National Women’s Checkup Day is held annually on the second Monday of May. This is included during National Women’s Health Week, which starts on Mother’s Day each year. This year, National Women’s Checkup Day is May 9. Annual checkups for women, or well-woman visits, focus on overall health and wellness. The main goals of annual checkups are to continue documenting your health … [Read more...]
National Safe Motherhood Day
We observe National Safe Motherhood Day annually on April 11 in order to raise awareness for resources available for care during pregnancy and childbirth, as well as postpartum. The main goals are to decrease the maternal mortality rates and improve medical care and services available to pregnant women and new mothers. More than 800 women die daily from preventable causes from … [Read more...]
