National and international health events 2010

Please find below links to national and international health events for 2010. If you have information about an event that you would like to be listed here, please contact us.

January

• 1-31: Health Month 

• 4: World Braille Day 

• 05: Hypoparathyroidism Awareness Day  

• 18-22: Cancertalk Week 

• 24-30: Cervical Cancer Prevention Week 

• 25-31: Leprosy Week 

• 25: World Leprosy Day 

• 25-31: Be Loud! Be Clear!

• 25-29: Food allergy and food intolerance week  

• 31: National Bug Busting Day

February

• 01-05: National Salt Awareness Week 

• 01-28: National Heart Month  

• 01-28: Raynaud’s Awareness Month 

• 05: Stress Down Day 

• 08-14: Tinnitus Awareness Week 

• 08-14: Contraceptive Awareness Week 

• 14: Think about Sex Day 

• 14:  Gold Heart Day  

• 15: International Childhood Cancer Day  

• 17-03: Thirst for Life  

• 22-27: Eating Disorders Awareness Week  

• 22-28:  Big Breakfast Week  

• 26: National Wear Red Day  

• 28: Rare Disease Day

March

• 1-31: Prostate Cancer Awareness Month  

• 1:  Self Injury Awareness Day  

• 1-31: Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month 

• 8: International Women’s Day 

• 8-14: Endometriosis Awareness Week 

• 10: No Smoking Day 

• 11: World Kidney Day 

• 12: World Glaucoma Day 

• 15-21: Down’s Syndrome Association Week 

• 15-21: Dying matters awareness week

• 24: World TB Day

April

• 1-30: International IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) Awareness Month 

• 1-30: Bowel Cancer Awareness Month 

• 4-10: Mental Health Action Week 

• 7:  World Health Day 

• 8: PSP Magnolia Day 

• 12-18: Orchid Male Cancer Awareness Week 

• 17: World Haemophilia Day 

• 19-25: Parkinson’s Awareness Week 

• 19-25:  Depression Awareness Week 

• 19-24: National Stop Snoring Week 

• 26-02: MS Awareness Week

May

• 1-9: Asthma Awareness Week 

• 3-9:  Sun Awareness Week 

• 4:  World Asthma Day 

• 5:  Save Lives: Clean your hands 

• 9-15: National Breastfeeding Awareness Week - NHS 

• 9-16: M.E. Awareness Week 

• 10-14: National Allergy Week 

• 10-14: Cancer Prevention Week 

• 10:  World Lupus Day 

• 11:  Stroke Awareness Day 

• 12:  International Fibromyalgia Awareness Day

• 14:  Fruity Friday

• 15-22: Cleft Lip and Palate Awareness Week 

• 16-12:  National Smile Month 

• 17-21:  Walk to School Week 

• 17-23: Xtraordinary People Week 

• 17: World Hypertension Day 

• 17-23: Cystic Fibrosis Week 

• 17-23: Action for Brain Injury Week  

• 24-28: Arthritis Care Awareness Week  

• 31: World No Tobacco Day 

• 31- 6: National Family Week

June

• 1-30: Everyman Male Cancer Awareness Month  

• 1-05: National Thrombosis Week 

• 7-12: National Tampon Alert Week 

• 7-13: Cervical Screening Awareness Week 

• 7-13: Arrhythmia Awareness Week 

• 8-14: National Glaucoma Awareness Week 

• 8: International Tampon Alert Day 

• 13-20: Diabetes Week 

• 13-19: National Epilepsy Week 

• 14-20: National Men’s Health Week 

• 14-20: Breathe Easy Week  

• 14-20: Carers Week 

• 14: World Blood Donor Day 

• 15: National Bug Busting Day  

• 21-27: Deafblind Awareness Week 

• 21-25: National Falls Awareness Week 

• 21-27: MND Awareness Week 

• 21-27: Learning Disability Week 

• 21-28: UK Myeloma Awareness Week 

• 25: Wrong Trousers Day 

• 28-03: Twins, Triplets and More Week

July

• 1-31: Sickle Cell Awareness Month 

• 4-11: National Transplant Week  

• 4-10: Dementia Awareness Week  

• 24: 24/7 Samaritans Awareness Day

August

• 1-7: World Breastfeeding Week 

• 12: International Youth Day

September

• 1-30: Let's Talk baby Month 

• 5-11: Migraine Awareness Week 

• 13-19: Know Your Numbers! (National Blood Pressure Testing Awareness Week)  

• 15: World Lymphoma Day 

• 20-22: Refocus on Recovery 2010 

• 21: World Alzheimer’s Day 

• 25: International Ataxia Awareness Day 

• 28:  World Rabies Day

October

• 1-31: Lupus Awareness Month 

• 1-31: International Walk to School Month 

• 1-31: Breast Cancer Awareness Month 

• 1: Jeans For Genes Day 

• 9: World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 

• 10:  World Mental Health Day 

• 11-17: Encephalitis Awareness Week 

• 12: World Arthritis Day 

• 14: World Sight Day 

• 15: Global Hand Washing Day 

• 20: World Osteoporosis Day 

• 22: International Stammering Awareness Day 

• 29: World Psoriasis Day 

• 31: National Bug Busting Day

November

• 1-30: Lung Cancer Awareness Month 

• 8-14: Ask Your Pharmacist Week 

• 14: World Diabetes Day 

• 20: Universal Children’s Day

December

• 1: World AIDS Day