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2010

2010 Federal Health Information Centers and Clearinghouses
  
The YEAR 2010 AT A GLANCE
 


January

Cervical Health Awareness Month

Glaucoma Awareness Month

National Birth Defects Prevention Month

National Radon Action Month

Thyroid Awareness Month

4 - 10 National Folic Acid Awareness Week



February

AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month

American Heart Month

International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month

National Children’s Dental Health Month

National Wise Health Consumer Month

1 - 7 World Salt Awareness Week

5 Give Kids A Smile Day

5 National Wear Red Day

7 - 14 Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week

7 - 13 Burn Awareness Week

7 National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

14 - 20 Children of Alcoholics Week

14 National Donor Day



March

National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

National Endometriosis Awareness Month

National Nutrition Month®

Save Your Vision Month

Workplace Eye Wellness Month

7 - 13 National Patient Safety Awareness Week

7 - 13 National Problem Gambling Awareness Week

7 - 13 National Sleep Awareness Week®

8 - 12 National School Breakfast Week

10 National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

11 World Kidney Day

14 - 20 National Poison Prevention Week

15 - 21 Brain Awareness Week

20 National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

23 American Diabetes Alert Day

24 World Tuberculosis Day

28 - April 3 Root Canal Awareness Week



April

Alcohol Awareness Month

Foot Health Awareness Month

Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month

National Autism Awareness Month

National Cancer Control Month

National Child Abuse Prevention Month

National Donate Life Month

National Facial Protection Month

National Minority Health Awareness Month

National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month

National Youth Sports Safety Month

Occupational Therapy Month

Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month

Sports Eye Safety Month

Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month

5 - 11 National Public Health Week

7 World Health Day

8 National Alcohol Screening Day®

20 Sexual Assault Awareness Month Day of Action

24 - May 1 National Infant Immunization Week

24 - 25 2010 March for Babies

24 World Meningitis Day



May

American Stroke Month

Better Hearing and Speech Month

Clean Air Month

Healthy Vision Month

Hepatitis Awareness Month

Lupus Awareness Month

Lyme Disease Awareness Month

Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month

Mental Health Month

Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month

National Arthritis Awareness Month

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month

National Bike Month

National Celiac Disease Awareness Month

National High Blood Pressure Education Month

National Neurofibromatosis Month

National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month

National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month

National Toxic Encephalopathy and Chemical Injury Awareness Month

Older Americans Month

Sturge-Weber Awareness Month

Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Month

Ultraviolet Awareness Month

1 - 7 National Physical Education and Sport Week

2 - 8 Children's Mental Health Awareness Week

2 - 8 North American Occupational Safety and Health Week

3 - 7 National Mental Health Counseling Week

3 Melanoma Monday

8 Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Awareness Day

9 - 15 Food Allergy Awareness Week

9 - 15 National Alcohol- and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Week

10 - 16 National Stuttering Awareness Week

10 National Women's Check-up Day

12 Fibromyalgia Awareness Day

18 HIV Vaccine Awareness Day

19 National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

19 National Employee Health and Fitness Day

19 World Hepatitis Day

24 - 30 Recreational Water Illness Prevention Week

26 National Senior Health & Fitness Day

31 World No Tobacco Day



June

1 - July 4 Fireworks Safety Month

Home Safety Month

National Aphasia Awareness Month

National Congenital Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Awareness Month

National Scleroderma Awareness Month

National Scoliosis Awareness Month

Vision Research Month

1 - 7 Sun Safety Week

6 - 12 National Headache Awareness Week

6 National Cancer Survivors Day

8 Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

14 - 20 National Men's Health Week

19 World Sickle Cell Day

20 - 26 Lightning Safety Week

21 National ASK Day

27 - July 5 Eye Safety Awareness Week

27 National HIV Testing Day



July

Cord Blood Awareness Month

International Group B Strep Awareness Month

Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month

UV Safety Month



August

Cataract Awareness Month

Children's Eye Health and Safety Month

National Immunization Awareness Month

Psoriasis Awareness Month

Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month

1 National Minority Donor Awareness Day

8 - 14 National Health Center Week



September

Childhood Cancer Month

Fruit and Veggies - More Matters Month

Leukemia & Lymphoma Awareness Month

National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month

National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month

National Cholesterol Education Month

National Infant Mortality Awareness Month

National Pediculosis Prevention Month/Head Lice Prevention Month

National Sickle Cell Month

National Yoga Awareness Month

Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

Reye's Syndrome Awareness Month

Sports and Home Eye Safety Month

Whole Grains Month

5 - 11 National Suicide Prevention Week

13 National Celiac Disease Awareness Day

15 National School Backpack Awareness Day

18 National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day

19 - 25 National Farm Safety & Health Week

19 - 25 National Rehabilitation Awareness Celebration

21 World Alzheimer's Day

23 RAINN Day

25 Family Health & Fitness Day USA

26 National Mesothelioma Awareness Day

27 National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

28 World Rabies Day

29 National Women's Health & Fitness Day

30 World Heart Day



October

Eye Injury Prevention Month

Halloween Safety Month

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

National Celiac Disease Awareness Month

National Dental Hygiene Month

National Disability Employment Awareness Month

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month

National Down Syndrome Awareness Month

National Medical Librarians Month

National Physical Therapy Month

National Spina Bifida Awareness Month

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month

Talk About Prescriptions Month

1 - 7 National Sarcoidosis Awareness Week

3 - 10 Hearing Aid Awareness Week

3 - 9 Mental Illness Awareness Week

3 - 9 National Fire Prevention Week

4 - 8 Drive Safely Work Week

4 National Child Health Day

7 National Depression Screening Day ®

10 World Mental Health Day

11 - 15 National School Lunch Week

12 - 20 Bone and Joint Decade National Action Week

13 Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day

15 National Latino AIDS Awareness Day

16 World Food Day

18 - 24 National Drug-Free Work Week

20 World Osteoporosis Day

22 International Stuttering Awareness Day

22 National Mammography Day

23 - 31 Red Ribbon Week

24 - 30 Respiratory Care Week

27 Lung Health Day



November

American Diabetes Month

COPD Awareness Month

Diabetic Eye Disease Month

Foot Health Issues Related to Diabetes Awareness Month

Lung Cancer 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

8 - 14 Drowsy Driving Prevention Week

8 - 14 National Drug Facts Week

18 Great American Smokeout

18 Prematurity Awareness Day

20 National Survivors of Suicide Day

21 - 27 Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Awareness Week



December

Safe Toys and Gifts Month

1 - 7 National Aplastic Anemia and MDS Awareness Week

1 World AIDS Day

5 - 11 National Handwashing Awareness Week

  
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