March Health Month Observances

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-ProgramsExternal Link: You are leaving healthfinder.gov
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-monthExternal Link: You are leaving healthfinder.gov
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/External Link: You are leaving healthfinder.gov
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.orgExternal Link: You are leaving healthfinder.gov
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-monthExternal Link: You are leaving healthfinder.gov
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.orgExternal Link: You are leaving healthfinder.gov
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.orgExternal Link: You are leaving healthfinder.gov
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.orgExternal Link: You are leaving healthfinder.gov
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.orgExternal Link: You are leaving healthfinder.gov
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/eyesmartExternal Link: You are leaving healthfinder.gov
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/nsbwExternal Link: You are leaving healthfinder.gov
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=awarenessweekExternal Link: You are leaving healthfinder.gov
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/External Link: You are leaving healthfinder.gov
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.orgExternal Link: You are leaving healthfinder.gov
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.orgExternal Link: You are leaving healthfinder.gov
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-WeekExternal Link: You are leaving healthfinder.gov
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/External Link: You are leaving healthfinder.gov
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_dayExternal Link: You are leaving healthfinder.gov
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-dayExternal Link: You are leaving healthfinder.gov
Materials available
Contact: None designated