September Awareness Days
- All Month – Blue September Month – Prostate Cancer
- All Month – Urology Awareness Month
- All Month – Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
- All Month – Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month
- All Month – Healthy Ireland and HSE SunSmart Campaign
- 20th World Gynecologic Oncology Day
- 20th Mouth Cancer Awareness Day
- 22nd-28th European Week of Sport
- 24th World Cancer Research Day
- 28th National Walking Day
- 30th-6th Oct Positive Ageing Week
October Awareness Days
- All Month – Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- All Month – Liver Cancer Awareness Month
- 30th Sept-6th Positive Ageing Week
- 1st International Day of the Older Person
- 1st-7th National Breastfeeding Week HSE
November Awareness Days
- All Month – International Lung Cancer Awareness Month
- All Month – Movember Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
- All Month – Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
- 7th European Radon Day
- 19th International Men’s Health Day
- 20th World Pancreatic Cancer Day
Upcoming Events
The Institute of Public Health 2025 Joint North South Public Health Conference takes place online on Thursday, 18 September, from 10am to 12.30pm.
The title of the all-island conference is ‘Turning the Tide: Tackling the commercial and political determinants of health through policy and practice’.
The half-day conference will explore how public health and allied health professionals, academics, policymakers and researchers can respond to the challenges posed by commercial and political determinants or factors that shape population health and wellbeing.
Further information available here
The physical and mental health benefits of regular physical activity are immense. Yet across Ireland most people are not active enough to experience these benefits. Only 1 in 4 primary school children and 1 in 8 teenagers are active enough to meet Every Move Counts: national physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines. For adults it’s 4 in 10.
Register to join HSE here on Wednesday 24 September, 2:00pm – 3:15pm to hear about:
- The forthcoming National Physical Activity Framework and Action Plan 2024-2028; and
- How everyone working in healthcare can help promote physical activity and make Every Move Count.
