National and international health events 2011

 

Please find below links to national and international health events for 2011. If you have information about an event that you would like to be listed here, please contact us.

January

 

04: World braille day
05: Hypoparathyroidism awareness day
14: Sexually transmitted infection testing day STIQ day
17 - 23: National obesity week
24 - 30: Be loud! Be clear!
24 - 30: Leprosy week
30: World leprosy day
 

February

01 - 28: Raynaud’s awareness month
01 - 28: National heart month
01 - 28: Prenatal infection prevention month
04 - 10: Tinnitus awareness week
04: World cancer day
14-18: Contraceptive awareness week
15: International childhood cancer day
21 - 26: Eating disorders awareness week
25: National wear red day
28: Rare disease day

 

March

01 - 31: Prostate cancer awareness month
01 - 31: National bed month
01: Self injury awareness day
01 - 31: Ovarian cancer awareness month
02 - 08: Endometriosis awareness week
08: International women’s day
09: No smoking day
10: World kidney day
12: World glaucoma day
21 - 27: Down’s Syndrome Association week
21 - 27: National salt awareness week
21 - 27: Share the care week
22: World water day
24: World TB day

     

April

01 - 30: International IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) awareness month
01 - 30: Bowel cancer awareness month
02 - 08:  National (PSP) progressive supranuclear palsy awareness week
02: World autism awareness day
07: World health day
10 - 16: World homeopathy awareness week
11 - 27: Depression awareness week
11 - 15: National allergy week
11 - 18: Orchid male cancer awareness week
11 - 17: Parkinson’s awareness week
16: World voice day
17: World haemophilia day
23 - 30: European immunisation week
 

May

01 - 31: Hughes syndrome awareness month
01 - 31: International (ME) myalgic encephalomyelitis awareness month
03: World asthma day
05: Save lives: clean your hands
05: International day of the midwife
08 - 14: (ME) Myalgic encephalomyelitis awareness week
08 - 14: Dystonia awareness week
09 - 13: Cystic fibrosis week
09 - 13: Asthma awareness week
09 - 15: Action for brain injury week
09 - 13: Cancer prevention week
09 - 13: Arthritis care awareness week
09 - 13: Walk to work week
09 - 13: National thrombosis week
09 - 15: National stop snoring week
10: World lupus day
10: Stroke awareness day
12: International nurses day
12: International fibromyalgia awareness day 
14 - 02: Children's hospice week
14 - 21: Cleft lip and palate awareness week
14 - 20: Adult learners’ week
15 - 12: National smile month
15 - 22: National epilepsy week
15: International day of families
16 - 20: Walk to school week
16 - 22: Xtraordinary people week
16 - 22: Coeliac awareness week
16 - 22: Dying matters week
23 - 29: MS awareness week
17: World hypertension day
19: World hepatitis day
30 - 05: National family week
31: World no tobacco day

 

June

01 - 30: Everyman male cancer awareness month
01 - 30: SANDS (stillbirth and neonatal death society) awareness month
01 - 30: National osteoporosis month
06 - 12: National glaucoma awareness week
06 - 12: National food safety week
06 - 11: National tampon alert week
06 - 12: Arrhythmia awareness week
06 - 12: Cervical cancer prevention week
08: International tampon alert day 
13 - 19: National men’s health week
13 - 19: Breathe easy week
13 - 19: Diabetes week
13 - 19: Carers week
14 - 21: Homeopathy awareness week
14: World blood donor day 
18 - 26: National bike week
19 - 25: National breastfeeding awareness week
20 - 26: Learning disability week
20 - 24: National falls awareness week
20 - 26: Refugee week
20 - 26: Child safety week
21 - 28: National myeloma awareness week 
26 - 02: Metabolic disease awareness week

 

July

01 - 31: Sickle cell awareness month
01 - 31: International group B strep awareness month
03 - 09: Dementia awareness week 
11 - 18: National childcare week 
24: 24/7 samaritans awareness day

 

August

01- 07: World breastfeeding week

 

September

04 - 10: Migraine awareness week
04 - 11: Fibromyalgia awareness week
09: Foetal alcohol spectrum disorders awareness day
10: World suicide prevention day
19 - 25: Charcot Marie Tooth syndrome (CMT) awareness week

 

October

01 - 31: Prenatal-onset group B strep (GBS) disease awareness month

 

December

 

01: World AIDS day