2007 Health Observances

January 2007

• National Birth Defects Prevention Month
• Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
• National Blood Donor Month
• National Glaucoma Awareness Month
• Thyroid Awareness Month

• AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month
• American Heart Month
• National Children's Dental Health Month
• National Wise Health Consumer Month
• Prenatal Infection Prevention Month
• 2 Give Kids A Smile Day (Dental)
• 2 National Wear Red Day 2007
• 4-10 National Burn Awareness Week
• 7-14 Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week
• 11-17 Children of Alcoholics Week
• 12-17 National Condom Week
• 14 National Donor Day
• 16 National Women's Heart Day
• 25-3 National Eating Disorders Awareness Week

• National Brain Injury Awareness Month
• National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
• National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month
• National Nutrition Month
• Save Your Vision Month
• Workplace Eye Health and Safety Month
• 4-10 National Patient Safety Awareness Week
• 5-9 National School Breakfast Week
• 5-11 Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week
• 5-11 National Problem Gambling Awareness Week
• 12-18 Brain Awareness Week
• 18-24 National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week
• 24 World TB (Tuberculosis) Day
• 27 American Diabetes Alert Day

• Alcohol Awareness Month
• Cesarean Awareness Month
• Counseling Awareness Month
• Foot Health Awareness Month
• IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) Awareness Month
• National Autism Awareness Month
• National Child Abuse Prevention Month
• National Donate Life Month
• National Facial Protection Month
• National Youth Sports Safety Month
• Occupational Therapy Month
• Sports Eye Safety Month
• Women's Eye Health Safety Month
• 2-8 National Public Health Week
• 5 A Day To End Sexual Violence
• 5 National Alcohol Screening Day
• 7 World Heath Day
• 21-28 National Infant Immunization Week
• 23-29 Cover the Uninsured Week
• 28 World Tai Chi & Qigong Day
• 28-29 2007 Walk America
• 28- May 6 National SAFE KIDS Week

• American Stroke Month
• Allergy & Asthma Awareness Month
• Better Sleep Month
• Clean Air Month
• Hepatitis Awareness Month
• Lyme Disease Awareness Month
• Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
• Mental Health Month
• Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Awareness Month
• National Bike Month
• National High Blood Pressure Education Month
• National Neurofibromatosis Month
• National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
• National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
• Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Month
• Ultraviolet Awareness Month
• 1-7 National Physical Education and Sport Week
• 1 Melanoma Monday
• 2 National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day
• 6-12 National Mental Health Counseling Week
• 6-12 North American Occupational Safety and Health Week
• 6 High Blood Pressure Sunday
• 12 Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
• 12 Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Awareness Day
• 13-19 National Alcohol and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Awareness Week
• 13-19 National Women's Health Week
• 14-18 Bike to Work Week
• 14-20 National Stuttering Awareness Week
• 14 National Women's Check-up Day
• 15 Sex Differences in Health Awareness Day
• 16 National Employee Health and Fitness Day
• 18 HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
• 20-26 Schizophrenia Awareness Week
• 21-27 Recreational Water Illness Prevention Week
• 31 World "No Tobacco" Day

• Fireworks Safety Month (through July 4)
• Home Safety Month
• Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month
• National Aphasia Awareness Month
• National Scleroderma Awareness Month
• Vision Research Month
• 3-9 National Headache Awareness Week
• 3-9 Sun Safety Week
• 3 National Cancer Survivors Day
• 11-17 National Men's Health Week
• 21 National ASK Day
• 24-30 Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week
• 27 - July 5 Eye Safety Awarness Week

• International and National Group B Strep Awareness Month
• UV Safety Month
• 10-14 National Youth Sports Week

• Cataract Awareness Month
• Children's Eye Health and Safety Month
• National Immunization Awareness Month
• Psoriasis Awareness Month
• Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
• 1-7 World Breastfeeding Week
• 1 National Minority Donor Awareness Day

• Childhood Cancer Month
• Fruit and Vegetable Month
• Healthy Aging Month
• Leukemia & Lymphoma Awareness Month
• National Acceptance Month
• National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month
• National Cholesterol Education Month
• National Pediculosis Prevention Month/Head Lice Prevention Month
• National Sickle Cell Month
• Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
• Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
• Reye's Syndrome Awareness Month
• Sports and Home Eye Safety Month
• 9-15 Suicide Prevention Week
• 10 STOP a Suicide Today Day
• 16-22 National Rehabilitation Week
• 16-22 Reye's Syndrome Awareness Week
• 18 Take a Loved One for a Check-Up Day
• 21 World Alzheimer's Day
• 30 World Heart Day
• 30 - October 6 Hearing Aid Awareness Week

• "Talk About Prescriptions" Month
• Eye Injury Prevention Month
• Halloween Safety Month
• Healthy Lung Month
• Lupus Awareness Month
• National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
• National Dental Hygiene Month
• National Disability Employment Awareness Month
• National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
• National Family Sexuality Education Month
• National Medical Librarians Month
• National Physical Therapy Month
• National Spina Bifida Awareness Month
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month
• 1 National Child Health Day
• 1-5 Drive Safely Work Week
• 4 NDSD Mental Health Screening TM
• 7-13 Fire Prevention Week
• 10 SAVE (Stop America's Violence Everywhere) Today
• 10 World Mental Health Day
• 12-20 Bone & Joint Decade National Awareness Week
• 15-19 National Health Education Week
• 15-19 National School Lunch Week
• 16 World Food Day
• 19 National Mammography Day
• 21-28 Respiratory Care Week
• 22 International Stuttering Awareness Day
• 24 Lung Health Day

• American Diabetes Month
• Diabetic Eye Disease Month
• Foot Health Issues Related to Diabetes Awareness Month
• Jaw Joints/TMJ Awareness Month
• Lung Cancer Awareness Month
• National Adoption Month
• National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month
• National Family Caregivers Month
• National Healthy Skin Month
• National Hospice Palliative Care Month
• Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
• Prematurity Awareness Month
• Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month
• 15 Great American Smokeout
• 18-24 GERD Awareness Week (gastroesophageal reflux disease)
• 21 Prematurity Awareness Day

• 1 World AIDS Day
• 1-7 National Aplastic Anemia Awareness Week
• 2-8 National Hand Washing Awareness Week