MINNEAPOLIS --- As part of its Know Your Numbers campaign, Health Fair 11 presents this listing of health events taking place in February.
Month-long Observances
Age-related Macular Degeneration & Low Vision Awareness Month - Prevent Blindness America / www.preventblindness.org ph 800.331.2020
Children's Dental Health Month - American Dental Association / www.ada.org
Condom Month - American Social Health Association (ASHA) / www.ashastd.org
American Heart Month - American Heart Association / www.goredcorazon.org ph 888.MY.HEART
Kids ENT Health Month - American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery / www.entnet.org ph 703.535.3762
Week-long & Special Day Observances
February 3
Go Red Day - American Heart Association / www.goredcorazon.org ph 888.694.3278
February 5-11
Burn Awareness Week- Shriners Hospitals for Children / www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.org ph 813.281.8162
February 7-14
Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week - Congenital Heart Information Network / http://tchin.org.aware ph 609.822.1572
February 11
World Day of the Sick - National Association of Catholic Chaplains /www.nacc.org ph 414.483.4898
February 12-18
Cardiac Rehabilitation Week - American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation / www.acp-online.org ph 804.639.9213
February 19-25
Poison Prevention Week - Prevention Week Council / www.poisonprevention.org
February 26 - March 3
Eating Disorders Awareness Week - National Eating Disorders Association / www.nationaleatingdisorders.org ph 203.382.3587 ext. 11