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The calendar of national health observances below was provided courtesy of the Morton J. Kent Habilitation Center staff.
August
Cataract Awareness Month
Children's Eye Health and Safety Month
National Immunization Awareness Month
September
Healthy Aging Month
Childhood Cancer Month
Fruit and Vegetable Month
Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Month
National Cholesterol Education Month
National Sickle Cell Month
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
16-22 National Rehabilitation Awareness Celebration
18 Take A Loved One for a Checkup Day
30 World Heart Day
30 (Through October 6) Hearing Aid Awareness Week
October
Halloween Safety Month
Healthy Lung Month
Lupus Awareness Month
National Dental Hygiene Month
National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
National Physical Therapy Month
1 National Child Health Day
1-5 Drive Safely Work Week
12-20 Bone and Joint Decade National Action Week
15-19 National Health Education Week
15-19 National School Lunch Week
16 World Food Day
19 National Mammography Day
November
National Family Caregivers Month
National Healthy Skin Month
American Diabetes Month
15 Great American Smokeout
December
1 World AIDS Day
2-8 National Handwashing Awareness Week
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