Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Mental Health Awareness Month
1 International Day of Older Persons
3-5 Rotary Family Health Day Outreach Campaign
9-15 National Nutrition Week
10 World Mental Health Day
11 World Sight Day
12 World Arthritis Day
12-20 World Bone and Joint Week
13 International Day for Disaster Reduction
13 World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
14-20 National Case Management Week
15 Global Handwashing Day
15-19 School Health Week
15-19 National Obesity Week
16 World Food Day
16 World Spine Day
17 World Trauma Day
17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
20 National Down Syndrome Day
20 World Osteoporosis Day
20-26 International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
21 Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders Prevention Day
24 World Polio Day
28 Oct – 3 Nov National Stroke Week
29 World Stroke Day
30 Africa Food and Nutrition Security Day