Access to Health Awareness Events, May 2012 for Australia, Canada, Serbia, Spain, UK, USA and Worldwide events. Here is a list of health awareness days and weeks.
Events continued from April
- April 28th-4th May – World Homoeopathy Awareness Week (Aus) http://www.homeopathyoz.org/AwarenessIntro.asp
- April 29th-5th May – Cystic Fibrosis Week (UK) http://www.cfweek.org.uk/
- April 30th-6th May- Air Quality Awareness Week (US) http://www.ecy.wa.gov/news/2012/125.html
- April 30th-6th May – MS Week (UK) http://www.msrc.co.uk/index.cfm/fuseaction/show/pageid/3068
- April 30th-6th May – Osteopathy Awareness Week (Aus) http://www.osteopathic.com.au/index.php/awareness_week
- April 30th-6th May – Sun Awareness Week (UK) http://www.bad.org.uk/desktopDefault.aspx?TabId=574
May Events
- 1st- National PKU Awareness Day (Aus) http://www.pkunsw.org.au/Awareness-Day-2010
- 1st- National Stroke Awareness Day (US) http://www.strokealert.org/
- 1st – PJ Day (Aus) http://www.asthmafoundation.org.au/pjday.aspx?gclid=CK2Y4ZHDrbECFeiUpgodiSwArQ
- 1st- World Asthma Day http://www.respirar.org/eng/wad/ and http://www.ginasthma.org/wad-plan-your-event.html
- 1st-7th – Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week (US) http://ffcmh.org/events/national-childrens-mental-health-awareness-week/
- 3rd-10th – National Sun Awareness Week (UK) http://www.savistamagazine.com/article/national-sun-awareness-week-3rd-10th
- 4th- Starlight Day (Aus) http://www.starlight.org.au/Pages/default.aspx
- 5th- International Day of the Midwife http://www.internationalmidwives.org/Whatwedo/InternationalDayoftheMidwife/tabid/327/Default.aspx and http://www.internationalmidwives.org/
- 5th- World A.S. Day (Ankylosing Spondylitis) (US) http://thefeedingedge.com/?page_id=4212
- 5th- World Hand Hygiene Day – http://www.hha.org.au/
- 5th- World Pulmonary Hypertension Day http://www.hipertensionpulmonar.es/
- 5th-12th – International Nurses and Midwives Week – http://www.health.act.gov.au/professionals/nursing-midwifery/nurses-midwives-week-2012
- 5th-13th – Dystonia Awareness Week (UK) http://www.dystonia.org.uk/
- 6th- International No Diet Day – http://thebutterflyfoundation.org.au/CMSPageDetails.aspx?CMS_Page_Id=58&Parent_CMS_Page_Id=5
- 6th- National Nurses Day (US) http://nursingworld.org/NationalNursesWeek
- 6th- Wishbone Day (International Awareness of Osteogenesis Imperfecta) http://www.wishboneday.com/
- 6th-12th- Heart Week (Aus) http://www.heartfoundation.org.au/driving-change/Pages/heart-week.aspx
- 6th-12th – National Hospice Palliative Care Week (Can) http://www.chpca.net/news-and-events/national-hospice-palliative-care-week.aspx
- 6th-12th – National Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Week (Aus) http://www.mndaust.asn.au/
- 6th-12th – National Nurses Week (US) http://www.speakersfornurses.com/planning/NursesWeek.htm
- 6th-12th – National Tourette Syndrome Awareness Week (Aus) http://www.tourette.org.au/index.php
- 7th- Melanoma Monday (US & Europe) http://www.melanomamonday.org/ and http://www.euromelanoma.org/; http://www.vardguiden.se/Aktuellt/Boka-tid-till-Melanoma-monday/ (in Swedish, special offer for people in Stockholm) and http://www.euromelanoma.org/serbia/home-1 (Serbian) and http://www.euromelanoma.org/luxemburg/home-1 (Luxemburg)
- 7th- Misophonia Monday (UK) http://www.misophonia-uk.org/awareness-day-and-awareness-ribbons.html
- 7th-13th- Deaf Awareness Week (UK) http://www.deafcouncil.org.uk/daw/news.htm
- 7th-13th – Mental Health Week (Can) http://www.cmha.ca/bins/index.asp
- 7th-13th- National Mothering Week (Aus) http://www2b.abc.net.au/EventCentral/View/event.aspx?p=2&e=9904953 and https://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/
- 7th-13th – Naturopathic Medicine Week (Can) http://www.cand.ca/Naturopathic_Medicine_Week.nmw.0.html?&L=0
- 7th-13th – Nursing Week (Can) http://www.nursingweek.rnao.ca/
- 8th- Día Internacional de la Talasemia (Spain) [International Thalassemia Day] http://www.cdc.gov/Spanish/especialesCDC/Talasemia/
- 9th – Cardiac Arrhythmia Awareness Day (Boston, MA, US) http://www.stopafib.org/newsitem.cfm/NEWSID/405/atrial-fibrillation-cardiac-arrhythmia-awareness-month-Massachusetts/Heart-Rhythm-Society
- 9th-15th – International Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Awareness Week (Aus) http://www.mecfs-vic.org.au/
- 10th- Medunarodni dan fizicke aktivnosti (Ser) [International Day of Physical Activity] http://www.zjzs.org.rs/page.php?id=20
- 10th-12th – MS Carnation Campaign (Can) http://mssociety.ca/en/events/carnation/default.htm
- 10th- World Lupus Day http://www.worldlupusday.org/
- 12th- International Nurses Day http://www.icn.ch/publications/international-nurses-day/
- 12th- Canada Health Day (Can) http://www.cha.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=183&Itemid=99
- 12th- Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Awareness Day (US) http://www.cdlsusa.org/
- 12th- Fibromyalgia Awareness Day (US) http://www.fmcpaware.org/community/awareness-day
- 13th-19th – Food Allergy Awareness Week (US) http://www.foodallergy.org/section/food-allergy-awareness-week11
- 13th-19th – National Eosinophil Awareness Week (US) http://apfed.org/drupal/drupal/national_eosinophil_awareness_week
- 13th- 19th – National Women’s Health Week (US) http://www.womenshealth.gov/whw/
- 13th-19th – Tinnitus Awareness Week (US) http://www.ata.org/taw2012
- 14th- National Women’s Check-up Day (US) http://www.womenshealth.gov/whw/check-up-day/
- 14th-18th – Food Allergy Awareness Week (Aus) http://www.allergyfacts.org.au/
- 14th-20th- Alcohol/Drug Related Birth Defect Awareness Week (US) http://www.ncadd.org/index.php/upcoming-events/331-alcoholdrug-related-birth-defects-awareness-week-
- 14th-20th – Arthritis Care Awareness Week (UK) http://www.arthritiscare.org.uk/Home
- 14th-20th – Schizophrenia Awareness Week (Aus) http://www.sfnsw.org.au/Awareness-and-Education/Awareness/default.aspx
- 15th- Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) Global Awareness Day http://www.tuberous-sclerosis.org/?p=3471
- 16th- International Hereditary Angioedema Day (HAE) http://www.checkorphan.org/grid/event/1st-international-awareness-day-for-hereditary-angioedema-hae-day
- 16th- National Patients’ Day (Hughes Syndrome)(UK) http://www.hughes-syndrome.org/events.htm#meeting
- 17th- World Hypertension Day http://www.worldhypertensionleague.org/pages/WHD.aspx
- 18th- HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (US) http://www.niaid.nih.gov/news/events/hvad/Pages/default.aspx
- 18th- Dia Internacional de los Ensayos Clinicos [International Day of Clinical Trials] http://www.ecrin.org/index.php?id=34
- 18th- Put on Purple Day (Lupus Awareness) (US) http://www.lupus.org/newsite/pages/Put-On-Purple.html
- 19th- Hepatitis Testing Day (US) http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/TestingDay/index.htm
- 19th- National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (US+) http://www.banyantreeproject.org/awarenessday.php
- 19th- World IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease) Day http://www.worldibdday.org/partnersworldibdevents.html
- 20th - International Clinical Trials’ Day http://www.ecrin.org/index.php?id=34
- 20th – World Autoimmune Arthritis Day http://www.iaamovement.org/
- 20th-26th – National Palliative Care Week (Aus) http://www.palliativecare.org.au/Home.aspx
- 20th-26th- National Prevention Week (Substance abuse) (US) http://www.ncadd.org/index.php/upcoming-events/344-national-prevention-week-is-may-20-to-26
- 20th- June 20th – National Smile Month (UK) http://www.nationalsmilemonth.org/
- 21st-25th – Greek Week Against Skin Cancer (Greece) http://politis-dukakis-center.act.edu/blog/2012/05/23/editors-choice-event-of-the-week-5-25/ and http://www.myskincheck.gr/
- 21st-27th – Heart Rhythm Week (UK) http://www.aaaw.org.uk/
- 21st-27th – International Thyroid Awareness Week
(Español)(Français)(Português)(Deutsch)(руссиан) - 21st-27th – Spinal Health Week (Aus) http://chiropractors.asn.au/AM/Template.cfm?Section=NCCW
- 21st-28th – Mental Health Awareness Week (UK) http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-work/mentalhealthawarenessweek/?view=Standard
- 21st-28th – Schizophrenia Awareness Week (US) http://www.sardaa.org/2012/05/21/may-21-28-is-schizophrenia-awareness-week/
- 25th – Heat Safety Awareness Day (US) http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/heat/index.shtml
- 25th – 65 roses day – Cystic Fibrosis (Aus) http://www.cysticfibrosis.org.au/nsw-events/65_roses_day/
- 25th- Don’t Fry Day (US) http://www.skincancerprevention.org/programs/dont-fry-day
- 25th- World Thyroid Day http://www.gdatf.org/news/world-thyroid-day/
- 26th- Día Nacional del Celíaco [Spain National Coeliac Day] http://www.celiacos.org/images/stories/pdf/manual%20de%20conducta_flashmob.pdf
- 27th- June 2nd – Kidney Health Week (Aus) http://www.kidney.org.au/NewsEvents/KidneyHealthWeek/tabid/648/Default.aspx
- 27th-June 2nd – Macular Degeneration Awareness Week (Aus) http://www.mdfoundation.com.au/
- 27th-June 2nd – Red Undies Week (Aus) http://www.redundiesweek.org.au/
- 28th- Día Nacional de la Nutrición [Spain National Nutrition Day] http://www.fesnad.org/congresos/DNN_2012/portada.htm
- 28th- National Multiple Births Awareness Day (Can) http://www.multiplebirthscanada.org/english/awareness.php
- 29th- White Wreath Day (Aus) http://www.whitewreath.com/ and http://www.whitewreath.com/Flyermay08.pdf
- 30th- World MS Day/Día Mundial de la Esclerosis Múltiple http://worldmsday.org/ and http://www.netvibes.com/diadesclerosis#Portada
- 30th- National Senior Health & Fitness Day (US) http://www.fitnessday.com/
- 31st– 6th June National Infant Gastric Reflux Awareness Week (NZ) http://www.cryingoverspiltmilk.co.nz/
- 31st- World No Tobacco Day http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/un/world-no-tobacco-day and http://www.who.int/tobacco/en/ and in Serbian http://www.gemrtv.rs/?vesti/lazarevac-svetski-dan-borbe-protiv-duvanskog-dima.html
A Pinterest Board has been made especially for May, with images for health awareness events that are on this month. http://pinterest.com/bsheim/healthaware-may/
Health Awareness monthly eventsfor May 2012 can be found here http://healthaware.org/2012/04/29/may-2012-health-awareness-project-information-monthly-events/.
If you know of additional health awareness events, please fill in the form found above at ADD EVENT.
