Happy New Year! May 2017 find you healthy, informed, content and generous.
Continued from previous months (2016)
- Nov 20 – 6 Jan Road Ribbon for Road Safety (WA-AU)
- Dec 17 – 8 Jan Festival of Winter Walks (GB)
January 2017
- Cervical Health Awareness Month (US)
- Dry January (GB)
- Glaucoma Awareness Month (US)
- Lung Cancer Awareness Month (IE)
- National Birth Defects Prevention Month (US)
- National Stalking Awareness Month (US)
- 8-14 Folic Acid Awareness Week (US)
- 9-15 JanUary Week (GB)
- 15-21 National Non-Smoking Week (CA)
- 16 Blue Monday (GB)
- 16-20 Healthy Weight Week (US)
- 22-28 Cervical Cancer Prevention Week (GB)
- 24 Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day (Global)
- 25 Día Mundial contra la Lepra (ES) [World Leprosy Day]
- 26 Kawasaki Disease Awareness Day (US)
- 29 World Leprosy Day / Wereld Lepra Dag (in Dutch) / Día Mundial contra la Lepra (ES)
- 31 National Bug Busting Day (GB)
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/