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Parents, health professionals, teachers, community groups, and others can use these special times to sponsor health promotion events, stimulate awareness of health risks, or focus on disease prevention.

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August 2003

Children's Eye Health and Safety Month

• Prevent Blindness America

Cataract Awareness Month

• American Academy of Ophthalmology

Psoriasis Awareness Month

• National Psoriasis Foundation

Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month

• Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy

National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM)

• National Partnership for Immunization

August 1 National Minority Donor Awareness Day

• National Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program

August 5 National Night Out

• National Association of Town Watch

August 1-7 World Breastfeeding Week

• World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action
  and La Leche League International

Source: 2003 National Health Observances, National Health Information Center, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.