Major Health Awareness Days in 2016 Whole year International Year of Pulses January All summer Big Red BBQ (Kidney Foundation) National Cervical Health Awareness Month February Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month FebFast Heart Research Month FebruDAREy (Cerebral Palsy) 4 February World Cancer Day 6 February Play Outside Day 15-21 February Australia s Healthy Weight Week 18 February International Asperger's Day 24 February Business Clean Up Australia Day 24 February Teal Ribbon Day (ovarian cancer) 26 February Wear Red Day (Heart Research) 28 February Rare Diseases Day March National Epilepsy Awareness Month March Into Yellow (Endometriosis) Melanoma March Jump to Cure Diabetes 29 Feb-6 March World Salt Awareness Week 1 March World Compliment Day 1 March Clean Up Australia Day 4-10 March National Sleep Awareness Week 6 March Lymphoedema Awareness Day 6-12 March World Glaucoma Week 8 March International Women s Day 10 March World Kidney Day
10-13 March World s Greatest Shave (Leukemia) 13-20 March Coeliac Awareness Week 14-20 March International Brain Awareness Week 18 March National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence 20 March International Day of Happiness 20 March World Oral Health Day 21 March World Down Syndrome Day 21-25 March National Wound Awareness Week 21-27 March Meat Free Week 22 March World Water Day 26 March Purple Day for epilepsy April Supermarket Free Month Go Blue for Autism 1 April National Smile Day 1-10 April International Seniors Week 2 April World Autism Day 2-16 April Variety Cycle 3 April Be Alarmed change your smoke alarm battery 7 April World Health Day 11 April World Parkinson's Day 15-21 April World Creativity & Innovation Week 17 April World Haemophilia Day 22 April World Mother Earth Day 24-30 April National Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week 24-30 April World Immunisation Week 25 April DNA Day 28 April World Day for Safety and Health at Work 28 April Pay It Forward Day 29 April International Dance Day May Mindful in May 65 Roses (Cystic Fibrosis) Crohns and Colitis Awareness Month Thyroid Awareness Month Kiss Goodbye to MS Eczema Awareness Month 1 May-30 June Australia s Biggest Morning Tea (Cancer) 1 May White Shirt Day (Ovarian Cancer Research) 1-7 May National Heart Week
1-7 May Tourette Syndrome Awareness Week 3 May World Asthma Day 4-10 May UN Global Road Safety Week 5 May World Hand Hygiene Day 6 May International No Diet Day 8 May World Ovarian Cancer Day 8 May World Red Cross Day 9-15 May National Volunteer Week 10 May World Lupus Day 12 May International Awareness Day (Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases (CIND) 13-20 May Coeliac Awareness Week 15-21 May Food Allergy Awareness Week 15 May International Day of Families 17 May World Hypertension Day 19 May World IBD Day (Crohns and Colitis) 20 May World Autoimmune Arthritis Day 22-28 May Macular Degeneration Awareness Week 22-28 May Kidney Health Week 23-29 May Exercise Right Week 25 May World Thyroid Day 25-31 May Spinal Health Week 29 May Wear White at Work Day (suicide & mental illness) 31 May World No Tobacco Day June Bowel Cancer Awareness Month 8 June World Brain Tumour Day 12-18 June National Blood Donor Week 13-19 June Men s Health Week 15 June Red Apple Day (bowel cancer) July Dry July JulEYE - Eye Health Awareness Month 4-10 July Sleep Awareness Week 10-16 July National Diabetes Week 20-24 July National Farm Safety Week 24 July Stress Down Day 25-31 July National Pain Week 28 July World Hepatitis Day 28 July-5 August OCD and Anxiety Disorders Week 30 July-7 August DonateLife Week
August Tradies National Health Month 1-7 August World Breastfeeding Week 1-7 August National Healthy Bones Week 1-8 August Dental Health Week 5 August Jeans for Genes Day 8 August Dying to Know Day (D2KD) (dying & bereavement( 13 August Left Handers Day 17-23 August (TBC) Brain Injury Awareness Week 22-27 August Hearing Awareness Week 28 August Daffodil Day (Cancer Council) September Blue September (men s cancers) International Prostate Cancer Awareness Month 1 September Gold Bow Day 5-9 September Women s Health Week 8 September World Physiotherapy Day 8 September R U OK? Day 12-18 September National Stroke Week 10 September World Suicide Prevention Day 13 September World First Aid Day 15 September World Lymphoma Awareness Day 15-21 September Headache and Migraine Week 21 September World Alzheimer's Day 21 September World Gratitude Day 22 September World Car-free Day 29 September World Heart Day October National Safe Work Australia Month Mental Health Month Ocsober (give up alcohol) Droptober (obesity) Breast Cancer Awareness Month Walktober Lupus Awareness Month Shoctober (Defibrillator Awareness) 1 October World Vegetarian Day 3 October Virus Appreciation Day 9-15 October Mental Health Week 10 October World Mental Health Day
12 October International Arthritis Day 12 October Ride to Work Day 12-18 October (TBC) Be Medicine-Wise Week 13 October World Sight Day 15 October Global Handwashing Day 16-22 October National Nutrition Week 16-22 October Carers Week 20 October World Osteoporosis Day 22 October International Stuttering Awareness Day 23-29 October Sock-It-To-Suicide Week 23-29 October International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week of Action 23-29 October International Brain Tumour Awareness Week 24 October Pink Ribbon Day November Movember: Changing the Face of Men s Health Lung Health Awareness Month 6-12 November Australian Food Safety Week 12 November World Pneumonia Day 13-19 November Perinatal Depression and Anxiety Awareness Week 13-20 November National Skin Cancer Action Week 14 November World Diabetes Day 14-20 November Antibiotic Awareness Week 16 November World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Day December Decembeard (bowel cancer) 1 December World AIDS Day 3 December International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD) 5 December International Volunteer Day