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JANUARY
Sun Smart Awareness Month — CANSA
• 31: World Leprosy Day
FEBRUARY
Reproductive Health Month
Sun Smart Awareness Month — CANSA
•4: World Cancer Day
•12-18: STI Awareness/Condom Week
•12-18: Pregnancy Awareness Week
MARCH
Health and Nutrition Campaign Month — CANSA
• 8: International Women's Day
• 20: Head Injury Awareness Day
• 21: National Human Rights Day
• 22: World Day for Water(theme:Coping with water scarcity)
• 22: Earth Day
• 24: World Tuberculosis Day (Theme:TB anywhere is TB everywhere)
ARPRIL
Health Awareness Month
National Blood Donor Month
Oesophagus Cancer Health Awareness — CANSA
• 1-7: Polio Eradication Awareness Week
• 7: World Health Day(Theme:Health and security: outbreaks and crises)
• 17: World Haemophilia Day
• 23-29: First United Nations Global Road Safety Week
• 25: Africa Malaria Day
• 25: International Noise Awareness Day
MAY
International Multiple Sclerosis Month
No Tobacco Campaign Month — CANSA
• 1: World Asthma Day (Theme:The Unmet Needs of Asthma)
• 7-11 Mass Polio & Measles Campaign
• 8: World Red Cross Day
• 10: World Move for Health Day
• 12: Chronic Fatigue & Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Day
• 12: International Nurses Day
• 15: International Day of Families
• 21: Candlelight Memorial Day
• 28: International Day of Action for Women’s Health
• 29-3/6: Child Protection Week
• 31: World No Tobacco Day
JUNE
Prostate and Testicular Health Month — CANSA
National Youth Month
• 1: Children’s Day
• 1: International Day of Innocent Children — Victims of Aggression
• 5: World Environment Day
• 5-11: Stroke Awareness Week
• 11-15: Mass Polio & Measles Campaign
• 15: World Elder Abuse Day
• 16: Youth Day
• 17-23: National Epilepsy Week
• 19-26: SANCA Drug Awareness Week
• 26: International Day against Drug Abuse & Illicit Drug Trafficking
JULY
Mental Illness Awareness Month
Men’s Health — CANSA
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month — CANSA
• 6: National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Day
• 11: World Population Day
• 16: Hepatitis Day
• 31-5/8: Cancer Prevention Week
AUGUST
National Oral Health Awareness Month
National Women's Month
• 31/7-6/8: National Cancer Prevention Week
• 1-7: World Breastfeeding Week
• 6-10: Rheumatic Fever Week
• 6-12: National Immunisation Awareness Week
• 9: National Women’s Day
• 8-14: Organ Donor Week
• 11: National Cancer Survivors’ Day
• 24-30: Cerebral Palsy Week
• 24-30: Deaf Awareness Week
SEPTEMBER
Albinism Awareness Month
Women’s Health — Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
National Heart — Awareness Month
• 4-11: Pharmacy Week
• 9: International Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Day
• 11-15: Back Week
• 11-15: National Kidney Awareness Week
• 16: International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
• 17-21: Stroke Week
• 21: International Day of Peace
• 21: International Alzheimer’s Day
• 26-30: Older Persons Awareness Week
OCTOBER
Women’s Health — Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Mental Health Awareness Month
• 1: International Day for Older Persons
• 1: National Inherited Disorders Day
• 8: International Day for Nature Disaster Reductions
• 9: Partnership against AIDS Anniversary
• 9-13: National Nutrition Week
• 8-12: Eye Care Awareness Week
• 10: World Mental Health Day
• 11: World Sight Day
• 12: World Arthritis Day
• 15: National Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Day
• 15-19: Obesity Week
• 16: World Food Day
• 17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
• 17: World Trauma Day
• 20: National Down Syndrome Awareness Day
• 20: World Osteoporosis Day
• 23: National Iodine Deficiency Disorder Day
• 24: World Polio Day
NOVEMBER
Red Ribbon Month
Quality Month
Sun Smart Awareness Month — CANSA
• 5: National Children’s Day
• 5-9: SADC Malaria Week
• 9: SADC Malaria Day
• 9: World Quality Day
• 14: World Diabetes Day
• 16: International Day of Tolerance
• 18: World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
• 20: Universal Children’s Day
• 25: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against
Women
• 25/11-10/12: Activism Campaign on No Violence Against Women
DECEMBER
Sun Smart Awareness Month — CANSA
• 1: World AIDS Day
• 3: International Day of Disabled Persons
• 5: International Volunteers Day
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