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Dental Health Week 2019
Jul 23, 2019
5-11 August 2019 is Dental Health Week, Australian Dental Association’s major annual oral health promotion event that aims to educate Australians about the importance of maintaining good oral health. This event's key messages are the following: Brush...Liptember for Women's Mental Health
Jul 22, 2019
Get ready for some colorful and vibrant lips soon? As Liptember is fast approaching. What is Liptember? Liptember is a fundraising and awareness campaign launched to help support women's mental health every September. The month-long campaign calls...Jeans for Genes 2019
Jul 19, 2019
This coming 2 August 2019, the Children’s Medical Research Institute will celebrate Jeans for Genes, a yearly fundraising campaign to fund revolutionary research that helps diagnose, understand and find cures or treatments for conditions affecting...Tradies National Health Month 2019
Jul 16, 2019
Tradies National Health Month, which is happening this August, aims to raise awareness on the health and injury risks affecting those who work in trade occupations, including tradies themselves, their families, employers and the wider community. This...Sleep Awareness Week 2019
Jul 12, 2019
Sleep Awareness Week, happening this 5-11 August 2019, is an annual event that highlights the importance of having a good quality sleep. This year's theme is "Sleep on it: Memory and problem solving" and will feature stories and research from experts...DonateLife Week 2019
Jul 09, 2019
DonateLife Week 2019, happening this 28 July to 4 August, is an annual community awareness campaign to promote organ and tissue donation in Australia. During this week, Australias are encouraged to register to become organ and tissue donors and to...Stress Less This Stress Down Day 2019
Jul 04, 2019
24 July 2019 is Stress Down Day, a fun and easy initiative by Lifeline Australia designed to help reduce stress and raise vital funds for the organisation. Lifeline is a national charity providing all Australians who experience personal crisis access...National Pain Week 2019
Jul 02, 2019
Every year, Chronic Pain Australia, whic is the national voice of people living with chronic pain, organises National Pain Week to help with the needs of the many Australians living with some form of chronic pain. By officially launching the results...National Diabetes Week 2019
Jun 28, 2019
An estimated 1.2 million or 6% of Australian adults aged 18 years and over are suffering from diabetes, based on self-reported data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2014–15 National Health Survey. This includes patients with type 1...Go Alcohol-free on Dry July 2019
Jun 25, 2019
What is Dry July? Dry July is a fundraising and awareness campaign started through the Dry July Foundation that encourages people to go alcohol-free during the month of July in order to create better awareness for cancer and raise funds for people...WABA World Breastfeeding Week 2019
Jun 18, 2019
World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) is a global network of individuals and organisations dedicated to the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding worldwide. Every year, WABA coordinates and organises the World Breastfeeding Week...Eat an Apple for Bowel Cancer Awareness
Jun 03, 2019
June is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, an annual initiative that raises awareness of bowel cancer - the third most common type of newly diagnosed cancer. While the campaign runs for the month of June, 19 June 2019 is Red Apple Day. What is Red Apple...JulEye is National Eye Health Awareness Month
May 30, 2019
The whole month of July will become JulEye, which is the celebration of the National Eye Health Awareness Month. Led by the Eye Surgeons Foundation of Australia, this campaign aims to: raise community awareness of eye health issues raise funding...International Day of Yoga 2019
May 13, 2019
Just like every year since 2015, 21 June 2019 will mark the International Day of Yoga, which will be on its 5th year this time. Unofficially but commonly referred to as Yoga Day, this day was unanimously declared by the United Nations General Assembly...International Men's Health Week 2019
May 06, 2019
Men's Health Week, which was started in the United States in 1994, will be celebrating it's 25th year this 2019 and will be held on 10-16 June. In Australia, the festivities will be proudly led by the Men's Health Information and Resource Centre as...Bowel Cancer Awareness Month and Red Apple Day 2019
May 03, 2019
Bowel Cancer Australia, the leading community-funded charity dedicated to prevention, early diagnosis, research, quality treatment and the best care for everyone affected by bowel cancer, will lead the way for the celebration of Bowel Cancer Awareness...Infant Mental Health Awareness Week 2019
May 03, 2019
Infant Mental Health Awareness Week in Australia will be on 10-16 June 2019, led by the Australian Association for Infant Mental Health. This event, which was established in 2016 in UK, aims to raise a greater understanding for policy makers, professionals...MindBodySpirit Melbourne Festival 2019
May 01, 2019
Held biannually, the MindBodySpirit Melbourne Festival brings you the very best in health, wellness and spiritual guidance and is the largest of its kind. The first round will be held on 7-10 June 2019 at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre, South Wharf.International Thyroid Awareness Week and World Thyroid Day 2019
Apr 30, 2019
Happening from 25-31 May 2019, International Thyroid Awareness Week aims to help unlock the secrets of the thyroid for patients, parents and expectant/new mothers. The week-long celebration will start off with World Thyroid Day on 25 May, which was...Spinal Health Week: Are You Ready For Life?
Apr 29, 2019
With the theme "Ready For Life", this year's Spinal Health Week, which will be held from 20-26 May 2019, will once again help raise awareness about the importance of spinal health and how poor posture can affect a person's life. This week is a chance...
