Observed days.March 1-31National Kidney Month National Kidney Foundation 30 East 33rd Street New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10016 (800) 622-9010 (212) 889-2310 Fax info@kidney.org www.kidney.org/kidneydisease/kidneymonth/ March 1-31 Workplace Eye Wellness Month Prevent Blindness America 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60606 (800) 331-2020 (847) 843-8458 Fax info@preventblindness.org www.preventblindness.org March 24 World Tuberculosis Day World Tuberculosis Day, falling on 24 March each year, is designed to build public awareness that tuberculosis today remains an epidemic in much of the world, causing the deaths of about 1.6 million people each year, mostly in the third world. Stop TB Partnerhsip (Secretariat) World Health Organization HTM/STB/TBP 20, avenue Appia CH-1211 Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. 27 SWITZERLAND, +(41) 22 791 4650 +(41) 22 791 4886 Fax stoptbinfo@who.int www.stoptb.org/events/world_tb_day April 1-30 Alcohol Awareness Month SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information P.O. Box 2345 Rockville, MD 20015 (800) 729-6686 (877) 787-8432 Spanish (240) 221-4292 Fax ncadi-info@samhsa.hhs.gov ncadi.samhsa.gov April 1-30 Cancer Control Month American Cancer Society 250 Williams Street NW Atlanta, GA 30303 (800) ACS-2345 (227-2345) www.cancer.org April 1-30 National Child Abuse Prevention Month Child Welfare Information Gateway Children's Bureau Administration for Children and Families The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is a division of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). It is headed by the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families, which from 2001 to 2007 was Dr. Wade F. Horn. 1250 Maryland Avenue SW Washington, DC 20024 (800) 394-3366 (703) 385-7565 (703) 385-3206 Fax info@childwelfare.gov www.childwelfare.gov/preventing |
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