International Health Awareness Calendar 2009

OCTOBER 2009

Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM) | Mental Health Awareness Month

1 International Day for Older Persons
1 National Inherited Disorders Day
5 – 9 Eye Care Awareness Week
8 World Sight Day
9 Partnership against AIDS Anniversary
9 – 13 National Nutrition Week
10 World Mental Health Day
12 World Arthritis Day
12 – 20 World Bone and Joint Week
14 International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
15 National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Day
15 – 19 National Obesity Week
16 World Food Day
17 World Trauma Day
17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
20 National Down Syndrome Day
20 World Osteoporosis Day
23 National Iodine Deficiency Disorder Day
24 World Polio Day

NOVEMBER 2009

Red Ribbon Month | Quality Month

1 Africa Youth Day
2 – 7 SADC Malaria Week
7 National Children’s Day
13 SADC Malaria Day
14 World Diabetes Day
25 International Day for the elimination of Violence Against Women
25/11 – 10/12 16 Days of Activism on No Violence Against Women

DECEMBER 2009

1 World AIDS Day
3 International Day of Disabled Persons
5 International Volunteers Day
9 World Patient Safety Day