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Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
This is the most deadly of the female cancers and is usually only detected at an advanced stage.
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Rare Diseases Day
Rare Disease Day is the globally coordinated movement on rare diseases, working towards equity in social opportunity, healthcare, and access to diagnosis and therapies for people living with a rare disease.
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Melanoma March
Melanoma March celebrates Melanoma Institute Australia’s major annual fundraising campaign. Each Melanoma March brings together melanoma patients, their families, and local communities to raise awareness and funds for research to reach our goal of zero deaths from melanoma – a goal we believe we can reach this decade.
Endometriosis Awareness Month
March into Yellow is a fun and easy way to open up a conversation about the disease and an opportunity for our community to show support. March into Yellow encourages our broader community to show their support for the invisible illness by adorning themselves in the colour yellow. It is […]
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World Hearing Day
World Hearing Day in Australia is held on 3 March each year to raise awareness of how to prevent deafness and hearing loss, and to promote better ear protection and health across the world.
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International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day is annually held on March 8 to celebrate women’s achievements throughout history and across nations.
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World Kidney Day
World Kidney Day is a global campaign aimed at raising awareness of the importance of our kidneys. World Kidney Day comes back every year. All across the globe many hundred events take place from public screenings in Argentina to Zumba marathons in Malaysia. We do it all to create awareness. Awareness about […]
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World Glaucoma Week
World Glaucoma Week is a unique initiative that puts a spotlight on glaucoma as the leading cause of preventable irreversible blindness worldwide. The prompt diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma can prevent needless vision impairment, however, so many are unaware they have the disease or may not have access to much-needed […]
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Neurodiversity Celebration Week
Neurodiversity Celebration Week is a worldwide initiative that challenges stereotypes and misconceptions about neurological differences. It aims to transform how neurodivergent individuals are perceived and supported by providing schools, universities, and organisations with the opportunity to recognise the many talents and advantages of being neurodivergent, while creating more inclusive and […]
Coeliac Awareness Week
Coeliac Awareness Week (CAW) is held annually on 13-20 March. The national campaign is Coeliac Australia’s premier event of the year that aims to raise awareness of coeliac disease and increase testing and diagnosis rates in Australia.
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World’s Greatest Shave
Blood cancer is Australia’s hidden cancer crisis. Every day, 53 Aussies are diagnosed with blood cancer, and 16 will lose their life. People with blood cancer need you now more than ever. You have the power to take action, and raise crucial funds that will give families facing blood cancer all the support and information they need – […]
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World Sleep Day
This annual event highlights the importance of sleep health and encourages the public to prioritise sleep to improve their overall health and well-being.
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National Advance Care Planning Week
National Advance Care Planning WeekTM encourages you, regardless of your age or health status, to make your future healthcare preferences known. Our campaign challenges everyone to discuss what living well means to you and to consider who you would want to speak for you, if you could no longer communicate […]
IBS Awareness Month
IBS Awareness Month
To help raise greater public awareness about IBS and to highlight what it can be like to live with a diagnosis, we’ve reached out to individuals and their families directly affected by IBS – people who have courageously and generously shared their own personal experiences with us to help others to better understand IBS.
7 events,
Multiple Birth Awareness Week
Multiple Birth Awareness Week (MBAW) is a national campaign to raise awareness around, and draw attention to, the unique realities for multiple birth families in Australia – and how advocacy, positive education and engaged communities can contribute to enabling positive health outcomes for families with multiples.
5 events,
World Down’s Syndrome Day
World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD) , 21 March, is a global awareness day which has been officially observed by the United Nations since 2012. The date for WDSD being the 21st day of the 3rd month, was selected to signify the uniqueness of the triplication (trisomy) of the 21st chromosome […]
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World Tuberculosis Day
Each year we commemorate World TB Day to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of tuberculosis (TB) and to step up efforts to end the global TB epidemic. The date marks the day in 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch announced that he had discovered the […]