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PHW PublicationPublications

The Chief Medical Officer’s (CMO) annual reports examine the state of health in Wales. CMO Updates povide information on key public health and clinical quality issues to health professionals in Wales. CMO Letters provide further guidance for health professionals

Public Health Wales publishes the majority of its reports, guidance and plans in Groupware Document Databases. Documents stored there can be viewed online or downloaded at your convenience.

Congenital Anomaly Register and Information Service (CARIS) publications can be found on the CARIS internet site:

Screening publications can be found on the Screening internet sites listed below:

The 1000 Lives Plus Campaign publications can be found on the campaign internet site at:

Publications by the Networks can be found on their respective internet sites listed below.  An evaluation of the four key topic based national public health networks is available from the webpage: 

Publications which were available from the former Wales Centre for Health internet site can still be accessed from the links below:

Welsh Cancer Intelligence and Surveillance Unit (WCISU) publications can be found on the WCISU internet site:

Public health in Wales (1800 - 2000) was commissioned by the CMO Wales to mark the Faculty of Public Health Conference held in Cardiff on June 3-5, 2008. The history of public health in Wales has been linked with changing economic and social conditions.

Research

The main aim of the Public Health Improvement Research Network (PHIRN) is to increase the quantity and quality of public health improvement research by bringing together public health researchers, policy makers and practitioners in Wales.
The Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer) is one of five new UKCRC Public Health Research Centres of Excellence.

Public Health Wales also works closely with public health academics in:

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