Calendar of events and meetings 2006
January
18–20: Obesity, Lifestyle and Cardiovascular Disease Symposium, Washington DC
21–26: International Congress on Diabetes Mellitus and the Control of Cellular Energy Metabolism, Vancouver
25–27: International Nursing Conference on Prevention and Management of Chronic Conditions, Bangkok
26–27: Prevention and Management of Chronic Conditions: International Perspectives, Bangkok
26–28: Kidney Disease, Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease Conference, Orlando
25–29: World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Davos
February
American Heart Month 2006
1: Women's Heart Health Day
1: World Day of the Sick
4: World Cancer Day
5: Prevention, Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease, Colorado
6–8: National Health Policy Conference, Washington DC
21–23: World Diabetes Foundation Diabetes Summit, Hanoi
23–25: Hypertension, Diabetes and Renal Diseases Meeting, Genoa
23–26: World Congress on Gender-Specific Medicine, Berlin
March
American Diabetes Awareness Month 2006
1–5: Asia Pacific Obesity Conclave, New Dehli
8: World No Smoking Day
8: International Women's Day
12–18: Obesity Awareness Week (UK)
14–26: Diabetes in Asia Conference, Cairo
22: World Water Day
30–1 April: 1st International Conference on Hypertension, Lipids, Diabetes and Stroke Prevention, Paris
April
Cancer Control Month
1–2: International Health Conference
3–9: National Public Health Week
7: World Health Day
17–19: 3rd Annual World Health Care Congress, Washington DC
19–23: 10th Biennial Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Undeserved and Cancer
17–20: International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health
28: International DAWN (Diabetes Attitudes, Wishes and Needs) Summit, Florence
May
2: World Asthma Day
7–9: Scientific Forum on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke, Washington DC
10: 'Move for Health' Day
13: World Hypertension Day
15–19: Healthy Places, Healthy People – CABE Health Week 2006 (UK)
16–19: CDC Diabetes and Obesity Conference, Denver, CO
19–21: 2nd Balkan Congress on Obesity, Bulgaria
21: Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting, Geneva
22–26: UK National Walk-to-School week (1)
22–27: 59th World Health Assembly
27: Australian Medical Association 'Dirty Ashtray' Awards
31: World No Tobacco Day
June
1–3: Global Cardiovascular Clinical Trialists Forum, Cannes
4–7: Economics of Population Health: Inaugural Conference of the American Society of Health Economics, Madison, WI
10-16: Food as Medicine, Baltimore
14: World Blood Donors Day
19–20: 5th European Conference on Promoting Workplace Health, Linz
19–26: National Bike Week, UK
21–24: 2nd Congress of Epidemiology, Seattle
26: Anti Drug Abuse Day
July
6–9: Sixth European Conference on Health Economics, Budapest
9–11: World Conference on Tobacco or Health Fellows program
12–15: 13th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Washington DC
23–4 August: Ten-Day Seminar on the Epidemiology and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Colorado
August
12: International Youth Day
13–25: Ten-Day International Teaching Seminar on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, Brisbane
21–25: 11th World Congress on Public Health, Rio de Janeiro
31–2 September: International Congress Satellite Conference on Physical Activity & Obesity, Brisbane
September
2–6: 15th World Congress of Cardiology, Barcelona
3–8: 10th International Congress on Obesity, Sydney
10: World Suicide Prevention Day
14–17: EASD, European Association for the Study of Diabetes, Copenhagen
20–22: 6th International Conference on Priorities in Healthcare, Toronto
21: World Alzheimers Day
24: World Heart Day
27–1 October: 14th International Conference on Cancer Nursing, Toronto
October
Youth Against Tobacco Month 2006
9–15: Back to the Table Week (UK)
10: World Mental Health Day
13–20: World Congress on Internet in Medicine, Toronto
15–19: 21st Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hypertension, Fukuoka, Japan
16: World Food Day
21: Global Iodine Deficiency Day
26: UK National Walk-to-School week (2)
29–2 November: Global Forum for Health Research, Cairo
30–2 November: Global Aspects of Diabetes: Shaping the Future, Kuwait
November
Diabetes Awareness Month 2006
14: World Diabetes Day
16–17: Ministerial Conference on Counteracting Obesity (WHO Regional Office for Europe), Istanbul, Turkey
20: Universal Children's Day
20–22: OxHA Annual Summit, 'Health in Transition: Working Together'
23–25: The Everyday Challenge of Prevention - From Risk Factors to Effective Intervention, Sophia-Antipolis
December
1: World AIDS Day
3–7: 19th World Congress of the International Diabetes Federation, Cape Town