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March 2008

By hotrocket
Created 2006-09-13 15:27

Calendar of Health- & Injury-Related Days in 2008

Special Events for the Month
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
http://www.colorectal-cancer.ca/ [1]

National Epilepsy Month; Epilepsy Canada
http://www.epilepsy.ca [2]

National Kidney Month; The Kidney Foundation of Canada
http://www.kidney.ca/ [3]

"Help Fight Liver Disease" Month Canadian Liver Foundation
[4]http://www.liver.ca [5]

National Nutrition Month Dietitians of Canada [6]

Red Cross Month; Canadian Red Cross
http://www.redcross.ca [7]

Special Events for the Week
March 3-7 National Social Work Week
http://www.casw-acts.ca/ [8]

March 5-11 Pharmacist Awareness Week 
Theme:  Pharmacists — Your Trusted Partner in Health
http://www.pharmacists.ca/content/hcp/resource_centre/pharmacist_awareness/resource_manual.cfm [9]

March 7-13 International Women's Week
http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca [10]

March 10-16 Brain Awareness Week
http://www.sfn.org/baw/ [11]

Mar 12-18  Canadian Agriculture Safety Week
“Manage more than just your back!”
http://www.casa-acsa.ca/english/ [12]

Special Events for the Day
March 8 International Women's Day and United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace
http://www.unac.org/en/news_events/un_days/women1.asp [13]

March 9 World Kidney Day
http://www.kidneyfoundation.ab.ca/ [14]

March 21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/dates/otherdates_e.html [15]

March 22 World Water Day
http://www.worldwaterday.org [16]

March 24 World Tuberculosis Day
http://www.stoptb.org [17]

Source: Health Canada [18]& UN Canada [19]


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http://www.health-in-action.org/node/180