the women were called and they came_ August health awareness month

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August health awareness month

August
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Cataract Awareness Month
American Academy of Ophthalmology
P.O. Box 7424
San Francisco, CA 94120-7424
[phone]
[phone] Fax
[e-mail]
www.geteyesmart.org/eyesmart/diseases/in
dex.cfm
Materials available
Contact: Georgia Alward

1 - 31
Children's Eye Health and Safety Month
Prevent Blindness America
211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60606
[phone]
[phone] Fax
[e-mail]
www.preventblindness.org
Materials available
Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline


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National Immunization Awareness Month
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road NE, MS E-05
Atlanta, GA 30333
(800) CDC-INFO (232-4636) English/Spanish
[phone] (TTY)
[phone] Fax
[phone] International Travel Information
www.cdc.gov/vaccines/events/niam/default
.htm
Materials available
Contact: None designated

1 - 31
Psoriasis Awareness Month
National Psoriasis Foundation
6600 SW 92nd Avenue, Suite 300
Portland, OR 97223-7195
[phone]
[phone]
[phone] Fax
[e-mail]
www.psoriasis.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx
?pid=937
Materials available
Contact: Catie Coman


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Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy
P.O. Box 196
Libertyville, IL 60048-0196
[phone]
[phone] Fax
[e-mail]
www.curesma.org
Materials available
Contact: None designated

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National Minority Donor Awareness Day
National Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program
Ambulatory Care Center
2041 Georgia Avenue NW, Suite 3100
Washington, DC 20060
[phone]
[phone]
[phone] Fax
[e-mail]
www.nationalmottep.org/nmdad.shtml
Materials available
Contact: Norman Brooks


8 - 14
National Health Center Week
National Association of Community Health Centers
7200 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 210
Bethesda, MD 20814
[phone]
www.healthcenterweek.org
Materials available
Contact: Amy Simmons

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