Upcoming Health Events

Awareness of Hypertension

Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea is one of Cancer Council NT’s leading fundraising events and the largest, most successful event of it’s kind in Australia. The Concept is simple, host a morning tea for your friends or workmates and raise funds to help the fight against cancer. The official date is Thursday 26 May 201, but you can host an event any time during the month of May. Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea is easy to organise, fun and completely flexible to suite your environment. Register to host a morning tea at www.biggestmorningtea.com.au

Darwin – Music Festival

National Focus on early intervention to kidney health

Macular Degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in Australia. Macular Degeneration Awareness Week is an annual event designed to raise awareness of Macular Degeneration and to encourage those most at risk, people over 50, to have their eyes tested and macula checked. A free Macular Degeneration information pack is available from the Foundation.

National - awareness of reconciliation between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians

World No Tobacco Day occurs annually on May 31. It was created by the World Health Organization to bring attention to the death and disease caused globally by preventable tobacco use.

National – cystic fibrosis awareness

National – Thyroid condition awareness

Bowel Cancer Awareness Week aims to raise public awareness of a disease that claims the life of one Australian every two hours.