August 2014 day and week health awareness events

Continued from July 2014

• 25 – Aug 3 Love Parks Week (GB)
• 27 – Aug 2 Cerebral Palsy Awareness Week (AU)
• 27 – Aug 2 National Blood Donor Week (AU)
• 28 – Aug 3 Diabetes Awareness Week (PH) Facebook info
• 28 – Aug 3 Loss & Grief Awareness Week (NZ)
• 28 – Aug 3 NZ Riding for the Disabled Awareness Week (NZ)
• 29 – Aug 6 OCD and Anxiety Disorders Week (AU)

August 2014

• 1 Jeans for Genes Day (AU)
• 1 National Minority Donor Awareness Day (US)
• 1 Public Display of Breastfeeding Day (US)
• 1 Silent Leadership Challenge (NZ) [Deaf awareness]
• 1 White Cane Safety Day (PH)
• 1-2 Big Latch On (NZ)
• 1-7 CANSA Care Week (ZA)
• 1-7 World Breastfeeding Week, الأسبوع العالمي للرضاعة الطبيعية, Svetska nedelja dojenja na Zemunskoj keju, Semana Mundial de la Lactancia Materna
• 3-9 Heart Kids Awareness Week (NZ)
• 3-9 National EOS Awareness Week (AU)
• 3-9 National Missing Persons Week (AU)
• 3-10 Healthy Bones Action Week (AU)
• 4-8 Polio Awareness Week (ZA)
• 4-10 Dental Health Week (AU)
• 4-10 Homeless Persons’ Week (AU)
• 4-10 Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease Week (ZA)
• 9 Hope Classic for Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus (CA)
• 9 Women’s Day (ZA)
• 10-16 National Health Center Week (US)
• 11-17 Brain Injury Awareness Week (AU)
• 11-17 Rail Safety Week (AU)
• 15 – October 15 Bone Marrow Donation and Leukaemia Awareness Month (ZA)
• 22 Daffodil Day (AU)
• 22 Red Nose Day (NZ)
• 24-30 Hearing Awareness Week (AU)
• 24-30 Speech Pathology Week (AU)
• 24-31 African Traditional Medicine Week (ZA)
• 25-Sept 19 Fruit & Veg Month (AU)
• 29 Daffodil Day (NZ)
• 30 National Grief Awareness Day (US)
• 30- September 6 MS Awareness Week (NZ)
• 31 International Overdose Day
• 31 African Traditional Medicine Day (ZA)

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!