February 2020 – National Health Observances

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February 1 – 28

American Heart Month

American Heart Association
National Center
7272 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, TX 75231
(800) AHA-USA-1
(800) 242-8721
+1 (214) 570-5978 Outside US
www.heart.orgExternal Link: You are leaving healthfinder.gov
Materials available
Contact: None designated

February 1 – 28

International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month

Group B Strep International
11 El Dorado Court
Pomona, CA 91766
(909) 620-7214
(909) 620-5557 Fax
[email protected]
www.groupbstrepinternational.orgExternal Link: You are leaving healthfinder.gov
Materials available
Contact: Marti Perhach

February 1 – 28

Low Vision Awareness Month

National Eye Institute Information Office
31 Center Drive MSC 2510
Bethesda, MD 20892-2510
(301) 496-5248
[email protected]
nei.nih.gov/nehep/lvam
Materials available
Contact: None designated

February 1 – 28

National Children’s Dental Health Month

American Dental Association
211 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611-2678
(312) 440-2500
[email protected]
www.ada.org/en/public-programs/national-childrens-dental-health-monthExternal Link: You are leaving healthfinder.gov
Materials available
Contact: None designated

February 1 – 28

Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month

Break the Cycle
P.O. Box 811334
Los Angeles, CA 90081
(424) 265-7346
[email protected]
www.teendvmonth.orgExternal Link: You are leaving healthfinder.gov
Materials available
Contact: Khalisa Jacobs

February 1 – 7

African Heritage & Health Week

Oldways
266 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 421-5500
(617) 421-5511 Fax
[email protected]
oldwayspt.org/programs/african-heritage-health/african-heritage-health-weekExternal Link: You are leaving healthfinder.gov
Materials available
Contact: Paola Garza

February 1

Go Red for Women

American Heart Association
National Center 7272 Greenville Ave.
Dallas, TX 75231
(800) AHA-USA-1
(800) 242-8721
[email protected]
www.goredforwomen.orgExternal Link: You are leaving healthfinder.gov
Materials available
Contact: Brooks Lancaster

February 4

World Cancer Day

Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)
31-33 Avenue Giuseppe Motta
1202 Geneva, Switzerland
+41 (0) 22 809 1811
+41 (0) 22 809 1810 Fax
[email protected]
www.worldcancerday.orgExternal Link: You are leaving healthfinder.gov
Materials available
Contact: Thuy Khuc-Bilon

February 7 – 14

Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week

The Mended Hearts, Inc.
National Resource Center
Merry Acres Executive Building
1500 Dawson Road
Albany, GA 31707
1-888-432-7899 (888) HEART99
(229) 518-2680 Resource Center
(229) 518-3879 Fax
[email protected]
mendedhearts.org/chd-awareness-week/External Link: You are leaving healthfinder.gov
Materials available
Contact: Andrea Baer

February 7

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

HIV.gov / Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy (OHAIDP)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 330 C Street, S.W. Rm L100
Washington, DC 20024
1-800-448-0440 1-800-HIV-0440
[email protected]
www.hiv.gov/events/awareness-days/black
Materials available
Contact: None designated

February 14

National Donor Day

Division of Transplantation, Healthcare Systems Bureau
Health Resources and Services Administration
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Parklawn Building, Room 08W53A
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
(301) 443-7577
(301) 594-6095 Fax
[email protected]
www.organdonor.gov
Materials available
Contact: Division of Transplantation Staff

February 22

National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day

Alliance for Aging Research
1700 K St., NW
Suite 740
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 293-2856
(202) 955-8394 Fax
[email protected]
www.valvediseaseday.org/

February 24 – March 2

National Eating Disorder Screening Program ®

Screening for Mental Health, Inc
270 Bridge Street Suite 301
Dedham, MA 02026
(781) 239-0071
(781) 431-7447 Fax
[email protected]
mentalhealthscreening.org/programs/initiativesExternal Link: You are leaving healthfinder.gov
Materials available
Contact: None designated

compliments of www.healthfinder.gov

“Source: 2019 National Health Observances, National Health Information Center, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.”

19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?  20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s. – 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (KJV)

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