Health Calendar - December 2008

December is Firecracker Injury Prevention Month

Other activities:

• World Aids Day (December 1)
• Health Emergency Week (December 1-7)
• National Youth Health Day (December 10).

Source: Department of Health

Health Calendar - November 2008

• Cancer Pain Awareness Month
• Filariasis Awareness Month
• Malaria Awareness Month
• Traditional and Alternative Health Care Month
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)Awareness Week (3-9)
• National Food Fortification Day (7)
• National Skin Disease Detection and Prevention Week (10-16)
• Deaf Awareness Week (10-16)
• World Diabetes Day (14)
• Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Week (17-23)
• Population and Development Week (23-29)

Health Calendar - October 2008

The month of October is:

• Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• National Children's Month

Other health activities:

• Elderly Filipino Week (1-7)
• National Mental Health Week (6-12)
• National Newborn Screening Week (6-12)
• World Mental Health Day (10)
• World Sight Day (10)
• Bone and Joint Awareness Week (13-19)
• Garantisadong Pambata Week (13-19) - Round 2
• Health Education Week (13-19)
• National Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity (13-19)
• Disorder Awareness Week
• Food Safety Awareness Week (20-26)

Source: Department of Health