January |
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1 Jan |
New Year (Malaysia public holiday)
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16 - 20 Jan |
WGNRR Regional Youth Partner’s Meeting, Tagaytay City, Phillipines
www.wgnrr.org/event/regional-youth-partners-meeting
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18 - 23 Jan |
126th WHO Executive Board meeting, Geneva, Switzerland. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/
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17 – 19 Jan |
Convocation of 24th CONGO General Assembly. Defining the present, shaping the future, Manhattan, New York
www.ngocongo.org/index.php?what=news&id=10543
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17 – 25 Jan |
128th WHO Executive Board meeting, Geneva, Switzerland
www.who.int/mediacentre/events/2011/eb128/en/index.html
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17Jan – 4 Feb |
48th Session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, (CEDAW) Geneva, Switzerland
www.who.int/pmnch/events/2011/20110117_un_cedaw/en/index.html
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24 Jan– 4 Feb |
IPACT Monitoring and Evaluation of Maternal and Newborn Health Care, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
www.ipact-int.com/
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25 Jan |
L.O.V.E Community Service Festival, USM, Penang
http://www.wix.com/loveinpenang/atus
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25 – 29 Jan |
2nd Global Forum on Human Resources for Health, Bangkok, Thailand
http://www.who.int/pmnch/events/2011/20110125_ghwa/en/index.html
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26 - 30 Jan |
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Davos - Klosters, Switzerland
http://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2011
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February |
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3 - 4 Feb |
Chinese New Year (Malaysia Public Holiday)
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6 - 11 Feb |
World Social Forum, Dakar, Senegal
website
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14 Feb |
WABA’s 20th Anniversary www.waba.org.my
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21 Feb - 5 Mar |
Breastfeeding Advocacy & Practise Third regional course for doctors, midwives and other senior health professionals in South East Asia Penang, Malaysia
more information
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22 Feb - 4 Mar |
55th Session of the CSW, New York, Gender Education, Science and Technology Employment
website
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27 Feb |
Wellstart’s 26th Anniversary
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March |
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3 Mar |
10th Annual IBCLC Day http://www.ilca.org
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8 Mar |
International Women’s Day (IWD),
Equal access to education, training, and science and technology: Pathway to decent work for women
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/feature/iwd/
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11 - 12 Mar |
Breastfeeding and Feminism Symposium,
Reframing Birth and Breastfeeding: Moving Forward Chapel Hill, UNC
http://www.uncg.edu/hhp/cwhw/symposium/homepage.html
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14 - 16 Mar |
Global Health Metrics and Evaluation (GHME) Conference, Controversies, Innovation and Accountability, Seattle, USA
http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/GHME/
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15 Mar |
World Consumer Rights Day.
Consumers for Fair Financial Services
http://www.consumersinternational.org/our-work/wcrd/wcrd-2011
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22 Mar |
World Water Day.
Water for Cities: Responding to the Urban Challenge
worldwaterday.org
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26 Mar |
Earth Hour.
For the Planet. By the people
earthhour.org
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April |
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1 - 3 Apr |
2011 Breastfeeding and Parenting Conference,
Breastfeeding Today: An Ancient art in a Modern World, La Leche League, Garden State
website
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7 Apr |
World Health Day. Antimicrobial resistance and its global spread.
website
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11 - 15 Apr |
44th Session of Commission on Population and Development.
Fertility, Reproductive Health and Development
website
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22 Apr |
Earth Day
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22 Apr |
Good Friday
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May |
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1 May |
International Labor Day
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1 - 4 May |
GOLD11. Global Online Lactation Discussion
goldconf.com
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3 - 6 May |
The19th Consumers International World Congress 2011.
Empowering tomorrow’s consumers. HongKong
website
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5 May |
International Day of Midwife
website
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9 May |
Mother’s Day (Sun)
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15 May |
International Day of Families / International AIDS Memorial Day
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15 - 22 May |
World Respected Childbirth Week.
Birth where you want, the way you want, and with whom you want.
smar.info
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16 - 24 May |
64th World Health Assembly, Geneva, Switzerland
website
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18 May |
9th Anniversary of GSIYCF
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20 - 26 May |
Global AIDS Week of Action
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21 May |
30th Anniversary of the Code
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28 May |
International Day of Action for Women’s Health
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31 May |
World No-Tobacco Day
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June |
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5 June |
World Environment Day
website
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5 - 24 June |
London Breastfeeding Practice & Policy Course.
Breastfeeding Practice and Policy course, (UCL- Institute of Child Health) London.
website
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13 - 17 June |
Global Health Council 2011 Conference, Washington, DC
website
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19 - 23 June |
ICM Triennial Congress. Midwives Tackling the Big Five globally, Durban, South Africa
www.midwives2011.org
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20 June |
Father’s Day
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20 - 23 June |
UNICEF Annual Exec. Board of Meeting, UNHQ, New York
website
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July |
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4 July |
34th Anniversary of Nestle Boycott
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5 July |
ABM 16th Anniversary
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5 - 11 July |
PHM Short Course for Health Activist.
Movement Building through Action for Health, NY, USA
website
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6 - 9 July |
International Association for the study of Sexuality, Culture and Society (IASSCS).
Naming and Framing. The making of sexual (in)equality, Madrid, Spain
website
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11 July |
World Population Day – UNFPA
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13 - 16 July |
XI Asian Congress of Nutrition 2011.
Nutritional Well-Being for a Progressive Asia: Challenges & Opportunities Suntec Singapore Int Convention & Exhibition Center
acn2011.com
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17 - 20 July |
6th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention. Rome, Italy
ias2011.org
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13 - 17 July |
ILCA Conference and Annual Meeting, Raising the Bow:
Enhancing Practices and Improving Health Outcomes, SP, California
website
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August |
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1 August |
21st Anniversary of Innocenti Declaration
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1 August |
Fasting Month (Ramadhan) begins
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1 - 7 August |
World Breastfeeding Week http://worldbreastfeedingweek.org/
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12 August |
International Youth Day.
Our Year Our Voice
website
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26 - 30 August |
10th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP10).
Diverse Voices, United Action. Busan, South Korea
icaap10.org
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30 - 31 August |
Hari Raya Puasa (Ramadhan Celebration – Malaysia Public Holiday)
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31 Aug |
Malaysia National Day (Malaysia Public Holiday)
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September |
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6 - 9 Sep |
61st session WHO Regional Committee for South East Asia, India
website
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12 - 15 Sep |
61st session WHO Regional Committee for Europe, Baku, Azerbaijan
website
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16 Sep |
Malaysia Day
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21 Sep |
International Day of Peace. Youth for peace and development
website
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October |
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2 Oct |
International Day of Non-Violence (The Late Gandhi’s birthday)
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4 Oct |
World Habitat Day (first Monday of the month)
website
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10 Oct |
World Mental Health Day. No health without Mental Health
website
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12 Oct |
IBFAN’s 32nd Anniversary
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13 Oct |
International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction (second Wednesday of the month)
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15 - 16 Oct |
World Rural Women’s Day / World Food Day
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17 Oct |
LLLI’s 55th Anniversary
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17 - 21 Oct |
World Congress of the World Federation of Mental Health, Cape Town, SA
wmhc2011.com
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17 Oct |
International Day for Eradication of Poverty
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19 - 22 Oct |
ABA International Conference, Australia
website
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19 - 22 Oct |
6th APCRSHR Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive & Sexual Health & Rights,
Claiming Sexual & Reproductive Rights in Asian And Pacific Societies
apcrshr6.org
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19 Oct |
Youth Forum 6th APCRSHR, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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23 - 26 Oct |
World Health Summit 2011 worldhealthsummit.org
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24 Oct |
U.N Day
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26 Oct |
Deepavali (Malaysia Public Holiday)
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26 Oct - 1 Nov |
International Nestle Free Week
website
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November |
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3 - 6 Nov |
ABM 16th Annual International Conference. Miami, Florida bfmed.org
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14 - 17 Nov |
U.N. World Diabetes Day / International Students Day
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16 Nov |
International Day of Tolerance
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19 - 20 Nov |
World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse
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20 Nov |
Universal Children’s Day
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25 Nov |
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (White Ribbon Day)
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December |
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1 Dec |
World AIDS Day worldaidsday.org
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3 Dec |
International Disability Day
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5 Dec |
International Volunteer Day (UN)
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8 Dec |
Global Day of Action on climate change
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9 Dec |
UN Anti Corruption Day
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10 Dec |
Human Rights Day
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25 Dec |
Christmas (Malaysia public holiday)
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