1. Healthcare

GOVER NMENT O F BER MU DA
Ministr y of Health, Seniors and Environment
Department of Health
2015
HEA LT H
PROMOT ION
CALENDAR
ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF OBSERVANCES
OBSERVANCE
MONTH
DATE
ORGANIZATION
TELEPHONE
SITE RESOURCE
Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month
Alcohol Awareness Month
Alzheimer’s Awareness Month
Autism Awareness Month
Bermuda Day
Bermuda Marathon Weekend
Boxing Day
Bermuda Dementia Awareness Week
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Breastfeeding Month
Butts Out Bermuda
Caribbean Wellness Day
Catlin End to End
Cervical Health Awareness Month
Child Abuse Prevention Month
Christmas Day
Clean Hands Week
September
April
September
April
May
January
December
September
October
August
September
September
May
January
September
December
September
Month
Month
Month
Month
24
16 - 18
26
20 – 26
Month
Month
21 - 25
12
2
Month
Month
25
21 -- 25
Department for National Drug Control
CADA - Encouraging Responsible Alcohol Behaviour
Action On Alzheimers and Dementia
Bermuda Autism Support and Education Society
Department of Community and Cultural Affairs
Bermuda National Athletics Association
292-3049
295-5982
707-0600
534-4376
292-1681
296-0961
Action on Alzhemier’s and Dementia
Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre
La Leche League / Department of Health
Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre
Health Promotion Office
Bermuda End to End
Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre/ Maternal Health
Child and Family Services
707-0600
236-1001
236-1120 / 278-4900
236-1001
278-6504
292-6992
236-1001 / 278-6441
294-5882
Community Health Nursing
278-6456
Denim for Diabetes
November
27
Bermuda Diabetes Association
236-3668
Diabetes Awareness Month
November
Month
Bermuda Diabetes Association
236-3668
www.dndc.gov.bm, www.recoverymonth.gov
www.cada.bm
www.alzbermuda.com
www.bermudaautism.com
Public Holiday
www.bnaa.bm
Public Holiday
www.alzbermuda.com
www.chc.bm
www.bfmed.org, www.waba.org.my/
www.chc.bm
www.caricom.org
www.bermudaendtoend.bm
www.chc.bm
www.preventchildabuse.org
Public Holiday
www.cleanhandscoalition.org
www.bermudadiabetes.org, www.diabetes.ca,
www.diabetes.org
www.bermudadiabetes.org, www.diabetes.ca,
www.diabetes.org
Dietitian’s Day
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Earth Day
Emancipation Day (Cup Match)
Emergency Medical Services Week
Ethics Awareness Week
Father’s Day
Fight the Bite (Mosquito Awareness Month)
Forensic Nurses Week
Foster Parent Month
Good Friday
Healthy Lungs Month
Heart Month
HIV Awareness Month
HIV Testing Day
Hour of Air
Human Rights Day
Hurricane Awareness Week
International Day Against Drug Abuse
& Illicit Trafficking
International Day for the Elimination of
Racial Discrimination
March
October
April
July
May
November
June
July
November
May
April
September
February
June
June
March
December
May
11
Month
22
30
17 - 23
2-6
21
Month
13 - 19
Month
3
Month
Month
Month
27
27
10
25 - 29
Nutrition Services / Bermuda Dietitians Association
Centre Against Abuse
Greenrock
278-6467 278-6469
292-4366
747-7625
Bermuda Hospitals Board - Critical Care Services
Bermuda Hospitals Board - Ethics Committee
239-1393
236-2345
Environmental Health
SART / Maternal Health
Family Services
278-5397
278-6475
294-5871
Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre
Bermuda Heart Foundation
Communicable Disease Control Clinic
Communicable Disease Control Clinic/Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit
Open Airways
Human Rights Commission
Bermuda Weather Services
236-1001
232-2673
278-6442
278-6442
232-0264
295-5859
293-5067
www.health.gov.bm
www.iafn.org/
www.nfpainc.org
Public Holiday
www.chc.bm
www.mybermudaheart.bm
www.health.gov.bm
www.hivtest.org
www.openairways.com
www.hrc.bm
www.weather.bm
June
26
Department for National Drug Control
292-3049
www.dndc.gov.bm
www.eatwell.gov.bm, www.eatwellbermuda.org
www.abusefree.org
www.greenrock.org, www.earthday.org
Public Holiday
www.acep.org, www.bermudahospitals.bm
www.bermudahospitals.bm
March
21
Human Rights Commission
295-5859
www.hrc.bm
International Day of Disabled Persons
December
3
National Office for Seniors and the Physically Challenged
292-7802
International Day of the Family
May
15
Family Services
294-5870
International Infection Prevention Week
International Risk Reduction Day
International Volunteer Day
Know Alcohol Day
Laboratory Professionals Week
Labour Day
October
October
December
April
April
September
19 - 23
13
5
24
20 - 24
7
Bermuda Hospitals Board
Bermuda Red Cross
Centre on Philanthropy
CADA - Encouraging Responsible Alcohol Behaviour
Clinical Laboratory / BHB
236-2345
236-8253
236-7706
295-5982
278-4900 / 236-2345
www.un.org/disabilities
http://social.un.org/index/Family/
InternationalObservances/
InternationalDayofFamilies.aspx
www.apic.org, www.who.int/
www.bermudaredcross.com
www.centreonphilanthrophy.org
www.cada.bm
www.ascp.org/labweek
Public Holiday
Mammography Day
Melanoma Monday
Mental Health Awareness Week
Mother’s Day
Move for Health Day
National Heroes’ Day
National Library Week
National Organ Donor Week
New Year’s Day
Nurses Month
Nutrition Month
Nutrition Week
Oral Health Month
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
Public Health Week
Red, White and Do Day
Remembrance Day
Rodent Control Awareness Month
Seniors’ Month
Sexual and Reproductive Health Day
Sexual and Reproductive Health Week
Sickle Cell Awareness Month
Somer’s Day (Cup Match)
Speech and Hearing Awareness Week
Sun Smart Month
Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
Teen Pregnancy Prevention Day
Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
Universal Children’s Day
Vaccination Week
Walk to School Day
Week of the Young Child
World AIDS Day
World Alzheimer’s Day
World Asthma Day
World Blood Donor Day
World Breastfeeding Week
World Cancer Day
October
May
October
May
May
June
April
April
January
May
March
March
February
November
June
April
May
November
March
July
February
February
September
July
October
April
February
May
May
November
April
October
April
December
September
May
June
August
February
16
4
4 - 10
10
10
15
12 - 18
20 - 24
1
Month
Month
9 - 13
Month
Month
Month
6 - 10
1
11
Month
Month
12
9 - 13
Month
31
5-9
Month
Month
6
Month
20
26 April - 2 May
7
12 - 18
1
21
5
14
1-7
4
World COPD Day
November
April
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
(Commemoration Day for the Dead and Injured Workers)
World Diabetes Day
November
Bermuda Hospitals Board
Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre
Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute
236-2345
236-1001
236-3770
www.cancer.org, www.chc.bm
www.chc.bm
www.cpa-apc.org, www.psych.org
Health Promotion Office
Department of Community and Cultural Affairs
Bermuda National Library
Bermuda Organ and Tissue Donor Association
278-6504
292-1681
295-3104
239-1282
Bermuda Nurses Association
Nutrition Services / Bermuda Dietitians Association
Nutrition Services
Oral Health
Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre
Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre
Health Promotion Office
Bermuda Red Cross
292-6062
278-6469
278-6469
278-6440
236-1001
236-1001
278-6504
236-8253
Environmental Health
Department of Community and Cultural Affairs
Communicable Disease Control Clinic/Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit
Communicable Disease Control Clinic/Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit
Bermuda Sickle Cell Association
278-5397
292-1681
278-6442/278-6505
278-6442 / 278-6505
333-4525
Speech Language/ Bermuda Speech Language and Audiology Association
Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre
Centre Against Abuse
Teen Services / Maternal Health and Family Planning
Teen Services / Maternal Health and Family Planning
Child and Family Services
Child and School Health
Healthy Schools
Child and Family Services
Communicable Disease Control Clinic / Epidemiology and Surveillance
Alzheimer’s Family Support Group Bermuda
Open Airways
Bermuda Hospitals Board- Blood Donor Centre
La Leche League / Department of Health
Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre
278-6429 /332-5755
236-1001
292-4366
292-4598 /278-6475
292-4598 /278-6475
296-7575
278-6460
278-6502
296-7575
278-6442 / 278-6505
238-2168
232-0264
236-5067
236-1120 / 278-4900
236-1001
www.who.int/moveforhealth/
www.communityandculture.bm
www.bnl.bm
www.bhb.bm
Public Holiday
www.bna.bm
www.eatwell.gov.bm, www.eatwellbermuda.com
www.eatwell.gov.bm, www.eatwellbermuda.com
www.cda-adc.ca
www.chc.bm http://www.lustgarten.org
www.chc.bm
www.health.gov.bm, www.worldhealthday.org
www.bermudaredcross.com
Public Holiday
www.health.gov.bm
www.communityandculture.bm
http://www.wasexualhealthweek.com.au/
http://www.wasexualhealthweek.com.au/
www.sicklecelldisease.org
Public Holiday
www.bersla.homestead.com, www.asha.org
www.chc.bm
www.abusefree.org
www.teenpregnancy.org
www.teenpregnancy.org
www.unac.org
http://www.paho.org/vwa/
www.walktoschool.org
www.naeyc.org
www.aidssida.cpha.ca, www.catie.ca
www.alz.co.uk
www.openairways.com, www.lung.ca/
www.bhb.bm
www.bfmed.org, www.waba.org.my/
www.chc.bm
18
Open Airways
232-0264
www.openairways.com, www.goldcopd.com
28
Environmental Health
278-5333
www.ilo.org
236-3668
www.bermudadiabetes.org, www.diabetes.ca,
www.diabetes.org
14
Bermuda Diabetes Association
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
June
15
Age Concern /National Office for Seniors and the Physically Challenged
238-7525 / 292-7802
www.inpea.net
World Health Day
World Kidney Day
World Mental Health Day
World No-Tobacco Day
World Occupational Therapy Day
World Physiotherapy Day
World Red Cross Day
World Sight Day
World Water Day
April
March
October
May
October
September
May
October
March
7
12
10
31
27
8
8
8
22
Health Promotion Office
Health Promotion Office/Bermuda Hospitals Board
Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute
Department for National Drug Control
Community Rehabilitation
Community Rehabilitation
Bermuda Red Cross
Bermuda Society for the Blind
Healthy Schools / Environmental Health
278-6504
278-6504 / 236-2345
236-3770
292-3049
278-6427
278-6427
236-8253
292-3231
278-6502 / 278-5333
www.health.gov.bm, www.worldhealthday.org
www.worldkidneyday.org
www.cpa-apc.org, www.psych.org
www.cctc.ca
www.wfot.org
www.apta.org, www.aota.org, www.physiotherapy.ca
www.bermudaredcross.com
www.iapb.org/advocacy
www.worldwaterday.org
DECEMBER 2014
Paw Paw
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FEBRUARY 2015
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MONTHLY OBSERVANCES
•Cervical Health Awareness Month
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JANUARY 2015
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New Year’s Day
4
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11
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26
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18
25
Bermuda Marathon Weekend 16 - 18
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29
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31
JANUARY 2015
Loquat
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18
25
MARCH 2015
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MONTHLY OBSERVANCES
•Oral Health Month
•Heart Month
• Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
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FEBRUARY 2015
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World Cancer Day
8
Sexual and Reproductive Health Week 9 - 13
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14
Sexual and
Reproductive
Health Day
15
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FEBRUARY 2015
Surinam Cherry
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APRIL 2015
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MONTHLY OBSERVANCES
•Nutrition Month
•Rodent Control Awareness Month
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MARCH 2015
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Nutrition Week 9 - 13
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16
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Dietitian’s Day
World Kidney Day
18
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13
20
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14
21
International Day
for the Elimination
of Racial
Discrimination
22
23
24
World Water Day
29
25
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27
Hour of Air
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31
28
MARCH 2015
Strawberry
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MAY 2015
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•Alcohol Awareness Month
•Autism Awareness Month
•Sun Smart Month
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MONTHLY OBSERVANCES
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APRIL 2015
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Good Friday
5
Public Health Week 6 - 10
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World Health Day
Week of the Young Child / National Library Week 12 - 18
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Laboratory Professionals Week / National Organ Donor Week 20 - 24
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Earth Day
27
28
World Day for Safety
and Health at Work
29
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Know Alcohol Day
Vaccination Week April 26 - May 2
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APRIL 2015
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JUNE 2015
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MONTHLY OBSERVANCES
• Foster Parent Month
• Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
• Nurses Month
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MAY 2015
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Vaccination Week 26 - 2
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Melanoma Monday
World Asthma Day
Teen Pregnancy
Prevention Day
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1
2
Red, White and
Do Day
Catlin End to End
8
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World Red Cross Day
14
15
16
International Day
of the Family
Move for Health Day
Mother’s Day
Emergency Medical Services Week 17 - 23
17
24
Bermuda Day
31
World No-Tobacco
Day
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Hurricane Awareness Week 25 - 29
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MAY 2015
Peach
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JULY 2015
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MONTHLY OBSERVANCES
• Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
• HIV Awareness Month
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JUNE 2015
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International Day
Against Drug Abuse
& Illicit Trafficking
HIV Testing Day
World Elder Abuse
Awareness Day
World Blood
Donor Day
National Heroes’ Day
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Father’s Day
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JUNE 2015
Guava
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AUGUST 2015
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MONTHLY OBSERVANCES
•Fight the Bite (Mosquito Awareness Month)
•Seniors’ Month
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JULY 2015
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Emancipation Day
(Cup Match)
Somer’s Day
(Cup Match)
JULY 2015
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•Breastfeeding Month
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MONTHLY OBSERVANCES
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AUGUST 2015
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World Breastfeeding Week 1 - 7
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AUGUST 2015
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OCTOBER 2015
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• Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month
• Child Abuse Prevention Month
• Healthy Lungs Month
• Alzheimer’s Awareness Month
• Sickle Cell Awareness Month
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Labour Day
World Physiotherapy
Day
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Caribbean Wellness
Day
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Bermuda Dementia Awareness Week 20 - 26
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World Alzheimer’s
Day
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Clean Hands Week / Butts Out Bermuda 21 - 25
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SEPTEMBER 2015
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NOVEMBER 2015
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MONTHLY OBSERVANCES
• Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• Domestic Violence Awareness Month
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OCTOBER 2015
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Walk to School Day
World Sight Day
14
15
International Risk
Reduction Day
25
9
16
3
World Mental
Health Day
17
Mammography Day
International Infection Prevention Week 19 - 23
19
20
21
22
23
26
27
28
29
30
World Occupational
Therapy Day
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10
Speech and Hearing Awareness Week 5 - 9
5
18
2
Mental Health Awareness Week 4 - 10
4
11
F
24
31
OCTOBER 2015
Honey Locust
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DECEMBER 2015
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MONTHLY OBSERVANCES
• Diabetes Awareness Month
• Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
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T
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25
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NOVEMBER 2015
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1
8
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T
W
T
F
7
Ethics Awareness Week 2 - 6
2
3
4
5
9
10
11
12
6
Forensic Nurses Week 13 - 19
13
Remembrance Day
16
17
18
19
23
24
25
20
26
27
Denim for Diabetes
29
30
21
Universal
Children’s Day
World COPD Day
22
14
World Diabetes Day
Forensic Nurses Week 13 - 19
15
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28
NOVEMBER 2015
Banana
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24
25
26
27
28
29
30
JANUARY 2016
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MONTHLY OBSERVANCES
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DECEMBER 2015
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M
T
1
W
2
7
8
3
F
4
International Day of
Disabled Persons
World AIDS Day
6
T
9
10
S
5
International
Volunteer Day
11
12
Human Rights Day
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
Christmas Day
Boxing Day
27
28
29
30
31
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