Dover, Del. (July 1, 2024) – The Delaware Division of Public Health’s (DPH) Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Obesity Prevention (PANO) Program released The Burden of Chronic Disease in Delaware 2024 report on June 28, 2024. The report summarizes the current state of chronic diseases and related risk factors in Delaware. It is an update to, and expansion of, Chronic Disease in Delaware: Facts and Figures, published in 2019 by DPH’s Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Section.
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January Awareness
January is…
The month of:
- Cervical Health Awareness Month – https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/cervical/
- National Birth Defects Prevention Month – https://www.nbdpn.org/bdpm.php
- National Glaucoma Awareness Month – http://www.glaucoma.org/news/glaucoma-awareness-month.php
- Thyroid Awareness Month – http://www.thyroid.org/january-thyroid-awareness/
- National Blood Donor Month- https://www.aabb.org/for-donors-patients/national-blood-donor-month
Days:
- Jan 11: Paget’s Awareness Day- https://paget.org.uk
- Jan 16: Women’s Healthy Weight Day – https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/womens-healthy-weight-day/
- Jan 20: Martin Luther King, Jr., National Day of Service – https://americorps.gov/serve/volunteer/mlk-day
- Jan 26: World Leprosy Day- https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-leprosy-day
- Jan 29: Lunar & Chinese New Year
- Jan 30: World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day- https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-ntd-day/
Need more to celebrate? Check out the National Day Holidays and Awareness Days.com