March 2020 – National Health Observances

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March 1 – 31

Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month

National Hemophilia Foundation
7 Penn Plaza, Suite 1204
New York, NY 10001
(212) 328-3700
[email protected]
www.hemophilia.org/Events-Educational-Programs 
Materials available
Contact: None designated

March 1 – 31

National Cheerleader Safety Month

USA Cheer
6745 Lenox Center Court
Suite 300
Memphis, TN 38115
(888) 899-8964
[email protected]
www.cheersafe.org/about/national-cheerleading-safety-month 
Materials available
Contact: Karen Lew

March 1 – 31

National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

Prevent Cancer Foundation
1600 Duke Street, Suite 500
Alexandria, VA 22314
(800) 227-2732
(703) 836-4412
(703) 836-4413 Fax
[email protected]
preventcancer.org/our-work/colorectal-cancer-awareness-month/ 
Materials available
Contact: None designated

March 1 – 31

National Endometriosis Awareness Month

Endometriosis Association
8585 North 76th Place
Milwaukee, WI 53223
(414) 355-2200
(414) 355-6065 Fax
cathy@ EndometriosisAssn.org
www.endometriosisassn.org 
Materials available
Contact: Carol Drury

March 1 – 31

National Kidney Month

National Kidney Foundation
30 East 33rd Street
New York, NY 10016
(800) 622-9010
(855) NKF-CARES (653-2273)
(212) 689-9261 Fax
[email protected]
www.kidney.org/content/national-kidney-month 
Materials available
Contact: None designated

March 1 – 31

National Nutrition Month ®

American Dietetic Association
216 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 800
Chicago, IL 60606-6995
(312) 899-0040
[email protected]
www.eatright.org 
Materials available
Contact: None designated

March 1 – 31

Problem Gambling Awareness Month

National Council on Problem Gambling
730 11th Street NW, Suite 601
Washington, DC 20001
(800) 522-4700
(202) 547-9204
(202) 547-9206 Fax
[email protected]
www.npgaw.org 
Materials available
Contact: Keith Whyte

March 1 – 31

Save Your Vision Month

American Optometric Association
243 North Lindbergh Boulevard, First Floor
St. Louis, MO 63141-7881
(703) 837-1349
[email protected]
www.aoa.org 
Materials available
Contact: Yakesha Cooper

March 1 – 31

Trisomy Awareness Month

Support Organization for Trisomy 18, 13 & Related Disorders
2982 South Union Street
Rochester, NY 14624-1926
(800) 716-SOFT -7638
(585) 594-4621
(585) 594-1957 Fax
[email protected]
www.trisomy.org 
Materials available
Contact: Barb Vanherreweghe

March 1 – 31

Workplace Eye Wellness Month

American Academy of Ophthalmology
P.O. Box 7424
San Francisco, CA 94120-7424
(415) 561-8534
[email protected]
aao.org/eyesmart 
Materials available
Contact: Beatrice Shelton

March 4 – 8

National School Breakfast Week

School Nutrition Association
2900 S. Quincy Street, Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22206
(703) 824-3000
(703) 824-3015 Fax
[email protected]
www.schoolnutrition.org/nsbw 
Materials available
Contact: Diane Pratt-Heavner

March 10 – 16

Patient Safety Awareness Week

National Patient Safety Foundation
268 Summer Street, 6th Floor
Boston, MA 02210
(617) 391-9900
(617) 391-9999 Fax
[email protected]
www.npsf.org/?page=awarenessweek 
Materials available
Contact: None designated

March 10

National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Office on Women’s Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue SW, Room 712 E
Washington, DC 20201
(202) 690-7650
(202) 401-4005 Fax
[email protected]
www.womenshealth.gov/nwghaad
Materials available
Contact: None designated

March 11 – 17

Brain Awareness Week

Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives
505 Fifth Avenue, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10017
(212) 401-1689
(212) 513-7623 Fax
[email protected]
www.dana.org/BAW/ 
Materials available
Contact: Kathleen Roina

March 11 – 17

National Sleep Awareness Week ®

National Sleep Foundation
1010 North Glebe Road, Suite 420
Arlington, VA 22201
(703) 243-1697
[email protected]
www.sleepfoundation.org 
Materials available
Contact: None designated

March 14

World Kidney Day

International Society of Nephrology
ISN – Global Operations Center
Rue des Fabriques 1b
1000 Brussels, Belguim
+32 2 808 04 20
[email protected]
www.worldkidneyday.org 
Materials available
Contact: None designated

March 18 – 24

National Poison Prevention Week

American Association of Poison Control Centers
515 King Street, Suite 510
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 894-1858
[email protected]
poisonprevention.org/Poison-Prevention-Week 
Materials available
Contact: None designated

March 20

National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

National Native American AIDS Prevention Center
1031 33rd Street, Suite 270
Denver, CO 80205
(720) 382-2244
(720) 382-2248 Fax
www.nnhaad.org/ 
Materials available
Contact: None designated

March 24

World Tuberculosis Day

Stop TB Partnership (Secretariat)
World Health Organization
HTM/STB/TBP
20, avenue Appia
CH-1211 Geneva 27
SWITZERLAND
+(41) 22 791 21 11
+(41) 22 791 31 11 Fax
[email protected]
www.stoptb.org/events/world_tb_day 
Materials available
Contact: None designated

March 26

American Diabetes Alert Day

American Diabetes Association
1701 North Beauregard Street
Alexandria, VA 22311
(800) DIABETES (342-2383)
(703) 549-6995 Fax
[email protected]
www.diabetes.org/in-my-community/programs/alert-day 
Materials available
Contact: None designated

compliments of www.health.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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