Dental Health Week (DHW) is the Australian Dental Association’s (ADA) major annual oral health campaign. In 2023 ,DHW is focusing on the mouth and whole-body connection. Bacteria in the mouth can travel to different sites of the body and inflammation in the mouth can increase the body’s overall inflammation. Six conditions have been explored in how they link with the mouth:

1. Heart Disease
2. Diabetes
3. Alzheimer’s Disease
4. Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
5. Lung Conditions
6. Inflammatory Bowel Disease

The ADA’s main oral health messages and the four key messages of the DHW campaign aim to reinforce the importance of maintaining good oral health to keep your teeth for life.

1. Brush your teeth twice a day with fluoride toothpaste.
2. Clean between your teeth daily using floss of interdental brushes.
3. Eat a healthy, balanced diet and limit added sugar intake.
4. Visit the dentist regularly for check-ups and preventative care.

Get involved this August by:

• Maintaining good oral care
• Visiting your dentist if needed
• Raising awareness on social media
• Informing the community

For more information, visit:
https://www.ada.org.au/Dental-Health-Week/Home

MS Readathon is a reading based fundraising program open to participants of all ages. Read through the month of August, get sponsored and make a difference! All funds raised go towards support and services provided for people living with multiple sclerosis, their families and carers while the search for a cure continues.

THEME OF READATHON 2023 IS MAGIC

Multiple sclerosis is a condition of the central nervous system, interfering with nerve impulses within the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves. There are over 25,600 people living with MS in Australia.

Get involved this August by:

• Being a part of the reading fundraiser
• Volunteering
• Donating to the foundation

For more information, visit: https://msreadathon.org.au/

World Breastfeeding Week aims to protect, promote and support breastfeeding as the best way to provide newborns with the nutrients they need.

Objectives of World Breastfeeding Week include:

• Inform people about the importance of protecting breastfeeding
• Anchor breastfeeding support as a vital public health responsibility
• Engage with individuals and organisations for greater impact​
• Galvanise with individuals and organisations for greater impact​

Get involved this August by:

• Raising awareness on social media
• Educating the community
• Organising a fundraiser
• Donating to the foundation

For more information, visit: http://worldbreastfeedingweek.org/

In Australia, approximately 220,000 people are living with lifelong Hepatitis B and more than 115,000 people are still living with chronic hepatitis C at the end of 2020  .

There is a safe and effective vaccine to protect you against getting hep B.
There is no vaccine to protect against hepatitis C, but there is an effective cure .

Get Involved this July :

• Raising awareness on social media
• Educating the community
• Informing family and friend.
• Consult your GP.

For more Information ,please vist:

https://www.worldhepatitisday.org.au/about_hepatitis

DonateLife Week is a key part of the Australian Government’s national reform program to increase organ and tissue donation and transplantation outcomes. Each year, events are held across Australia during DonateLife Week to encourage all Australians to register their donation decision and to discuss their donation decisions with their loved ones.

Get involved this July by:

• Signing up to be an organ donar
• Registering for a donation
• Raising awareness on social media
• Informing family and friends

For more information, visit: http://www.donatelife.gov.au/donatelife-week

Birth Trauma Awareness Week (BTAW) is held in July each year. The theme for 2023 is Postpartum Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

1 in 10 women emerges from childbirth with PTSD.  The devastating impacts of this type of trauma suffer from a lack of awareness and progress, meaning that families continue to suffer in silence.

Postpartum PTSD is probably more common than most people realise. For some, symptoms of trauma may be treated as depression or anxiety. For others, ongoing symptoms aren’t noticed until some months after the birth 

Get involved this July by:

Fundraising through an activity

Raising awareness in the community

Raise awareness on social media

For More information visit:

https://birthtrauma.org.au/birth-trauma-awareness-week-2023/

‘Go Yellow Anywhere for Sarcoma Awareness’ this July for Sarcoma Awareness Month in support of the sarcoma community.This year’s theme ‘Go Yellow Anywhere for Sarcoma Awareness’ highlights the word ‘anywhere’ as sarcoma is a really unique cancer that can form anywhere in the body.

Each year, hundreds will be diagnosed with a type of sarcoma and will go through a challenging experience – often a long and hard journey to getting better through gruelling cycles of treatment.

Get involved this July by:

• Making a donation
• Fundraising through an activity
• Volunteering
• Raising awareness in the community
• Gathering support on social media

For more information, visit:
https://sarcoma.org.au/news/events/july-is-sarcoma-awareness-month

Dry July is a fundraiser that encourages you to go alcohol-free in July to raise funds for people affected by cancer.

The funds you raise as part of your Dry July will provide invaluable services for cancer patients, their families and carers. Having a month off alcohol also has great health benefits.

To get involved this July:

• Sign up for the challenge to go alcohol free in July
• Ask family and friends to sponsor you
• Make a donation to someone completing Dry July
• Raise awareness on social media

For more information, visit: 
https://www.dryjuly.com/

Scleroderma, also known as Systemic Sclerosis, is a rare autoimmune disease that turns simple daily activities into real challenges. June 29 is World Scleroderma Day, an initiative to raise awareness about the severeness of this disease.

Scleroderma is a chronic disease of the connective tissue, immune and vascular systems, and presents a major diagnostic and management problem for patients and their physicians. It is life-threatening and currently has no cure.

“Anyone can develop scleroderma, but it is more common between the ages of 30 and 60, and three times more likely in females. There are estimated to be over 6,000 Australians living with scleroderma.” (1)

Get involved this June by:

• Raising awareness on social media
• Making a donation to the foundation
• Volunteering

For more information, visit: 
https://www.sclerodermaaustralia.com.au/
http://worldsclerodermaday.org/

27 June is PTSD Awareness Day. Phoenix Australia aims to raise awareness about posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the impact of trauma, because if more people know about PTSD, then more sufferers can get the help they need.Trauma can have a devastating effect on people’s lives.  Anyone of us can be affected and the psychological impacts can be deep and complex.

Not everyone who experiences trauma will develop PTSD, but about 5-10% of Australians will suffer from PTSD at some point in their lives. That means that at any one time over 1 million Australians have PTSD.

Get involved this June by:

• Raising awareness on social media
• Making a donation to the foundation
• Volunteering

For more information , visit :

PTSD Awareness Day