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11 Event: National Folic Acid Awareness Week Description: National Folic Acid Awareness Week, observed January 5-11, provides an opportunity to increase awareness and educate women of reproductive age about the role folic acid plays in the prevention of congenital disabilities. |
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30 Event: Thyroid Awareness Month |
31 Event: Cervical Health Awareness Month Description: The United States Congress designated January as Cervical Health Awareness Month. Nearly 13,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year, but the disease is preventable with vaccination and appropriate screening (Pap and HPV tests). Event: National Birth Defects Prevention Month Description: Birth defects affect 1 in every 33 babies born in the United States. The goal of National Birth Defects Prevention Month is to generate greater awareness that birth defects are common, costly and critical, and to offer specific actions that women and health care professionals can take to prevent birth defects. |
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