Health Awareness Days
FEBRUARY
- Ovarian Cancer Month
- 4th World Cancer Day
- 12th-14th Heart Failure Awareness Week
- 14th Wear Red Day (Heart Disease)
- 22nd Teal Ribbon Day (Ovarian Cancer)
- 28th Rare Disease Day
MARCH
- Adenomyosis Awareness Month
- Endometriosis Awareness Month
- National Epilepsy Awareness Month
- 9th World Kidney Day
- 13th – 20th Coeliac Awareness Week
- 15th – 19th World’s Greatest Shave (Blood Cancer)
- 19th Jump for Type 1 Diabetes
- 24th World Tuberculosis Day
- 26th Purple Day (Epilepsy)
APRIL
- 7th World Health Day
- 11th World Parkinson’s Day
- 17th World Hemophilia Day
- 25th World Malaria Day
- 29th Undiagnosed Day
MAY
- 2nd World Asthma Day
- 8th White Shirt Day (Ovarian Cancer)
- 8th International Thalassemia Day
- 8th National Amyloidosis Day
- 10th World Lupus Day
- 12th International ME/CFS Awareness Day
- 9-15th Coeliac Awareness Week
- 9-15th Mental Health Awareness Week
- 15th Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Awareness Day
- 19th World IBD (Chrohn’s) Day
- 19th Red 4 VEDS (Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Awareness) Day
- 15th – 21st Kidney Health Week
- 21st - 27th Food Allergy Week (Aus)
- 25th World Thyroid Day
- 26th Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Day
- 30th World MS Day
- 31st World no Tobacco Day
JUNE
- Bowel Cancer Month
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Awareness Month
- 1st – 7th World Haemochromatosis Awareness Week
- 5th - 11th World Allergy Week
- 12-18th International Men's Health Week
- 14th World Blood Donor Day
- 18th International Panic Day (mental health)
- 19th World Sickle Cell Day
- 21st Red Apple Day (Bowel Cancer)
- 21st MND Global Day (Moto Neuron Disease)
- 29th World Scleroderma Day
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