March 2012: Upcoming National Health Observances

Attention health professionals, teachers, and community groups!

By supporting National Health Observances, you can:

• Educate the public about health risks
• Organize successful health promotion events and campaigns
• Get new ideas, information, and resources on health topics of interest

Contact the sponsoring organization to request outreach materials and information.

Upcoming Observances for March 2012:

• National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
• National Endometriosis Awareness Month
• National Nutrition Month®
• Save Your Vision Month
• Trisomy Awareness Month
• Workplace Eye Wellness Month
• National School Breakfast Week, March 5 - 9
• National Sleep Awareness Week®, March 5 - 11
• World Kidney Day, March 8
• National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, March 10
• Brain Awareness Week, March 12 - 18
• National Poison Prevention Week, March 18 - 24
• National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, March 20
• World Tuberculosis Day, March 24
• National Tsunami Awareness Week, March 25 - 31
• American Diabetes Alert Day, March 27

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_{2012 National Health Observances, National Health Information Center, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.}

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