healthworks health awareness calendar 2019
January 2019 1 2 3 4 5 6 New Year s Day 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Australia Day Public Holiday
Feburary 2019 All February: FebFast, Ovarian Cancer Awarness Month. REDFEB Heart Research Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Cancer Day 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Smart Eating Week / Healthy Weight Week (11-17) International Asperger s Day Clean Up Australia Day for Businesses Teal Ribbon Day (Ovarian Cancer) Wear Red Day 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Rare Disease Day
March 2019 All March: Melanoma March 1 2 3 Compliment Day 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 International Women s Day Brain 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Awareness Week (11-17) Public Holiday (ACT, SA, TAS, VIC) s Greatest Shave (Luekemia) 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 International Day of Happiness Kidney Day Down Syndrome Day Sleep Day 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Purple Day for Epilepsy Hearing Day & Hearing Awareness Week (3-9)
April 2019 All April: Go Blue for Autism 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Be Alarmed Day & National Smile Day 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Kidney Health Week (8-14) Autism Day 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Creativy & Innovation Week (15-21) National 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Patient Experience Week (22-26) 29 30 Immunisation Week (23-29) Parkinson s Day DNA Day Anzac Day Good Friday Easter Saturday (except TAS & WA) Health Day Easter Sunday (ACT, NSW, QLD & VIC) Day for Safety and Health at Work & National Heart Week (28 April-5 May)
May 2019 All May: Mindful in May, Macula Month, Crohn s & Colitis Awareness Month, 65 Roses (Cystic Fibrosis), Thyroid Awareness Month, Eczema Awareness Month 1 2 3 4 5 International 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 No Diet Day Labour Day (QLD) & May Day (NT) Kiss Goodbye to MS 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 National Volunteer Week (20-26) Asthma Day Ovarian Cancer Day International Day of Families 27 28 29 30 31 Reconciliation Day (ACT) Wear White at Work Day (Suicide & Mental Illness) Australia s Biggest Morning Tea (Cancer) MS Day Hypertension Day No Tobacco Day Thyroid Day Hand Hygiene Day IBD Day (Crohns & Colitis) Food Allergy Awareness Week (26 May-1 June)
June 2019 All June: Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, National Burns Awareness Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Western Australia Day (WA) Men s Health 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Week (10-16) Queen s Birthday (except WA, QLD) 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Red Apple Day International Day of Yoga 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Red Nose Day
July 2019 All July: Dry July, JulEYE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 National Diabetes Week (14-20) 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 National Pain Week (22-28) Stress Down Day 29 30 31 White RIbbon Night Donate Life Week (28 Jul-4 Aug)
August 2019 All August: Tradies National Health Month 1 2 3 4 Picnic Day (NT) 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Dental Health Week & Sleep Awareness Week (5-11) Jeans for Genes Day 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Daffodil Day (Cancer Council) 26 27 28 29 30 31
September 2019 All September: International Prostate Cancer Awareness Month 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Women s Health Week (2-6) 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Headache and Migraine Week (9-15) 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Queen s Birthday (WA) Suicide Prevention Day R U OK? Day AFL Grand Final Friday (VIC) First Aid Day 1 National Blood Donor Week and Migraine Awareness Week (1-7) Car-Free Day Heart Day
October 2019 All October: National Safe Work Australia Month, Mental Health Month, Ocsober, Foot Health Month, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Walktober, Shoctober, Polio Awarenss Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Labour Day (NSW, ACT, SA) & Queen s Birthday (QLD) 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Ride to Work Day Mental Health Day & Sight Day Smile Day & Walk to Work Day Mental Health Week (5-13) 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 National Nutrition Week & Carers Week (13-19) Pink Ribbon Day & Sock it to Suicide Week (20-27) 28 29 30 31 Polio Day
November 2019 All November: Movember: Changing the Face of Men s Health 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Recreation Day (TAS) 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 National Skin Cancer Awareness Week (18-24) Melbourne Cup (VIC) Kindness Day Diabetes Day 25 26 27 28 29 30 Australian Food Safety Week (9-16)
December 2019 All December: Decembeard (Bowel Cancer) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 International Day of Persons with Disabilities International Volunteer Day 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1 AIDS Day 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Christmas Day Boxing Day (except SA) & Proclamation Day (SA)