April 2008
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Calendar of Health- & Injury-Related Days in 2008 |
Special Events for the Month of April
Canadian Cancer Society Awareness Month,
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.cancer.ca/
Dental Health Month,
Canadian Dental Association
http://www.cda-adc.ca/english/news_events/events/oral_health_month/default.asp
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS),
Canadian Society of Intestinal Research
http://www.badgut.com
Parkinson Awareness Month,
Parkinson Society Canada
http://www.parkinson.ca/
Special Events for the Week
April 14-20 Daffodil Days (Cancer Awareness);
Canadian Cancer Society http://www.cancer.ca
April 15-21 National Dental Hygienists Week
http://www.cdha.ca/
April 15-21 National Volunteer Week;
Volunteerism in Canada
http://www.volunteer.ca
April 22-28 National Immunization Awareness Week
http://www.immunize.cpha.ca/english/index-e.htm
April 22-29 National Organ Donor Awareness Week;
Health Canada http://www.transplant.ca/aware_notdaw.htm
April 25 to May 1, 2005
Designated Rail Safety Week by Operation Lifesaver
News Release
Special Events for the Day
April 7 World Health Day 2008: protecting health from climate change
http://www.who.int/world-health-day/en/
April 17 Equality Day (Canada)
http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/dates/otherdates_e.html
April 17 International Hemophilia Day;
Canadian Hemophilia Society
http://www.hemophilia.ca/en/index.html
April 22 Earth Day; Earth Day Canada
http://www.earthday.ca
April 28 National Day of Mourning: Remembering lives lost or injured in the workplace
http://www.ccohs.ca/
Source: Health Canada & UN Canada
