JULY 2024 – National Health Observances

HEALTH EQUITY is when everyone has the OPPORTUNITY
to be as healthy (SPIRITUALLY, PHYSICALLY, AND MENTALLY) as possible.



How to Find Rest as a Christian
(PLEASE CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN FIRST, BEFORE ATTEMPTING ANY OF THESE EXERCISES)


MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF AGING RESOURCES


2022 MONKEYPOX OUTBREAK


COVID-19:  Guidance For Your Community 


COVID-19:  Vaccines and Boosters


COVID-19:  Coronavirus The Disease 2022  


Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection (RSV) 


Influenza (FLU)


Shots & Vaccines


Medical Screening Tests



JULY 2024 NATIONAL HEALTH OBSERVANCES



Zero HIV Stigma Day (7/21)
Zero HIV Stigma DayThis link is external to health.gov. is observed each year on July 21 to raise awareness about HIV stigma. Check out this resourceThis link is external to health.gov. from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — and use their social media toolkitThis link is external to health.gov. to challenge HIV stigma in your community. Educate yourself about HIV by reading these personal storiesThis link is external to health.gov. from people who are living with HIV. Share MyHealthfinder’s resources to help people get tested for HIV and discover questions to ask the doctor about HIV testing. Finally, review this list of Healthy People 2030 evidence-based resources related to HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.


World Hepatitis Day (7/28)
The World Hepatitis Alliance celebrates World Hepatitis DayThis link is external to health.gov. as a time to educate about viral hepatitis. Use their campaign materialsThis link is external to health.gov. to help raise awareness online and with your networks. Get information about viral hepatitisThis link is external to health.gov. from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). You can also share our MyHealthfinder resources to encourage people to get screened for Hepatitis C and stay protected against Hepatitis B. And be sure to check out the Healthy People 2030 evidence-based resources on viral hepatitis to help lower the rates of infectious disease in your community. 



compliments of www.health.gov; healthfinder.gov; hrbanana.com, clinicaladvisor.com and www.cdc.gov
(please check these sites for further information)


“Source: 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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