Access to Health Awareness Events, September 2012 for Australia (Aus), Canada (Can), New Zealand (NZ), the Philippines (Phil), Serbia, South Africa (SA), Spain, UK, USA and Worldwide events. Here is a list of health awareness days and weeks.
September Events:
- 1st - Gamble Free Day (NZ)
http://www.pgfnz.org.nz/Gamblefree-Day-2012/0,27154,115432,00.html - 1st-7th – Spina Bifida Awareness Week (Aus)
http://www.sbfv.org.au/ - 1st-7th – National Asthma Week (Aus)
http://www.asthmafoundation.org.au/QLD/National_Asthma_Week_2012.aspx and
http://www.lungfoundation.com.au/news/709-national-asthma-week-1-7-september-2012 - 1st-8th- Disability Awareness Week (DAW) (Darwin/Aus)
http://www.darwin.nt.gov.au/live/your-community/disability-services-and-programs/disability-awareness-week-daw - 2nd-8th – Migrane Awareness Week (UK)
http://www.migraine.org.uk/index.php?sectionid=40 - 2nd–8th – MS Awareness Week (NZ)
http://www.mswaikato.org.nz/events.html - 2nd-8th – National Child Protection Week (Aus)
http://www.afp.gov.au/what-we-do/campaigns/national-child-protection-week.aspx and
http://www.napcan.org.au/ and
http://www.playyourpart.org.au/ and
QLD: http://www.childprotectionweek.org.au/component/content/article/31‐general/1‐welcome - 2nd-8th – National Epilepsy Awareness Week (Phil)
http://provedd.com/plae-site/node/46 - 3rd-9th – Eczema Awareness Week (Aus)
http://www.eczema.org.au/enews/calendar.html - 3rd-9th – Fertility Week (Aus)
http://yourfertility.org.au/ - 3rd–8th – Stroke Awareness Week (NZ)
http://www.stroke.org.nz/ - 4th – World Cerebral Palsy Day
http://www.cpalberta.com/pages/index/programs-education-awarness.php - 4th – World FASD Awareness Day (NZ)
http://www.fan.org.nz/ - 6th–11th - Kidney Awareness Week (SA)
http://www.info.gov.za/events/health/kidneyawareness.htm - 6th–12th - Back Week (SA)
http://www.info.gov.za/events/health/backweek.htm http://www.physiosa.org.za/?q=node/2078 - 6th-12th – Pharmacy Week (SA)
http://www.info.gov.za/events/health/pharmacyweek.htm http://www.sapc.za.org/ - 7th – Footy Colours Day (Aus)
http://www.footycoloursday.com.au/ - 7th – MS Awareness Day (NZ)
http://www.mswaikato.org.nz/events.html - 7th – National Shade Day (Melanoma Awareness) (Aus)
http://www.melanoma.org.au/get-involved/national-shade-day-2012.html - 7th – Wear Teal Day (US)
http://www.ovariancancer.org/2012/06/29/wear-teal-day-3/ - 7th – White Balloon Day (Aus)
http://www.whiteballoonday.com.au/ - 7th–11th - Obesity Prevention and Awareness Week (Phil) http://www.gov.ph/1999/08/21/proclamation-no-162-s-1999/
- 8th – World First Aid Day
http://www.globaldimension.org.uk/calendar/event/4715 - 8th – World Physiotherapy Day
http://www.wcpt.org/wptday and http://physiotherapy.asn.au/worldphysiotherapyday2012/ - 9th – International Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Day
http://www.neurodevnet.ca/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=68 - 10th- International GYNae Awareness Day
http://gynaeday.com/ - 10th – World Suicide Prevention Day
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/annual/world_suicide_prevention_day/en/index.html and
http://www.spinz.org.nz/page/5-Home and
http://www.wspd.org.au/ - 10th-16th – Lymphatic Cancer Awareness Week (UK)
http://www.lymphomas.org.uk/lcaw - 10th-16th – National Blood Pressure Testing Awareness Week (UK)
http://www.bloodpressureuk.org/microsites/kyn/Home/AboutKYN - 10th-16th – National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week (US)
http://invisib-leillnessweek.com/ - 10th-16th – National Stroke Week (Aus)
http://strokefoundation.com.au/national-stroke-week/ - 11th – Health and Safety Awareness Day (UK)
http://wwt.uk.com/eventsall/9/2012.aspx - 11th – National Caesarean Awareness Day (Aus)
http://www.caresinc.org.au/news/11-september-coffee-morning-ncad-national-caesarean-awareness-day/ - 12th – World Oral Health Day
http://www.info.gov.za/events/health/world_oral.htm http://www.healthysmiles.org.nz/default,564,world-oral-health-day-.sm#564 - 13th – National Celiac Disease Awareness Day (US)
http://www.csaceliacs.info/celiac_awareness_day.jsp - 13th – National Childhood Cancer Awareness Day (US)
http://www.childrenscancerfund.net/events/national-childhood-cancer-awareness-day/ - 13th – R U OK? Day (Aus)
http://www.ruokday.com.au/ - 14th – National Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Day (ADHD) (SA)
http://www.info.gov.za/events/health/hyperactivitydisorder.htmhttp://www.adhdsupport.co.za/NewsEvents/Events/tabid/80/ModuleID/401/ItemID/13/mctl/EventDetails/language/en-US/Default.aspx - 14th–30th - Canteen National Bandanna Challenge (NZ)
http://www.canteen.org.nz/get-involved/bandanna-challenge-2012 - 15th – World Lymphoma Awareness Day http://www.leukaemia.org.nz/page/346
- 15th-23rd – National Eczema Week (UK)
http://www.national-awareness-days.com/national-eczema-week.html - 16th–22nd - Cerebral Palsy Awareness & Protection Week (Phil)
http://www.gov.ph/2004/03/25/proclamation-no-588-s-2004/ - 16th-22nd – Global Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week
http://www.gmdaw.org/ - 16th-22nd – Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week (US)
http://www.mitoaction.org/awareness and
http://www.umdf.org/site/pp.aspx?c=8qKOJ0MvF7LUG&b=7934679 - 16th-22nd – National Farm Safety & Health Week (US)
http://www.necasag.org/ - 16th-22nd – National Rehabilitation Awareness Celebration (US)
http://www.nraf-rehabnet.org/ - 17th-23rd – Meningitis Awareness Week (UK)
http://www.national-awareness-days.com/meningitis-awareness-week.html - 17th-23rd – National Eye Health Week (UK)
http://www.visionmatters.org.uk/news/news - 17th-23rd National Myositis Awareness Week (Aus)
http://myositis.org.au/events - 17th-23rd – Sexual Health Week (UK)
http://www.fpa.org.uk/campaignsandadvocacy/sexualhealthweek - 18th – Anyinginyi Child Health Day (Aus)
http://anyinginyi.org.au/news-media-publications/news/anyinginyi-child-health-day - 18th – Get Ready Day (US) http://www.getreadyforflu.org/newsite.htm
- 18th - National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day (US)
http://www.theaidsinstitute.org/node/40 - 19th – AOTAs National School Backpack Awareness Day (US)
http://www.aota.org/Practitioners/Awareness/School-Backpack-Awareness.aspx - 20th-26th- National Headache Awareness Week (Aus)
http://www.murdoch.edu.au/News/National-Headache-Awareness-Week// - 20th–26th - World Retina Week
http://www.info.gov.za/events/health/retinaweek.htm - 21st – World Alzheimer’s Day/Día Mundial del Alzheimer
http://www.info.gov.za/events/health/alzheimer.htm and
http://www.alzheimers.org.nz/media-awareness/world-alzheimers-day and
http://www.netvibes.com/alzheim and
http://www.alzheimers.org.nz/media-awareness/world-alzheimers-day - 21st – Loud Shirt Day (NZ)
http://www.loudshirtday.co.nz/ - 21st-28th- Dementia Awareness Week (Aus)
http://www.fightdementia.org.au/whats-on/dementia-awareness-week-2012.aspx - 22nd- Global Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Day
http://www.pulmonaryfibrosis.org/awareness2012/globalday - 22nd – International Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia Awareness Day
http://accesscmldrugs.wordpress.com/2012/08/24/international-chronic-myeloid-leukaemia-cml-awareness-day-on-sept-22-12/ and
http://www.cmladvocates.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=150&Itemid=124 - 22nd – National Falls Prevention Awareness Day (US)
http://www.preventblindness.org/national-falls-prevention-awareness-day - 22nd-28th – Falls Prevention Awareness Week (US)
http://www.stopfalls.org/FPweek/coalitions.shtml - 23rd- World Stay in Bed Day
http://www.stayinbedday.org/ - 23rd-30th – ADD/ADHD Awareness Week (NZ)
http://www.addnz.org.nz/news/add-awareness-week.html - 23rd-30th – IPF (Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis) World Week
http://respiratorydecade.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/idiopathic-pulmonary-fibrosis-world.html - 24th – World Retina Day
http://www.visioninitiative.org.au/events/2012-09-24/world-retina-day-2012 - 24th-30th – Deaf Awareness Week (NZ)
http://www.nfd.org.nz/ http://www.nfd.org.nz/?t=302 - 24th-30th – Dyspraxia Awareness Week (UK)
http://www.national-awareness-days.com/dyspraxia-awareness-week.html - 24th-30th- World Reflexology Week
http://www.reflexology.org.au/home2/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=92&Itemid=62 - 25th –Ataxia Awareness Day (UK)
http://www.national-awareness-days.com/ataxia-awareness-day.html - 25th Sept – 1st Oct – Arthritis NZ Awareness Week (NZ)
http://www.arthritis.org.nz/ and
http://www.arthritis.org.nz/2012/05/arthritis-new-zealand-appeal-week-2012/ - 25th – Construction Safety and Health Awareness Day (UK)
http://www.constructionsectornetwork.org/2012/07/event-construction-safety-and-health-awareness-day-25-09-2012/ - 26th – National Women’s Health & Fitness Day (US)
http://www.fitnessday.com/women/index.htm - 27 - National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (US)
http://www.napwa.org/content/ngmhaad-2012 - 27th – RAINN Day (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) (US)
http://www.rainn.org/rainnday - 27th – World Heart Day (SA)
http://www.info.gov.za/events/health/worldheartday.htm http://www.world-heart-federation.org/ - 28th – Sport Purple for Platelets Day (US)
http://www.pdsa.org/resources/sport-purple-for-platelets-day.html - 28th – World Rabies Day
http://www.info.gov.za/events/health/rabies.htm and
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/annual/world_rabies_day/en/index.html - 29th – Family Health & Fitness Day (US)
http://www.fitnessday.com/family/index.htm - 29th – World Heart Day
http://www.world-heart-federation.org/what-we-do/awareness/world-heart-day/about-world-heart-day/ and
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/annual/world_heart_day/en/index.html
Pinterest board with September events is http://pinterest.com/bsheim/healthaware-september/
Health Awareness monthly events for September 2012 can be found here: http://healthaware.org/2012/08/25/september-2012-healthaware-monthly-events/
If you know of additional health awareness events, please fill in the form found above at ADD EVENT.