Narara Valley Medical

World Leprosy Day
2025-01-28
In 2024, World Leprosy Day is Sunday 28 January. World Leprosy Day always takes place on the last Sunday of January.
This date was chosen by French humanitarian, Raoul Follereau as a tribute to the life of Mahatma Gandhi, who did much work with persons affected by leprosy and died at the end of January in 1948.
We celebrate World Leprosy Day to raise awareness of a disease that many people think does not exist anymore.
What can you share this World Leprosy Day?
If you want to raise awareness with us online this World Leprosy Day, here are some key facts and details that you can share:

Leprosy is curable with a combination of antibiotics known as Multi Drug Therapy (MDT). This treatment is available for free across the world. If leprosy is not treated, it can lead to serious complications.
Leprosy is at least 4,000 years old, making it one of the oldest diseases known to humanity. However, we believe we can be the generation that finally ends the transmission of leprosy – our target is zero transmission by 2035.
çand many millions are living with leprosy-related disabilities, particularly across Asia, Africa, and South America.
You can donate to help treat a person with leprosy at donate.leprosymission.org

World Cancer Day
2025-01-20 08:00 - 17:00 (Australia/Sydney)
World Cancer Day held every 4 February is a global initiative led by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). By raising worldwide awareness, improving education and coordinating individual, collective and government action, we are all working together to imagine a world without cancer, where everyone has access to life-saving cancer treatment and cancer care is available to everyone – no matter who you are or where you live.

World Braille Day
2025-01-04
World Braille Day, celebrated since 2019, is observed to raise awareness of the importance of Braille as a means of communication in the full realization of the human rights for blind and partially sighted people.
Braille is a tactile representation of alphabetic and numerical symbols using six dots to represent each letter and number, and even musical, mathematical and scientific symbols. Braille (named after its inventor in 19th century France, Louis Braille) is used by blind and partially sighted people to read the same books and periodicals as those printed in a visual font.

Hours 8.30am to 5.30pm
2025-01-02 08:30 - 2025-01-03 17:30

Closed New Year's Day
2025-01-01

New Year's Hours
2024-12-31 08:30 - 15:30, 2024-12-03 08:30 - 17:30

Practice is Closed
2024-12-25 08:00 - 2024-12-28 17:00

Special Christmas Hours: 8:30am to 1pm
2024-12-24 08:30 - 13:00

Special Christmas Hours 8.30am to 5.30pm
2024-12-23 08:30 - 17:30

International Migrants Day
2024-12-18
The UN Migration Agency (IOM) defines a migrant as any person who is moving or has moved across an international border or within a State away from his/her habitual place of residence, regardless of (1) the person’s legal status; (2) whether the movement is voluntary or involuntary; (3) what the causes for the movement are; or (4) what the length of the stay is.
Regardless of the reasons that compel people to move, migrants and displaced people represent some of the most vulnerable and marginalized groups in society, and are often exposed to abuse and exploitation, have limited access to essential services including healthcare, and are faced with xenophobic attacks and stigma fueled by misinformation.

World Soil Day
2024-12-05
Soil and water, a source of life
Our planet’s survival depends on the precious link between soil and water. Over 95 percent of our food originates from these two fundamental resources. Soil water, vital for nutrient absorption by plants, binds our ecosystems together. This symbiotic relationship is the foundation of our agricultural systems.
Did you know the soil in the earth is a lot like the microbes in our gut microbiome?
However, in the face of climate change and human activity, our soils are being degraded, putting excessive pressure on our water resources. Erosion disrupts the natural balance, reducing water infiltration and availability for all forms of life.
Sustainable soil management practices, such as minimum tillage, crop rotation, organic matter addition, and cover cropping, improve soil health, reduce erosion and pollution, and enhance water infiltration and storage. These practices also preserve soil biodiversity, improve fertility, and contribute to carbon sequestration, playing a crucial role in the fight against climate change.
World Soil Day 2024 (WSD) and its campaign aim to raise awareness of the importance and relationship between soil and water in achieving sustainable and resilient agrifood systems. WSD is a unique global platform that not only celebrates soils but also empowers and engages citizens around the world to improve soil health.

International Day of Persons with Disability
2024-12-03
The social model of disability recognises that barriers to full inclusion of people with disability are often created by society and embedded in environments and attitudes.
This International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD), Australian Disability Network is championing the cause to challenge these barriers and highlight steps towards creating accessible and inclusive workplaces.
We invite you to Choose Inclusion with us as we share top tips, member stories, and valuable resources to help you #RemoveBarriers and foster inclusion in your workplace.
Follow our campaign on LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook to stay updated.
While this isn’t the official IDPwD theme, our focus on workplace inclusion aligns with the day’s spirit of promoting understanding and equal opportunities. For official IDPwD activities and information, visit the Australian IDPwD website.
The theme for 2024 is Choose Inclusion!

Decembeard and Decemhair
2024-12-01 08:00 - 2024-12-31 17:00
Bowel Cancer Australia’s hair-raising campaign encourages you to be bold to raise awareness of Australia’s second deadliest cancer and funds to create real change.
Face, head, legs, body – if it’s hair – be bold for bowel cancer!
The options are limitless, and the choice is yours:
– Face, head, legs, body – if it’s hair – let it grow or let it go.
– Grow a beard or some chin stubble and promote your facial hair.
– Dye, decorate, shave or trim your precious hair or beard and create something amazing.
– Fake some luscious locks or make a hair-inspired creation.
– Donate the amount you spend on shaving/grooming or by skipping your next waxing appointment.
Created as a fun and quirky way to break the ice, Decembeard | Decembhair is also an opportunity to start a conversation about a topic that some people can find difficult to discuss.

World AIDS Day
2024-12-01
World AIDS Day brings together people from around the world to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and demonstrate international solidarity in the face of the pandemic.
The day is an opportunity for public and private partners to spread awareness about the status of the pandemic and encourage progress in HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care around the world. It has become one of the most widely recognised international health days and a key opportunity to raise awareness, commemorate those who have died, and celebrate victories such as increased access to treatment and prevention services.

World Movement Disorder Day
2024-11-29
Movement disorders are neurologic conditions that can be especially difficult to diagnose, treat, and understand.
That is why we are promoting #MoveDisorder awareness.

International Men's Day
2024-11-19
International Men’s Day (IMD) is celebrated on 19 November every year and is marked in around 80 countries worldwide.
Some people ask why we need an International Men’s Day? 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

National Skin Cancer Action Week
2024-11-18 08:00 - 2024-11-24 17:00
Often called our ‘national cancer’, Australia has the highest rate of skin cancer in the world, with approximately two in three Australians diagnosed with skin cancer during their lifetime. Sadly, around 2000 Australians will die from this disease this year, and it is estimated that almost twice as many men as women will die from melanoma this year alone.

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week
2024-11-18 08:00 - 2024-11-24 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.
A global action plan to tackle the growing problem of resistance to antibiotics and other antimicrobial medicines was endorsed at the Sixty-eighth World Health Assembly in May 2015. One of the key objectives of the plan is to improve awareness and understanding of AMR through effective communication, education and training.
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) is a global campaign that is celebrated annually to improve awareness and understanding of AMR and encourage best practices among the public, One Health stakeholders and policymakers, who all play a critical role in reducing the further emergence and spread of AMR.

Cervical Cancer Elimination Day
2024-11-17
Each year the World Health Organisation 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.

World Diabetes Day
2024-11-14
Globally, an estimated 422 million adults were living with diabetes in 2014, compared to 108 million in 1980. The global prevalence of diabetes has nearly doubled since 1980, rising from 4.7% to 8.5% in the adult population. This reflects an increase in associated risk factors such as being overweight or obese. Over the past decade, diabetes prevalence has risen faster in low and middle-income countries than in high-income countries.
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.
In 2007 General Assembly adopted resolution 61/225 designating 14 November as World Diabetes Day. The document recognized “the urgent need to pursue multilateral efforts to promote and improve human health, and provide access to treatment and health-care education.”

World Kindness Day
2024-11-13
World Kindness Day is a global day that promotes the importance of being kind to each other, to yourself, and to the world.
If every Australian performed an act of kindness on World Kindness Day, we would have 25 million acts of kindness in
a single day.
The possibilities are endless – together let’s make Australia kinder.

Perinatal Mental Health Week
2024-11-10 08:00 - 2024-11-16 17:00
PANDA created Perinatal Mental Health Week in 2005 to help the community and health professionals to better understand perinatal mental health.
We are proud of the work PANDA’s Community Champions, Clinical Champions, staff, volunteers and online community do to raise awareness.
Each year the community shares their stories to help achieve our vision of a society where perinatal mental health is valued and understood and where stigma and systemic barriers to seeking help no longer exist.

Genetic Counsellor Awareness Day
2024-11-09
Genetic Counsellors play an indispensable role: helping individuals and families understand genetic conditions, the implications of genomic testing, and to make informed choices about their healthcare.
On this day we recognise all Genetic Counsellors, particularly those within the Australian Genomics research network, who make a significant difference in the lives of patients undergoing genomic testing.

Pancreatic Awareness Month
2024-11-01 08:00 - 2024-11-30 17:00
November is recognised globally as Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month and is an important time of year for communities to raise awareness of the disease, celebrate survivors and honour loved ones.
We are proud to stand alongside global like-minded organisations as part of The World Pancreatic Cancer Coalition, which consists of more than 95 organisations from over 35 countries and six continents who elevate global awareness, inspire action, and bring greater attention to the disease to ultimately improve outcomes.

Lung Cancer Awareness Month
2024-11-01 08:00 - 2024-11-30 17:00
It’s important to know the symptoms of lung cancer as although lung cancer occurs mostly in people aged 60 and over, it can affect people of any age.
New and constantly evolving treatments such as immunotherapy are likely to continue to improve outcomes for people affected by lung cancer.

Movember
2024-11-01 08:00 - 2024-11-30 17:00
Movember fundraisers are a global community of fired up Mo Bros and Mo Sisters – aka rock stars making a difference in mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer.
Your donation could help save a father, a brother, a son, a friend, a partner, a man’s life.

World Polio Day
2024-10-24
World Polio Day highlights the global efforts to end poliomyelitis (polio) worldwide. Polio is a life-threatening disease caused by the poliovirus, which the World Health Assembly committed to eradicate in 1988. The WHO European Region was declared polio-free in 2002 and has sustained this status every year since then.
Every year on 24 October, we observe World Polio Day to raise awareness of the importance of polio vaccination to protect every child from this devastating disease, and to celebrate the many parents, professionals and volunteers whose contributions make polio eradication achievable.
To ensure a polio-free future for everyone, efforts must continue to maintain high immunisation coverage, implement high-quality surveillance to detect any presence of the virus, and prepare to respond in the event of an outbreak.

Allied Health Professionals Day
2024-10-14
While it is well known that allied health professionals play a key role in the health and wellbeing of all Australians, health system reform is finally recognising the value, both economic and clinical, of multidisciplinary care.
It is vital that allied health professionals are recognised alongside their nursing and medical colleagues for their role in designing and implementing a comprehensive healthcare system, that truly wraps around the consumer.

National Carers Week
2024-10-13 08:00 - 2024-10-19 17:00
National Carers Week will run from Sunday 13 to Saturday 19 October 2024. It is a time to recognise, celebrate and raise awareness about the 2.65 million Australians who provide care and support to a family member or friend.
