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International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD) 2019
Nov 08, 2019
Every year at 3 December, the International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD) is celebrated to increase public awareness, understanding and acceptance of people with disability and celebrate their achievements and contributions. This year, the...World AIDS Day 2019
Nov 06, 2019
1st of December is World AIDS Day. And this year, with the theme "Communities make the difference", the event aims to highlight the essential role that communites have played and continue to play in the AIDS response at the international, national...National Handwashing Awareness Week 2019
Nov 04, 2019
National Handwashing Awareness Week, which will be celebrated this coming 1-7 December 2019, aims to keep the spotlight on the importance of handwashing, which is the most basic but most effective disease prevention method. Personal hygiene begins...National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month 2019
Nov 01, 2019
With December coming in fast, parties will be abound. And when there are parties, there are drinks. Historical data have shown that during this month, when everybody just keeps on partying, fatality rate due to drunk driving is the highest all year-long.Decembeard 2019: Help Us Beat Bowel Cancer
Oct 30, 2019
Decembeard Australia: Grow a beard, raise funds and help us beat bowel cancer. Now on it's seventh year, Decembeard is a month-long awareness and fundraising event that encourages men to grown a beard during the last month of the year to help raise...International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day 2019
Oct 25, 2019
International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day, also known as Survivor Day, is happening this 23 November 2019 all over the world. Through this event, people affected by suicide loss can have a day to reflect and join together for healing and support.White Ribbon Day 2019
Oct 23, 2019
White Ribbon Day, which is happening on 22 November 2019, is Australia’s largest violence against women awareness day. During this day, various communities all over the country come together to stand up, speak out and act, and say "no!" to gendered...National Skin Cancer Action Week 2019
Oct 21, 2019
Every year, Cancer Council Australia and the Australasian College of Dermatologists come together for National Skin Cancer Action Week. And this year, the awareness week will be on 17-23 November 2019. What is National Skin Cancer Action Week? National...World Diabetes Day 2019
Oct 18, 2019
Every year, November has become Diabetes awareness month. And with that, World Diabetes Day, which will be celebrated on 14 November 2019. For the past two years, the central theme of the campaign is "Family and Diabetes", which focuses on the impact...World Kindness Day 2019
Oct 14, 2019
In 1997, through the signing of the "Declaration of Kindness", the 13th of November has been decreed as World Kindness Day. It marked the opening of the World Kindness Movement conference held at Tokyo in 1998, as well as the 35th anniversary of the...Australian Food Safety Week 2019
Oct 11, 2019
This year's Australian Food Safety Week will be held on 9-16 November 2019. Lead by the Food Safety Information Council Ltd, the 2019 theme will be "Excellent eggs – handle them safely" and will focus more on food handling and how it is important...Alzheimer's Awareness Month 2019
Oct 07, 2019
All over the world, November has been known as Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. This since President Ronald Reagan made the designation in 1983 and is still being recognized to this day. Based on numbers from the Alzheimer’s Association, at that time, there...Movember 2019
Oct 04, 2019
Movember is an annual event wherein men are encouraged to grow their moustaches during the month of November to raise awareness of men's health issues, including prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and men's suicide. The word "Movember" is actually...National Herbal Medicine Week 2019
Oct 02, 2019
Every year, the last week of October is assigned as National Herbal Medicine Week that aims to promote herbal medicine to the public, educate people about herbal medicine, share knowledge and show people the vital role that herbalists play in community...World Osteoporosis Day 2019
Sep 30, 2019
Every year on 20 October, the world celebrates World Osteoporosis Day (WOD), which is a year-long campaign that aims to to raise global awareness of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis. The campaign also aims to make osteoporosis...Ride2Work Day 2019
Sep 27, 2019
National Ride2Work Day is Australia’s largest celebration of commuter riding. Held every year in October, the day aims to celebrate the benefits of riding to work, as well as bring together the communities that support it. Happening on 16 October...Global Handwashing Day 2019
Sep 25, 2019
15 October 2019 is Global Handwashing Day, which is a global advocacy day that aims to increase awareness and understanding about the importance of handwashing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives. The day...National Carers Week 2019
Sep 23, 2019
National Carers Week 2019 is all about recognising and celebrating the outstanding and self-less contributions of the over 2.7 million carers in Australia. This week-long campaign is an opportunity to raise community awareness among all Australians...National Nutrition Week 2019
Sep 20, 2019
This year's National Nutrition Week will be from 13-19 October. This awareness campaign has been running for more than two decades. In Australia, Nutrition Australia heads up the campaign, which coincides with the United Nations' World Food Day on...Polio Awareness Month 2019 & World Polio Day 2019
Sep 18, 2019
October is Polio Awareness Month, which aims to create awareness about the disease, as well as reflect on those people who contracted polio during the epidemics and are not living with the late effects of polio. To cap off the month-long celebration...
