Health events calendar

The calendar is a list of South Australian, national and worldwide health related events. It is intended to assist organisations to improve coordinated planning of health related events.

The list has been compiled from a number of sources as a guide to upcoming events. A listing in this calendar does not imply that SA Health endorses the event.

Information contained in the calendar is subject to change and no responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of the information provided and is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all health related events.

May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December

May

1 to 31 May: Miracle Month

1 to 31 May: Jelly Baby Month

1 May: World Asthma Day

6 May: International No Diet Day

6 to 12 May: National MND Week

10 May: World Lupus Day

12 May: International Nurses Day

16 May: Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)  Awareness Day

25 May: 65 Roses Day

27 May to 2 June: Macular Degeneration Awareness Week

27 May to 2 Jun: Kidney Health Week

31 May: World No Tobacco Day 2012

June

1 to 7 Jun: Thyroid Awareness Week

1 to 8 Jun: Medical Research Week

3 to 9 Jun: Bowel Cancer Awareness Week

4 Jun: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

6 Jun: Red Apple Day

12 Jun: World Day Against Child Labour

14 Jun: World Blood Donor Day

29 Jun: Red Nose Day

July

19 to 21 July: Australian Physiotherapy Association Business & Leadership Symposium

22 Jul: Fragile X Awareness Day (common cause of inherited intellectual disease)

August

1 to 7 Aug: World Breastfeeding Week

6 to 12 Aug: Homeless Persons Week

29 Aug: National Meals on Wheels Day

September

1 to 30 Sept: Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

1 to 30 Sept: Heart Foundation Doorknock Appeal

1 to 30 Sept: Foster Care Month

2 to 8 Sept: Legacy Week

9 Sept: International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Day (FASDAY)

15 Sept: Worldwide Lymphoma Awareness Day

15 to 21 Sept: Cancer Council Walk To Work Day

16 to 22: Global Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week

17 to 23 Sept: National Headache and Migraine Awareness week

21 Sept: World Alzheimer's Day

23 Sept: World Stay in Bed Day

28 Sept: World Rabies Day

30 Sept: World Heart Day

October

1 Oct: International Day of Older Persons

1 to 31 Oct: Foot Health Month

1 to 31 Oct: Girls Night In

4 to 11 Oct: National Amputee Awareness Week

6 to 13 Oct: R U OK? Day

7 to 13: Haemophilia Awareness Week

7 to 13: National Mental Health Week

10 Oct: World Mental Health Day

10 Oct: Ride2 Work Day

11 Oct: World Sight Day

12 Oct: International Arthritis Day

14 to 20 Oct: National Nutrition Week

14 to 20 Oct: Carers Week

15 Oct: Global Handwashing Day

15 to 19 Oct: Sock it to Suicide Week

16 Oct: World Spine Day

19 Oct: Loud Shirt Day

20 Oct: World Osteoporosis Day

20 Oct (tbc): National Herpes Day

20 to 26 Oct: National Week of Deaf People

21 to 27 Oct: Occupational Therapy Week

21 to 27 Oct: Safe Work Australia Week

22 Oct: Pink Ribbon Day

23 Oct: National Kidsafe Day

24 Oct: World Polio Day

26 Oct: National Bandanna Day

November

1 to 30 Nov: Movember

1 to 30 Nov: Lung Health Awareness Month

8 Nov: National Sunnies Day

12 to 18 Nov: Antibiotic Awareness Week

13 Nov: National Psychology Week

14 Nov: World Diabetes Day - Diabetes Australia

15 Nov (tbc): Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Week

19 to 26 Nov: National Skin Cancer Action Week

19 Nov: World Toilet Day

19 Nov: World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day

December

1 Dec: World AIDS Day

3 Dec: International Day of Persons with Disabilities