Access to those special health events, all in one place! Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the Philippines, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, UK, US and worldwide information. For those of you who want to plan ahead, here are the Health events that will be highlighted for the month of August.
- Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month (US)
http://www.preventblindness.org/protect-your-child-eye-injuries - Lung Cancer Awareness Month (Phil) http://www.doh.gov.ph/node/1078
- National Breastfeeding Awareness Month (Phil)
http://www.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/34522832!.pdf and
http://www.doh.gov.ph/content/breastfeeding-tsek - National Immunization Awareness Month (US) http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/events/niam/default.htm
- National Psoriasis Awareness Month (US)
http://www.psoriasisawarenessmonth.org/ - National Road Victims Month (UK) http://www.roadpeace.org/remembering/august_national_road_victims_month/
- National Tuberculosis Awareness Month (Phil) http://www.doh.gov.ph/node/367
- Neurosurgery Outreach Month(US)
http://www.aans.org/en/Patient%20Information/Neurosurgery%20Outreach%20Month.aspx - Oral Health Month (Malaysia) http://www.oralhealthmonth.com.my/
- Organ Donor Month (South Africa) http://www.info.gov.za/events/health/organ_donor.htm and http://www.odf.org.za/
- Sight-Saving Month (Phil) http://www.doh.gov.ph/content/national-prevention-blindness-program
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month (US)
http://www.silverspringcenter.com/healthy/spinalmuscularatrophy.htm
A Pinterest Board has been made especially for August, with images for health awareness events that are on this month. http://pinterest.com/bsheim/healthaware-august/
There is now a form you can use to add information you know of that I might have missed. Click “ADD EVENT” at the top of the page and follow the directions. Thank you!
The health events that are for a day or week in August will be available in the near future.
All health events for January, February, March, April, May, June and July 2012 are in previous posts and can be easily accessed by choosing the month on the right hand side of the page.
