Narara Valley Medical

Movember
2025-11-01 08:00 - 2025-11-30 17:00 (Australia/Sydney)
If there’s one thing The Order of Mo is known for, it’s this. Growing a Mo is our symbol for better men’s health. It also grabs attention and starts important conversations. So give it a go – it shows the world you stand for healthier men and a healthier world.

World Pneumonia Day
2025-11-12
Each year on World Pneumonia Day, Every Breath Counts adds our collective voice to the global call to action by rallying our members.

World Diabetes Day
2025-11-14
Diabetes is a major cause of blindness, kidney failure, heart attack, stroke and lower limb amputation. Healthy diet, physical activity and avoiding tobacco use can prevent or delay type 2 diabetes. In addition diabetes can be treated and its consequences avoided or delayed with medication, regular screening and treatment for complications.

Cervical Cancer Elimination Day of Action
2025-11-17
Each year WHO joins advocates around the world to commemorate a landmark Day of Action for Cervical Cancer Elimination and welcome groundbreaking new initiatives to end this devastating disease. The global movement to eliminate cervical cancer is driven by the energy, passion and momentum of communities, partners and individuals working towards catalyzing change.
The date marks the day in 2020 when WHO launched the Global strategy to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem, with a resolution passed by 194 countries.

World Day for the Prevention and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Violence
2025-11-18
Globally, countless young individuals are victims of sexual misconduct and exploitation. Such violations are pervasive, cutting across all nations and societal strata.
Children, especially girls, are at a greater risk of experiencing forced sex and sexual exploitation, abuse and violence, including both online and offline, and it’s also a common situation during armed conflicts.
In the global context of multiple challenges – the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, conflicts, climate change and disasters – the inadequate action, or measures to address the root causes, such as rising inequalities, deepening poverty, and structural discrimination on intersecting grounds, continue to exacerbate the situations that expose children to exploitation, abuse and violence. Child victims and survivors of such crimes can face long-lasting negative impacts on their physical, mental, and sexual health and development. Such trauma on children may even amount to torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.
Many victims and survivors never disclose and/or seek justice, rehabilitation or support because of the shame. For many victims and survivors, their child abuse experience affects their physical and mental health and well-being, and sometimes there are lifelong consequences.

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week
2025-11-18 08:00 - 2025-11-26 17:00
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change over time and no longer respond to medicines, making infections harder to treat and increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness and death. As a result of drug resistance, antibiotics and other antimicrobial medicines become ineffective and infections become increasingly difficult or impossible to treat.

International Men's Day
2025-11-19
In Australia, IMD is a great opportunity to take part in a global conversation about manhood, masculinity and men’s issues by:
– highlighting some of the social issues that men and boys face
– making a difference for the men and boys in your community
– celebrating men and boys in all their diversity
– having some serious fun in the process.
This year, International Men’s Day will be held on Wednesday 19 November 2025, though many people will hold their activities and celebrations before or after the main event.

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
2025-11-25
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) remains largely unreported due to the impunity, silence, stigma and shame surrounding it.
It can manifest in physical, sexual and psychological forms, encompassing:
– intimate partner violence (battering, psychological abuse, marital rape, femicide);
– sexual violence and harassment (rape, forced sexual acts, unwanted sexual advances, child sexual abuse, forced – marriage, street harassment, stalking, cyber- harassment);
– human trafficking (slavery, sexual exploitation);
– female genital mutilation; and
– child marriage.
Within the UN Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women issued by the UN General Assembly in 1993, defines violence against women as “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.”
This affects women at all stages of their life, including education, employment, and opportunities.
Some women and girls, such as those in vulnerable situations or humanitarian crises, migrants, LGTBI, indigenous people or those with disabilities, face greater risk.
Violence against women continues to be an obstacle to achieving equality, development, peace as well as to the fulfillment of women and girls’ human rights. All in all, the promise of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – to leave no one behind – cannot be fulfilled without putting an end to violence against women and girls.

World AIDS Day
2025-12-01
World AIDS Day raises awareness of HIV and AIDS in our community and across the world. It reminds us that HIV is still a global epidemic.

Decembeard and Decembhair
2025-12-01 08:00 - 2025-12-31 17:00
A hair–raising fundraiser held during the month of December, Decembeard Australia encourages men to grow or challenge their beard in the final month of the year to raise awareness and much needed funds for Bowel Cancer Australia.

International Day of People with Disability
2025-12-03
The United Nations has announced the theme for IDPwD 2025. The theme is:
Fostering disability inclusive societies for advancing social progress.

World Soil Day
2025-12-05
The theme for 2025 is Healthy Soils for Healthy Cities.

Tropical Tree Day
2025-12-07
Planet Ark has a national tree day in July as well as tropical tree day this December 7.
Spending time in green spaces leads to better mental health and wellbeing, so it’s no wonder we gravitate towards nature when we need a break. However, with some considered planting, there’s no reason why your own backyard or balcony garden can’t have a similar effect.

Human Rights Day
2025-12-10
The Australian Human Right Commission promotes and protects human rights for all people in Australia and helps to resolve complaints about discrimination. It has awards on the 10 December each year to honour human rights heroes.

World Meditation Day
2025-12-21
According to archaeologists, meditation dates back to 5,000 BCE, and the practice itself has ties to ancient Egypt and China, Judaism, Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism and Buddhism, as well as to Christianity and Islam.
It is not religious and is available to everyone.
Meditation can help reduce stress, blood pressure and anxiety, promote emotional health, enhance self-awareness and improve sleep.

Boxing Day: Closed
2025-12-26
Narara Valley Medical will be closed on Boxing Day, 26 December 2025.

New Year's Day: Closed
2026-01-01
Narara Valley Medical will be closed on New Year’s Day.

Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
2026-01-01 08:00 - 2026-01-31 17:00
Cervical Cancer Awareness Month: Focus on prevention and screening

World Braille Day (Disability Awareness)
2026-01-04
Bringing disabilities including vision impairment to the fore.

Paget's Awareness Day (Bone health)
2026-01-21
This day is to bring awareness to bone health.

Race against Dementia Day
2026-01-21

Australia Day: Closed
2026-01-26
Narara Valley Medical will be closed on Australia Day, 26 January 2026.

Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
2026-02-01 08:00 - 2026-02-28 17:00
Each year in Australia around 1,900 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer. In most cases the cancer will be diagnosed at an advanced stage, where it is very difficult to treat.
That is why we’re committed to ensuring that every Australian knows more about ovarian cancer and its early symptoms.

REDFEB
2026-02-01 08:00 - 2026-02-28 17:00
The REDFEB goal is to reduce the devastating impact heart disease has on families and communities.

FEB Fast
2026-02-01 08:00 - 2026-02-28 17:00
Ditch the booze for 28 days, feel great, and feel even better knowing you’re raising funds for Lifeline to help prevent suicide.

Primary Health Care Nurses Day
2026-02-04
Primary Health Care Nurses Day is held on the first Wednesday in February each year. It celebrates the vital work of nurses who care for people outside hospital settings, including aged care, general practice, community health, schools, custodial care and other primary health care settings.

National Lunchbox Week
2026-02-09 08:00 - 2026-02-15 17:00
National Lunchbox Week is an initiative of Nutrition Australia that aims to inspire Australian families to create enjoyable and nourishing lunchboxes.

Safer Internet Day
2026-02-10
Safer Internet Day is a global day of action bringing communities, schools, organisations and families from 180 countries together to raise awareness of online safety issues and work towards a safer internet.

National Condom Day
2026-02-14
Sharing the date with Valentines Day, National Condom Day is an opportunity to celebrate safer sex and relationships. At SHQ we believe everyone has the right to learn about sexual health so that we can have healthier relationships, and safer, consensual, and pleasurable sex.

Mental Health Nurses Day
2026-02-20
Celebrate Mental Health Nurses’ Day with the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses 2026 webinar and presentation of the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses’ Mental Health Nurse of the Year award.
