Weekly health and fitness agenda: Get Healthy Now Challenge

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This week continues the theme of public health with a series of global health campaigns to be launched during the G8 and G20 Summits in Canada and there is still time to join iVillage's new community challenge 'Get Healthy Now.'

Global health campaigns @ G8/G20 Summits
June 25-27
Deerhurst Resort, Huntsville, Ontario, Canada
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Canada
(Worldwide, Online)

Global health activists and organizations will launch a series of campaigns and events surrounding both the G8 and G20 Summits this June in Canada including the launch of Save the Children's EVERY ONE campaign to mobilize millions of people globally to demand government action in achieving the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. Live 8, a global network of ten AIDS awareness concerts, will not be taking place but there are whispers of a smaller event proposed by a Facebook group "G8 Make Promises Happen."
http://www.one.org/c/us/policybrief/3318 and http://g8.gc.ca

PSFK/UNICEF idea campaign
July
Online @ PSFKu.com

UNICEF and the business culture blog PSFK have joined forces to ask the public to help them monitor "key trends that impact health and wellbeing" to find new innovations and partners that can translate into deliverable health solutions for children worldwide. The target areas of innovation are health, education, fitness, remote working, data use and the web, and children's products and services. If you have an idea, then submit an online form before early July and you never know how many lives you could impact. 
http://www.psfk.com/future-of-health

International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases 2010 (ICEID 2010)
July 11-14
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia

ICEID 2010 is the seventh annual conference hosted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in cooperation with global health leaders and organizations including the WHO. The professional event aims to identify new diseases to understand their cause, target and how to control them. There are 300 spaces held for students with admission at $250 (€204.77); regular registration is $475 (€387.75)
http://www.iceid.org/

iVillage's ‘Get Healthy Now' Community Challenge ends
July 18
Online

Before July 18, you and your family can commit to getting healthy now by signing up for four weeks of free daily assignments to support a healthy lifestyle with tips to eat better and get active. The challenge encourages people everywhere to live in a more healthy fashion with expert advice from Tanya Benenson, MD, medical director for NBC, Madelyn Fernstrom, PhD, diet and nutrition editor for US morning TV show  Today and Mel B, former Spice Girl, international fitness advocate and host of  Dance Your Ass Off'. To join the challenge, sign up for free at: 
http://challenges.ivillage.com/health-week

XVIII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010)
July 18-23
Vienna, Austria

"Right Here, Right Now " is the theme for this year's high-level meeting to hold world leaders and donors accountable as the 2010 deadline approaches for ensuring universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support. Also, greater attention will be on the rapid growth of the epidemic in Central and Eastern Europe via injection drugs as well as more focus on human rights and care for vulnerable populations. Former US president Bill Clinton, South African Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi, and UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé are just a few of the speakers. AIDS 2010 is seeking volunteers - for more info consult the website.
http://www.aids2010.org

World Breastfeeding Week
August 1-7
Worldwide

World Breastfeeding Week takes place in over 120 countries to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies around the world. It was began 20 years ago by WHO and UNICEF policy-makers to protect, promote and support breastfeeding.
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/annual/world_breastfeeding_week/en/index.html

IDEA World Fitness Convention
August 4-8
Los Angeles Convention Center, LA, California, USA

The 26th annual IDEA World Fitness Convention is the largest and oldest trade event for fitness professionals. Over 5,000 influential fitness and wellness professionals from 65 nations will participate in 350 sessions devoted to new fitness trends (Bollywood Step, Alphabics, Kranking) with highlight events including celebrity Mario Lopez, tennis star Andre Agassi and the US Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, MD. After this event, fitness centers globally will be introducing new classes, techniques and products -like workouts using Kangoo Jumps.
http://www.ideafit.com/conference/idea-world-fitness-convention-2010  

World Humanitarian Day
August 19
Worldwide

The first World Humanitarian Day was celebrated in 2009 and is a day to honor aid workers, shed light on populations that need humanitarian aid and find ways to give back to your community or international humanitarian aid organizations.
http://ochaonline.un.org/news/worldhumanitarianday/tabid/5677/language/en-us/default.aspx

Daffodil Day
August 27
Australia, Canada

A day, created by the Canadian Cancer Society nearly 30 years ago, to honor those who have been touched by cancer. On August 27, the profits from fresh daffodils purchased at select locations will be used to support cancer patients, research and education. To get involved or donate: http://www.daffodilday.com.au

African Traditional Medicine Day
August 31
Africa

Many common medicines are derived from traditional therapies and on August 31 during the 9th annual African Traditional Medicine Day instituted by the World Health Organization (WHO), health professionals will come together to further the research and development, advocacy and safety of traditional medicines.
http://www.who.int