January 2016 Health awareness events

Continued from previous month:

• Dec 19 – Jan 3 Festival of Winter Walks (GB)

January 2016

• Cervical Health Awareness Month (US)
• Dry January (GB)
• Family Fit Lifestyle Month (US)
• Glaucoma Awareness Month (US)
• Lung Cancer Awareness Month (IE)
• National Birth Defects Prevention Month (US)
• National Soup Month (US)
• Stalking Awareness Month (US)
• Tobacco Reduction Month (CA)
• 6 National Bean Day (US)
• 10-16 Folic Acid Awareness Week (US)
• 11-17 JanUary Week (GB)
• 14 STI Awareness Day (GB)
• 15-17 Ride to Cure Diabetes (AU)
• 17-23 La Semaine nationale sans fumée (CA) (en français)
• 17-23 National Non-Smoking Week (CA)
• 18-22 Healthy Weight Week (US)
• 24 Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day (Global)
• 24-30 Cervical Cancer Prevention Week (GB)
• 24-30 Shake Up Your Wake Up (GB)
• 31 National Bug Busting Day (GB)
• 31 World Leprosy Day / Wereld Lepra Dag (in Dutch)
• 31 – 6 Feb Burns Awareness Week (CA)

A Pinterest Board has been made especially for January, with images for health awareness events that are on this month.  http://pinterest.com/bsheim/healthaware-january/

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!