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Calendar of Health Promotion Days - 2008

Health Canada Online's Calendar of Health-Related Days lists health-related days, weeks and months that have been announced by recognized health organizations and are recognized throughout the health professional community. We list only days that are recognized in Canada or days that are recognized internationally.

Should you wish to submit an awareness event, please send information about this event in both English and French to general inquiries. The submitted information will be forwarded for final decision to Health Canada issue experts of the related field.

* Indicates that the health-related day is celebrated on a static date each year.

Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec

January

Month
  Next link will open in a new window Alzheimer Awareness Month
Week
  20-26 Next link will open in a new window National Non-Smoking Week
Day
  23 Next link will open in a new window Weedless Wednesday
* 27 Next link will open in a new window Family Literacy Day

February

Month
  Next link will open in a new window Heart Month
Week
  3-9 Next link will open in a new window White Cane Week
  3-9 Next link will open in a new window Eating Disorders Awareness Week
Day
* 12 Next link will open in a new window Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Day

March

Month
  Next link will open in a new window "Help Fight Liver Disease" Month
  Next link will open in a new window National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
  Next link will open in a new window National Epilepsy Month
  Next link will open in a new window National Kidney Month
  Next link will open in a new window National Nutrition Month
  Next link will open in a new window Red Cross Month
Week
    3-7 Next link will open in a new window National Social Work Week
  10-16 Next link will open in a new window Brain Awareness Week
* 14-20 Next link will open in a new window National Farm Safety Week
Day
* 22 Next link will open in a new window World Day for Water
* 23 Next link will open in a new window World Meteorological Day
  24 Next link will open in a new window World Tuberculosis Day

April

Month
  Next link will open in a new window Earth Month
  Next link will open in a new window Daffodil Month: Cancer Awareness
  Next link will open in a new window Dental Health Month
  Next link will open in a new window Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month
  Next link will open in a new window National Cancer Month
  Next link will open in a new window Parkinson Awareness Month
  Next link will open in a new window National Physiotherapy Month
Week
  13-19 Next link will open in a new window National Dental Hygienists Week
  27-May 3 Next link will open in a new window National Volunteer Week
  20-26 Next link will open in a new window National Immunization Awareness Week
  20-27 Next link will open in a new window National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week
Day
* 7 Next link will open in a new window World Health Day
* 17 Next link will open in a new window Equality Day (Canada)
* 17 Next link will open in a new window International Hemophilia Day
* 22 Next link will open in a new window Earth Day
* 28 Next link will open in a new window National Day of Mourning: Remembering lives lost or injured in the workplace

May

Month
  Next link will open in a new window Cystic Fibrosis Month
  Next link will open in a new window Foot Health Awareness Month
  Hepatitis Awareness Month
  Next link will open in a new window Huntington's Disease Awareness Month
  Next link will open in a new window Medic Alert Month
  Next link will open in a new window Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
  Next link will open in a new window National Physiotherapy Month
  Next link will open in a new window Speech and Hearing Awareness Month
Week
* 1-7 Next link will open in a new window National Summer Safety Week
* 1-7 Next link will open in a new window Spinal Health Week
  4-10 Next link will open in a new window North American Occupational Safety and Health Week
  5-11 Next link will open in a new window National Hospice Palliative Care Week
  12-18 Next link will open in a new window National Nursing Week
  12-18 Next link will open in a new window National Road Safety Week
  26-June 1 Next link will open in a new window National Sun Awareness Week
    Next link will open in a new window Aboriginal Awareness Week
    Next link will open in a new window Emergency Preparedness Week
    Next link will open in a new window Naturopathic Medicine Week
    Next link will open in a new window National Mental Health Week
Day
  4 Next link will open in a new window Annual Hike for Hospice Palliative Care
* 5 Next link will open in a new window International Day of the Midwife
* 6 Next link will open in a new window International No Diet Day
* 8 Next link will open in a new window World Red Cross Day
* 10 Next link will open in a new window WHO, Move for Health Day
* 12 Next link will open in a new window International Nursing Day
* 12 Next link will open in a new window Canada Health Day
* 12 Next link will open in a new window Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome National Awareness Day
* 15 Next link will open in a new window International Day of Families
  17 Next link will open in a new window National Day Against Homophobia
  22 Next link will open in a new window International Day for Biological Diversity
* 25 Next link will open in a new window National Missing Children's Day
  27 Next link will open in a new window Schizophrenia Walk of Hope
* 31 Next link will open in a new window World No-Tobacco Day

June

Month
  Next link will open in a new window ALS Awareness Month (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
  Next link will open in a new window National Athletic Therapy Month
  Next link will open in a new window National Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Awareness Month
  Next link will open in a new window Relay for Life
  Next link will open in a new window Seniors Month
  Next link will open in a new window Stroke Awareness Month
Week
  2-6 Next link will open in a new window Canadian Environment Week
Day
  1 Next link will open in a new window National Cancer Survivors Day
  4 Next link will open in a new window Clean Air Day
* 5 Next link will open in a new window World Environment Day
* 8 Next link will open in a new window World Oceans Day
* 14 Next link will open in a new window World Blood Donor Day or Next link will open in a new window World Health Organization
* 21 Next link will open in a new window National Aboriginal Day
* 26 Next link will open in a new window International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

July

Month
 
Week
 
Day
* 11 Next link will open in a new window World Population Day
  19 Next link will open in a new window Canada's Parks Day

August

Month
 
Week
* 1-7 World Breastfeeding Week
Day
* 9 Next link will open in a new window International Day of the World's Indigenous People
* 12 Next link will open in a new window International Youth Day

September

Month
  Next link will open in a new window National Arthritis Month
  Next link will open in a new window Ovarian Cancer Month
Week
  14-21 Next link will open in a new window AIDS Walk for Life
  19-25 Next link will open in a new window Prostate Cancer Awareness Week
Day
* 9 Next link will open in a new window Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) Awareness Day
* 16 Next link will open in a new window International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
* 21 Next link will open in a new window World Alzheimer's Day
    Next link will open in a new window Terry Fox National School Run Day
    Next link will open in a new window Terry Fox Run

October

Month
  Next link will open in a new window Autism Awereness Month
  Next link will open in a new window Breast Cancer Awareness Month
  Next link will open in a new window Celiac Awareness Month
  Next link will open in a new window Eye Health Month
  Influenza Immunization Awareness Month
  Next link will open in a new window International Walk to School Month
  Next link will open in a new window Learning Disabilities Awareness Month
  Next link will open in a new window Lupus Awareness Month
  Next link will open in a new window Occupational Therapy Month
  Next link will open in a new window Psoriasis Awareness Month
  Next link will open in a new window SIDS Awareness Month (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)
  Next link will open in a new window Women's History Month in Canada
Week
  5-11 Next link will open in a new window Mental Illness Awareness Week
  5-11 Next link will open in a new window Fire Prevention Week
* 17-23 Next link will open in a new window National School Safety Week
    Next link will open in a new window Healthy Workplace Week
Day
* 1 Next link will open in a new window International Day for Older Person
  2 Next link will open in a new window World Habitat Day
* 10 Next link will open in a new window World Mental Health Day
  10 Next link will open in a new window International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
* 16 Next link will open in a new window World Food Day
* 17 Next link will open in a new window Internation Day for the Eradication of Poverty
* 18 Next link will open in a new window Persons Day in Canada

November

Month
  Next link will open in a new window Amaryllis Month (Huntington Society)
  Next link will open in a new window Crohn's and Colitis Awareness Month
  Next link will open in a new window C.P.R. Awareness Month
  Next link will open in a new window Diabetes Month
  Next link will open in a new window Osteoporosis Month
  Next link will open in a new window Christmas Seal Campaign (Nov. to Dec. 2007)
Week
* 1-7 National Down Syndrome Awareness Week
* 6-12 Next link will open in a new window National Seniors Safety Week
* 24-30 Next link will open in a new window National Home Fire Safety Week
    Next link will open in a new window National Addiction Awareness Week
Day
* 14 Next link will open in a new window World Diabetes Day
  19 Next link will open in a new window World COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) Day
* 16 Next link will open in a new window Day for Tolerance
* 20 Next link will open in a new window Universal Children's Day / National Child Day
* 25 Next link will open in a new window International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Next link will open in a new window http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca

December

Month
  Next link will open in a new window Christmas Seal Campaign
Week
 
Day
* 1 Next link will open in a new window World AIDS Day or Next link will open in a new window http://www.aidssida.cpha.ca or Next link will open in a new window http://www.catie.ca
* 3 Next link will open in a new window International Day of Disabled Persons
* 5 Next link will open in a new window International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
* 6 Next link will open in a new window National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women In Canada
* 10 Next link will open in a new window Human Rights Day
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