkard, Posted on:
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Health and Wellbeing, Health Protection, Protecting the country's health, Reducing the burden of disease, Sexual health
Yesterday, NICE published public health guidance on contraceptive services for young people, which will be a valuable new resource for local teams looking to deliver tailored sexual health services at...
Tips and tricks to stay safe from ticks
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Jolyon Medlock, Posted on:
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Health Protection, Protecting the country's health
...across large parts of England, particularly in woodlands, along woodland edges, on heathland and moorland and in some grassland sites. Their numbers are increasing largely due to the increase in...
Proteomics: studying proteins to fight disease
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Christine McCartney, Posted on:
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Antimicrobial resistance, Microbiology services, Protecting the country's health
...reducing the damage to the lung tissue that is caused by P.aeruginosa infection. One particular MS technology, known as MALDI-TOF MS, is used in many NHS microbiology testing laboratories to...
Getting back on track to eliminating measles
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Isabel Oliver, Posted on:
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Field epidemiology, Health Protection, Immunisation and vaccination, Protecting the country's health
We have had some fantastic news recently. More children have been vaccinated against measles and the number of measles infections has reduced. This means that we are getting back on track towards eliminating the disease. Measles has been relatively rare …
Syndromic surveillance: our national insurance
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Alex Elliot, Posted on:
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Health Protection, Protecting the country's health, Real-time syndromic surveillance
...of year. Syndromic surveillance primarily measures the reporting of symptoms caused by anything from flu to norovirus. It’s not simply bugs we look at, either. This surveillance can also measure...