NACCHO Weekly Member Service Aboriginal Health
2018 # Save A Date as at 16 January 2018
Aboriginal Conferences, Events, Workshops, Health Awareness Days
For many years ACCHO organisations have said they wished they had a list of the many Indigenous “ Days “ and Aboriginal health or awareness days/weeks/events.
With thanks to our friends at ZockMelon here they both are!
It even has a handy list of the hashtags for the event.
Download the 50 Page 2018 Health days and events calendar HERE
2018-Health-Days-and-Events-Calendar-by-Zockmelon
Download the 3 Page 2018 Aboriginal / Health days and events calendar HERE or view below
NACCHO 2018 Save a Date as at Jan 16
We hope that this document helps you with your planning for the year ahead.
Events have been selected on their basis of relevance to the broad Aboriginal health promotion and public health community in Australia.
Every Tuesday we will update these listings with new events and What’s on for the week ahead
To submit your events or update our info
Contact: Colin Cowell www.nacchocommunique.com
NACCHO Social Media Editor Tel 0401 331 251
Email : nacchonews@naccho.org.au
#Closingthegap featured Save a date Closing 31 March 2018
We want your views on the future of Closing the Gap. What is important, what worked and how can we do better?
“We have to be there to be part of the conversation, so let’s get with it.” – Chris Sarra, Co-Chair Indigenous Advisory Council, and Founder and Chair, Stronger, Smarter Institute
We’re interested in getting your thoughts on a few questions below. You don’t need to answer every question.
Alternatively, you may prefer to upload a submission.
Once you’ve completed your response, click ‘Next’ and we will ask you a few questions about yourself.
Read the discussion paper for more information on the Closing the Gap Refresh.
Submissions close 5pm 31 March 2018
DATE |
EVENT |
#Hashtag |
January |
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26/1/2018 | Australia /Invasion/Survival Day | #InvasionDay
#SurvivalDay |
February |
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TBA | Closing the Gap Govt Report | |
11/2 – 17/2/2018 | National Sexual Health Week | #NationalSexualHealthWeek |
12/2-18/2/2018 | Healthy Weight Week | #HealthyweightWeek #AHWW2018 |
13/2/2018 | Apology Day | #StolenGensHeroes |
20/02/2018 | World Day of Social Justice | #socialjusticeday |
25/2-3/3/2018 | Hearing Awareness Week | #HearingAwarenessWeek |
March |
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All March | Australian Women’s History Month | |
3/3/2018 | World Hearing Day | |
4/3-10/3 2018 | Kidney Health Week | #KidneyHealthWeek |
8/03/2018 | International Women’s Day | #InternationalWomensDay #BeingBornaGirl |
8/03/2018 | World Kidney Day | #WorldKidneyDay #move4kidneys |
16/3/2018 | Close the gap Day | #Closethegapday |
16/3/2018 | National Day of Action
Against bullying |
#BullyingNoWay |
18/3-25/3/2018 | Cultural Diversity Week | |
19/3-25/3/2018 | A taste of harmony | #TasteofHarmony |
20/03/2018 | World Oral Health Day | #WOHD2018 |
21/3/2018 | International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination | #jointogether
#standup4human rights #fightracism |
April 31/3-9/4 2018 |
National Youth Week |
#NationalYouthWeek |
2/4/2018 | World Autism Awareness Day | #WorldAutismAwarenessDay #LightitUpBlue
#LIUB |
7/4/2018 | World Health Day | |
23/4-29/42018 | World Immunisation Week | |
25/4/2018 | World Malaria Day | #EndMalaria |
May |
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6/5-12/5/2018 | Heart Week | #HeartWeek |
7/5/2018 | National Domestic Violence Remembrance Day | |
12/5/2018 | International Nurses day | #IND2017 |
13/05-19/5/2018 | Food Allergy Awareness Week | #FoodallergyWeek |
15/5- 21/5/2018 | National Families Week | #FamiliesWeek |
18/5/2018 | HIV Vaccine Awareness Day | #HVDA2018 |
21/5-28/5/2018 | National Palliative Care Week | #npcw18
#dying to talk |
26/05/2018 | National Sorry Day | #NationalSorryDay |
26/05-2/6/2018 | National Reconciliation Week | #NRW2018 |
31/05/2018 | World No Tobacco Day | #WorldNoTobaccoDay |
June |
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3/6/2018 | National Cancer Survivors Day | |
3/6/2018 | Mabo Day | #MaboDay |
5/6/2018 | World Environment Day | #WorldEnvironmentDay |
11/6-17/6/2018 | Men’s Health Week | #MENHEALTHWEEK |
16/6/2018 | Fresh Veggies Day | #FreshVeggiesDay |
30/6/2018 | Red Nose Day | #RedNoseDay OZ |
July |
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7/7/2018 | AIME National Hoodie Day | #AIMEHoodieDay |
8/7-14/7/2018 | National Diabetes Week | #NationalDiabetesWeek #NDW2018
#NDW18 |
8/7-15/7/2018 | Naidoc Week | #NAIDOC 2018 |
27/7/2018 | White Ribbon Night | #whiteRibbonNight |
28/7/2018 | World Hepatitis Day | #WorldHepatitisDay
#Showyourface |
August |
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4/8-11/8/2018 | Dental Health Week | #DentalhealthWeek |
9/82018 | International Day for the Worlds Indigenous Peoples | #weareIndigenous |
24/8/2018 | Daffodil Day | #DaffodilDay |
September |
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ALL SEPTEMBER | Prostate cancer Awareness Month | |
1/9- 7/9/2018 | Asthma Week | #NationalAsthmaWeek |
3/9-7/9/2018 | Women’s Health Week | #WomensHealthWeek |
3/9-9/9/2018 | National Stroke Week | #StrokeWeek
#fightstroke |
6/9/2018 | Indigenous Literacy Day | #IndigenousliteracyDay |
9/9/2018 | FASD Awareness Day | #FASDAwarenessDay |
10/09/2018 | World Suicide Prevention Day | #WSPD |
13/9/2018 | RU OK ? DAY | #RUOK ? |
29/9/2018 | World Heart Day | #WorldHeartDay |
October |
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ALL OCTOBER | Breast Cancer Awareness Month | #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth |
10/10/2018 | World Mental health Day | #WorldMentalHealthDay |
11/10/2018 | WORLD Sight Day | #WorldSightDay |
11/10/2018 | World Obesity Day | #WorldObesityDay |
14/10-20/10/2018 | National Nutrition Week | #NNW2018 |
15/10 | National Carers Week | #Carers2018 |
20/10-28/10/2018 | Children’s Week | |
November |
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14/11/2018 | World Diabetes Day | #WorldDiabetesDay
#WDD2018 |
25/11/2018 | White Ribbon Day | #WhiteRibbonDay
#BreakingtheSilence |
25/11/2018 | International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women | #orangetheworld |
December |
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1/12/2018 | World AIDS Day | #WorldAIDSDay
#WAD2018 #GettingtoZero |