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Health Related Observances

2019 Health Related Observances

January

Cervical Health Awareness Month
National Birth Defects Prevention Month
National Glaucoma Awareness Month
National Radon Action Month
National Stalking Awareness Month
National Winter Sports TBI Awareness Month
Thyroid Awareness Month

6^th- 13^th: National Folic Acid Awareness Week
22^nd – 27^th : National Drug Facts Week

February

AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month
American Heart Month
International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month
National Children’s Dental Health Month
Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month

1^st - 7^th : African Heritage & Health Week
1^st: National Wear Red Day
4^th : World Cancer Day
7^th : Give Kids A Smile Day
7^th : National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
7th - 14th : Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week
14th : Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day
14^th : National Donor Day
4th - 10th : Children's Mental Health Awareness Week
27th : Pink Shirt Day

March

National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
National Endometriosis Awareness Month
National Kidney Month
National Nutrition Month
National Problem Gambling Awareness Month
Save Your Vision Month
Trisomy Awareness Month
Workplace Eye Wellness Month

1st : Wear Blue Day
2^nd - 9^th : National Sleep Awareness Week®
4^th - 8^th : National School Breakfast Week
14^th : World Kidney Day
9^th : National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
10^th-16^th : Patient Safety Awareness Week
11^th – 15^th : Flood Safety Awareness Week
11^th - 17^th : Brain Awareness Week
20^th - 26^th : National Poison Prevention Week
20^th : National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
24^th : World Tuberculosis Day
26^th : American Diabetes Alert Day

April

Alcohol Awareness Month
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month
National Autism Awareness Month
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
National Distracted Driving Awareness Month
National Donate Life Month
National Facial Protection Month
National Minority Health Month
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month
Occupational Therapy Month
Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
Sports Eye Safety Awareness Month
STD Awareness Month
Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month

1st - 7^th : National Public Health Week
2^nd : Sexual Assault Awareness Month Day of Action
11^th : National Alcohol Screening Day
7^th : World Health Day
10^th : National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
8th – 12th : National Youth Violence Prevention Week
April 25^th – May 1^st : National Infant Immunization Week
21^st - 27^th : National Infertility Awareness Week
22^nd - 26^th : Every Kid Healthy Week
23^rd - 29^th : World Immunization Week
24^th : World Meningitis Day
24th : National Walk at Lunch Day
29^th - May 3rd : Air Quality Awareness Week

May

Arthritis Awareness Month
Better Hearing and Speech Month
Global Employee Health and Fitness Month
Global Youth Traffic Safety Month
Healthy Vision Month
Hepatitis Awareness Month
Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month®
Mental Health Month
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
National Mediterranean Diet Month
National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
Preeclampsia Awareness Month
Ultraviolet Awareness Month
UV Safety Month

5^th : Hand Hygiene Day
5^th - 11^th : North American Occupational Safety and Health Week
8^th : National Bike to School Day
9^th - 15^th : National Alcohol- and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Awareness Week
9^th : National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day
12^th : Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Awareness Day
13^th - 19^th : Food Allergy Awareness Week
12^th - 18^th : National Women's Health Week
14^th - 20^th : National Neuropathy Awareness Week
13^th : National Women's Check-up Day
14^th - 20^th : National Stuttering Awareness Week
18^th : HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
19^th : National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
20^th : World Autoimmune Arthritis Day
18^th - 24^th : Recreational Water Illness and Injury Prevention Week
31^st : Heat Safety Awareness Day
25^th - 31^st : National Hurricane Preparedness Week
29^th : National Senior Health & Fitness Day
31^st : World No Tobacco Day

June

1^st - July 4^th : Fireworks Safety Month
Cataract Awareness Month
Men's Health Month
Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month
National Aphasia Awareness Month
National Congenital Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month
National Safety Month
National Scleroderma Awareness Month

1^st - 7^th : National Rip Current Awareness Week
2^nd : National Cancer Survivors Day
10^th - 16^th : Men's Health Week
19^th : World Sickle Cell Day
18^th - 22^nd : National Lightening Safety Awareness Week
4th - 9th : Community Health Improvement Week

July

Cord Blood Awareness Month
International Group B Strep Awareness Month
Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness & Prevention Month

28^th : World Hepatitis Day

August

Children's Eye Health and Safety Month
National Breastfeeding Month
National Immunization Awareness Month
Psoriasis Awareness Month

1^st - 6^th : World Breastfeeding Week
11^th - 17^th : National Health Center Week

September

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Fruit and Veggies—More Matters Month
Healthy Aging® Month
National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month
National Food Safety Education Month
National ITP Awareness Month
National Pediculosis Prevention Month/Head Lice Prevention Month
Celiac Disease Awareness Month
National Preparedness Month
National Recovery Month
National Sickle Cell Month
National Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month
National Yoga Awareness Month
Newborn Screening Awareness Month
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
Whole Grains Month
World Alzheimer's Month

7^th - 12^th : National Suicide Prevention Week
10^th : World Suicide Prevention Day
17^th : Get Ready Day
18^th : National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day
18^th : National School Backpack Awareness Day
15^th – 21^st : National Farm Safety & Health Week
23^rd : RAINN Day
25^th : National Women's Health & Fitness Day
27^th : Sport Purple For Platelets Day
28^th : World Rabies Day
28^th : Family Health & Fitness Day USA
28th : National Car Seat Check Saturday
29^th : World Heart Day

October

Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Eye Injury Prevention Month
Health Literacy Month
Home Eye Safety Month
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
National Bullying Prevention Month
National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
National Medical Librarians Month
National Physical Therapy Month

4^th - 8^th : Drive Safely Work Week
6^th - 12^th : Mental Illness Awareness Week
2^nd : International Walk to School Day
11^th : National Depression Screening Day
12^th - 20^th : Bone and Joint Health National Awareness Week
13^th : Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day
14^th - 20^th : International Infection Prevention Week
21^st - 25^th : National Health Education Week
15^th : National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
16^th : World Food Day
19^th : World Pediatric Bone and Joint Day
19th : Wear Pink Day
21^st - 27^th : Respiratory Care Week
20th - 26th : National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
21st - 27th : National Teen Driver Safety Week
22^nd : International Stuttering Awareness Day
23^rd - 31^st : Red Ribbon Week
29^th : World Psoriasis Day
29^th: World Stroke Day

November

American Diabetes Month
COPD Awareness Month
Diabetic Eye Disease Month
Lung Cancer Awareness Month
National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month
National Family Caregivers Month
National Healthy Skin Month
National Hospice Palliative Care Month
National Stomach Cancer Awareness Month

4^th - 10^th : Drowsy Driving Prevention Week
21^st : Great American Smokeout
23^rd : International Survivors of Suicide Day
24^th - 30^th : Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Awareness Week
28 ^th : National Family Health History Day

December

Safe Toys and Gifts Month

1^st : World AIDS Day
8^th - 14^th : National Influenza Vaccination Week
2nd - 8th : National Influenza Vaccination Week

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Wisner, NE 68791

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