Health events calendar 2011/12

If you work within Brighton, Hove and surrounding area  please order leaflets, posters and resources to support these events from the Health Promotion Library 

If you work anywhere else in East Sussex please order your resources from East Sussex Health Promotion Resource Centre

February

• 1–28 National Heart Month – Go Red for Heart

• 4 World Cancer Day

• 21-26 Eating Disorders Awareness Wee

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March

• 1–31 Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

• 1–31 Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

• 14 No Smoking Day

• 21-27 Down Syndrome Awareness Week

• 21 World Down Syndrome Day

• 21–27 National Salt Awareness Week

• 24 World TB Day

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April

•  1–30 Bowel Cancer Awareness Month

• 2 World Autism Awareness Day

• 4-10 Mental Health Action Week

• 7 World Health Day

• 11–17 Parkinson’s Awareness Week

• 17-24 Depression Awareness Week

• 23–29 National Allergy Week

• 24–30 MS Awareness Week

• 29-6May Cystic Fibrosis Week

May

• 1-31 International ME Awareness Month
• 1 World Asthma Day
• 2-8 Sun Awareness Week
• 7-13 Deaf Awareness Week
• 7-11 National Thrombosis Week]
• 10 World Lupus Day
• 11 International Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
• 8-15 Cancer Prevention Week
• 14-18 Arthritis Care Awareness Week
• 15 May–15 June National Smile Month
• 20-26 National Epilepsy Week
• 21–25 Walk to School Week
• 31 World No Tobacco Day

June

• 1-30 SANDS (Stillbirth & Neonatal Death Society) Awareness Month

• 1–30 Everyman Male Cancer Month

• TBC National Breastfeeding Awareness Week

• 3 World Kidney Day

• 4-10 Cervical Screening Awareness Week

• 11–17 Diabetes Week

• 11-17 Huntington’s Disease Awareness Week

• 12-18 National Men’s Health Week

• 14 World Blood Donor Day

• 16-24 Bike Week

• 18-24 Carers Week

• 17-24 Breathe Easy Week

• 17-23 Deafblind Awareness Week

• 18-22 National Falls Awareness Week

• 18–24 Child Safety Week

A full list of health events is available from Equip

For more information contact the Health Promotion Librarian