June is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month – Bowel Cancer Australia’s signature event to raise awareness of Australia’s second deadliest cancer and funds for the leading community-funded charity dedicated to prevention, early diagnosis, research, quality treatment and care, so everyone affected by bowel cancer can live their best life.

• Bowel cancer claims the lives of 103 Australians every week (5,350 people a year) – but it’s one of the most treatable types of cancer when detected early.
• 299 Australians will be diagnosed with bowel cancer this week (15,531 people a year).

• A simple way to help show your support of Bowel Cancer Awareness Month and Red Apple Day is to purchase a Virtual Bowel Cancer Awareness Ribbon.
• Send a ribbon to someone you know
• Dedicate a ribbon in remembrance.
• Buy a ribbon to help raise awareness.

For more information :https://www.bowelcanceraustralia.org/bowel-cancer-awareness-month

Every year in June, Lifeblood celebrates over half a million of our donors who make a difference through their generous life-saving blood donations. Each year, around World Blood Donor Day on 14 June, Lifeblood is proud to host National Blood Donor Week — it’s our way of recognising the impact and importance of our wonderful donors.

Why donate blood?

• Blood that’s taken straight from a donor. After it’s donated, we usually separate blood into red blood cells, plasma and platelets in our labs.
• Red blood cells only last 42 days from when they’re donated. Australia needs over 1.7 million donations every year to meet demand: that’s three every minute.
• Did you know one blood donation can save up to three lives? Just think about how many lives you could change by coming back for more.

• Get Involved :
• Donate Blood
• Spread awareness

For more information ,visit :https://www.lifeblood.com.au/blood/learn-about-blood/why-donate-blood

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World No Tobacco Day 2024 will give a platform to young people across the world, who are urging governments to shield them from predatory tobacco marketing tactics. The industry targets youth for a lifetime of profits, creating a new wave of addiction. Children are using e-cigarettes at rates higher than adults in all regions and globally an estimated 37 million youth aged 13–15 years use tobacco.

Key facts

• Tobacco kills up to half of its users who don’t quit (1-3).
• Tobacco kills more than 8 million people each year, including an estimated 1.3 million non-smokers who are exposed to second-hand smoke (4).
• Around 80% of the world’s 1.3 billion tobacco users live in low- and middle-income countries.
• In 2020, 22.3% of the world’s population used tobacco: 36.7% of men and 7.8% of women.
• To address the tobacco epidemic, WHO Member States adopted the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) in 2003. Currently 182 countries are Parties to this treaty.
• The WHO MPOWER measures are in line with the WHO FCTC and have been shown to save lives and reduce costs from averted healthcare expenditure.

Get Involved :

• Raising awareness in family, friends and social media
• Volunteer
• Host an Event

For more information :https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-no-tobacco-day/2024

Heart Week is Australia’s national heart health awareness week held in May each year. It provides an opportunity for the Australian public and health professionals to start a conversation about heart health and take positive steps to reduce their heart disease risk.

This Heart Week, we’re encouraging everyday Australians to never miss a beat by speaking to their GP about a Heart Health Check. A Heart Health Check is a 20-minute check-up with your GP to assess your risk of having a heart attack or stroke in the next five years.

If you are aged 45 and over and do not already have heart disease, we recommend you see your doctor for a Medicare-subsidised Heart Health Check. Some people may be eligible earlier, including First Nations peoples from 30 years, and from 35 years for people living with diabetes.

Get involved this MAY:

• Raise Awareness in friends and family for heart health check
• Spread a word on social media.
• Volunteer for events and