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Department of Health 2017 Calendar of Events (PDF 58 KB)January
No events submitted as yetFebruary
Month of February - Don't Wait Until It's Too Late - Nationwide - Bowel Cancer Australia5-11 February - Tube Feeding Awareness Week - Nationwide - ausEE.Inc
13-19 February - Australia's Healthy Weight Week - Nationwide - Dietitians Association of Australia
14 February - Wear Red Day - Nationwide - Heart Research Australia
15 February - International Childhood Cancer Day - Worldwide - TheTruth365-Australia Inc.
15 February - World Cholangiocarcinoma Day - Worldwide - Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation
March
13-19 March - Brain Awareness Week - Worldwide - Brain Foundation22 March - Lynch Syndrome Awareness Day - Worldwide - Lynch Syndrome Australia
24 March - World Tuberculosis Day - Worldwide - World Health Organization
April
7 April - World Health Day - Worldwide - World Health Organization2-8 April - World Allergy Week - Worldwide - Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy
13 April - FND Awareness Day - Worldwide - FND Hope
22-29 April - World Primary Immunodeficiency Week - Worldwide - The Immune Deficiencies Foundation of Australia
23-29 April - Healthy Hips Week - Nationwide - Healthy Hips Australia Ltd
24-28 April - World Immunisation Week - Worldwide - World Health Organization
24-28 April - Patient Experience Week - Nationwide - Health Consumers' Council (WA) Inc
May
8 May - National Amyloidosis Day - Worldwide - Adam Gardiner Fund Incorporated7-13 May - Pneumonia Awareness Week - Nationwide - Lung Foundation Australia
10 May - World Lupus Day - Nationwide - Lupus Foundation
8-14 May - Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Week - Nationwide - Allergy and Environmental Sensitivity Support and Research Association Inc.
12 May - International ME/CFS Awareness Day - Worldwide - ME/CFS and Lyme Association of WA, Inc.
16 May - Hae Day - Worldwide - HAE Australasia Ltd
21-27 May - Macular Degeneration Awareness Week - Nationwide - Macular Disease Foundation Australia
21-28 May - National Palliative Care Week - Nationwide - Palliative Care Australia
29 May to 4 June - Cancer Research Awareness Week - Nationwide - Cure Cancer Australia Foundation
31 May World No Tobacco Day - Worldwide - World Health Organization
June
Month of June - Bowel Cancer Awareness Month - Nationwide - Bowel Cancer AustraliaMonth of June - National Burns Awareness Month - Nationwide - Julian Burton Burns Trust
9 June - Pirate Day Friday - Nationwide - The Adventures
21 June - Red Apple Day - Nationwide - Bowel Cancer Australia
12-16 June - Infant Mental Health Awareness Week - Australian Association for Infant Mental Health Incorporated
19-25 June - Neglected Cancers' Awareness Week - Nationwide - Garvan Institute of Medical Research
July
3-9 July - Sleep Awareness Week - Nationwide - Sleep Health Foundation9-15 July - National Diabetes Week - Nationwide - Diabetes NSW & ACT
21 July - National Pyjama Day - Nationwide - The Pyjama Foundation
24-30 July - National Pain Week 2017 - Nationwide - Chronic Pain Australia
28 July - World Hepatitis Day - Worldwide - World Health Organisation
30 July - 6 August - DonateLife Week - Nationwide - Organ and Tissue Authority
August
4 August - Jeans for Genes Day - Nationwide - Jeans for Genes Australia6-12 August - Dental Health Week - Nationwide - Australian Dental Association
6-12 August - National EOS Awareness Week - Nationwide - ausEE Inc
7-13 August -Haemochromatosis Awareness Week - Nationwide - Haemochromatosis Australia
8 August - Top 8 Challenge Day - Nationwide - ausEE Inc
8 August - Dying To Know Day - Nationwide - The GroundSwell Project
21-27 August - Be Medicinewise Week - Nationwide - NPS MedicineWise
21-27 August - Natural Fertility Awareness Week - Nationwide - Ovulation Method Research and Reference Centre of Australia
September
Month of September - International Childhood Cancer Awareness Month - Worldwide - THETRUTH365-AUSTRALIAMonth of September - International Prostate Cancer Awareness Month - Worldwide - Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia
1-7 September - National Asthma Awareness Week - Nationwide - Asthma Australia
3-10 September - Cardiomyopathy Awareness Week - Nationwide - Cardiomyopathy Association of Australia Ltd
4-8 September - Women's Health Week - Nationwide - Jean Hailes for Women's Health
4-10 September - Idiopathic Hypersomnia Awareness Week - Worldwide - Hypersomnolence Australia
6 September - National Health and Physical Education Day - Nationwide - Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER)
11-17 September - National Headache and Migraine Week - Nationwide - Headache Australia
14 September - R U OK Day - Nationwide RU OK
24-30 September - Active Ageing Week - Worldwide - Active Ageing Australia
October
Month of October - Shoctober - Defibrillator Awareness Month - Nationwide - Cardiac Arrest Survival FoundationMonth of October - Polio Awareness Month - Nationwide - Polio Australia
Month of October - Lupus Awareness Month - Nationwide - Lupus Foundation
Month of October - Breast Cancer Awareness Month - Worldwide - McGrath Foundation
04-10 October - National Amputee Awareness Week - Nationwide - Limbs 4 Life
6 October - World Cerebral Palsy Day - Worldwide - Cerebral Palsy Alliance
8 -14 October - Haemophilia Awareness Week - Nationwide - Haemophilia Foundation Australia
10 October - World Mental Health Day - Worldwide - World Health Organisation
12 October - World Sight Day - Worldwide - Vision 2020 Australia
15-21 October - National Carers Week - Nationwide - Carers NSW
16-20 October[ - Wound Awareness Week - Nationwide - Wound Awareness Week
20 October - World Osteoporosis Day - Osteoporosis Australia
21-29 October - Veterans' Health Week - Nationwide - Department of Veterans' Affairs
23-29 October - International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week of Action - Worldwide - The Lead Education and Abatement Design (LEAD) Group Incorporated
November
Month of November - ALPHA-1 Awareness Month - Nationwide - Alpha-1 Association of AustraliaMonth of November - Lung Health Awareness Month - Nationwide - Lung Foundation Australia
Month of November - Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month - Worldwide - Pancreatic Cancer Alliance
4 November - Bow Tie Day - Nationwide - Upper Hunter Where there's a Will
10 November - World NET Cancer Day - Worldwide - Unicorn Foundation
12-18 November - Perinatal Depression & Anxiety Awareness Week - Nationwide - PANDA - Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia Inc
13-19 November - Antibiotic Awareness Week - Nationwide - NPS MedicineWise
16 November - World Pancreatic Cancer Day - Worldwide - Garvan Research Foundation
19 - 25 November - National Skin Cancer Action Week - Cancer Council Australia
December
Month of December - Decembeard - Nationwide - Bowel Cancer Australia1 December - World AIDS Day - Worldwide - World AIDS Day Australia