National & World Health Calendar 2007

JANUARY

• 31    World Leprosy Day

FEBRUARY

• 4      World Cancer Day

• 15    International Childhood Cancer Day

MARCH

• 8     International Women's Day

• 8     World Kidney Day

• 21   Human Rights Day

• 22   World Water Day

• 24   World Tuberculosis Day

APRIL

• 7      World Health Day

• 11    National Safe Motherhood Day

• 11    World Parkinson’s Disease Day

• 17    World Haemophilia Day

• 25    International Noise Awareness Day

MAY

• 1      World Asthma Day

• 5      International Midwife Day

• 8      World Red Cross Day

• 10    World Move for Health Day

• 12    International Day of Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome

• 12    International Nurses Day

• 29    Child Protection Week

• 28    International Day of Action for Women's Health  

• 31    World No Tobacco Day

JUNE

• 1      Children's Day

• 1      International Day of Innocent Children - Victims of Aggression

• 5      World Environment Day

• 5      National Filaria Day

• 24    World Stroke Day

• 26    International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking

• 27    World Diabetes Day

JULY

• 11    World Population Day

• 16    Hepatitis Day

AUGUST

• 1-7   World Breastfeeding Week

SEPTEMBER

• 9     International Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Day

• 15    World Lymphoma Awareness Day

• 21    International Alzheimer's Day

• 21    World Peace Day

• 24    World Deaf Day

• 30    World Heart Day

OCTOBER

• 1     International Day for Elder Persons

• 1     International Hepatitis C Awareness Day

• 1     World Blood Donation Day

• 8     International Day for Nature Disaster Reductions

• 11    World Sight Day

• 10    World Mental Health Day

• 12    World Arthritis Day

• 16    World Food Day

• 17    World Trauma Day

• 17    International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

• 20    National Down Syndrome Awareness Day

• 20    World Osteoporosis Day

• 22    International  Stuttering Awareness Day

• 23    National Iodine Deficiency Disorder Day

• 24    World Polio Day

• 29    World Psoriasis Day

NOVEMBER

• 7     National Cancer Awareness Day 

• 14   World Diabetes Day

• 25   International Day of Violence Against Women

DECEMBER

• 1     World AIDS Day

• 3     International Day of Disabled Persons

• 5     International Volunteers Day