January is Awareness Month For:

Alzheimer’s – (Canada – Alzheimer Society)Celebration of Life MonthCo-dependency – (U.S.)Constipation – (U.S.)Glaucoma– (U.S.)National Mentoring Month – (U.S.)Ontario March of Dimes Month – (Canada)Poverty in America – (U.S.)Radon Action MonthSelf-Help GroupStalking – (U.S.)Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month – (U.S.)Volunteer Blood Donor Month – (U.S.)Weight Loss

Awareness Days in January:

January 1 – Global Family Day – formerly One Day of Peace and Sharing – (UN) January 2 – Personal Trainer January 1 – World Day of Peace January 4 – World Braille Day – International January 15 – Intestinal Malrotation and Volvulus January 24 – Moebius Syndrome January 27 – Family Literacy Day – ABC Life Literacy Canada January 27 – Holocaust Remembrance Day – (UN) – (International) January 28 – Young Carers (U.K.) January 30 – CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy) January 31 – World Leprosy Day – (International) January 31 – Street Children’s Day

Awareness Weeks in January:

5th-11th January – Lichen Sclerosus Awareness week (UK)3rd Wk – National Non-Smoking Week – Canada – Canadian Council on Smoking and Health3rd Wed – Weedless Wednesday – Canada – Canadian Council on Smoking and Health

Author: Disabled World : Contact: http://www.disabled-world.com

Published: 2011-04-30 : (Rev. 2020-12-08)