March 2026 Health and Safety Bulletin

March 2026!

The days are getting longer already. As the clocks will spring ahead, so should regular inspections and maintenance of homes, yards, and vehicles.

Spring is a time of renewal, so let’s renew our commitment to conserve resources and take care of earth.

In This Issue: March 2026 Health and Safety Bulletin

• Spring Safety & Maintenance
• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Observances/Awareness:

Month: Brain Health, Nutrition, Epilepsy, Women’s History, Colorectal Cancer, Kidney Health, Endometriosis, Juvenile Arthritis, Liver Health, National Social Work, Multiple Myeloma, Pharmacy Appreciation

Days/Weeks:

International Women of Colour Day: 1

Self-Injury Awareness Day: 1

World Hearing & Birth Defects Day: 3

World Wildlife Day: 3

Holi: 3 & 4

World Obesity Day: 4

World Lymphedema Day: 6

Dress in Blue Day: 7

International Women’s Day: 8

Day Light Savings Begins: 8

World Glaucoma Week: 8-14

Safer Sleep Week: 9-13

Long COVID Awareness Day: 15

National Poison Prevention Week: 15-21

Neurodiversity Celebration Week: 16-20

St Patrick’s Day: 17

Global Recycling Day: 18

Spring Equinox & World Oral Health Day: 20

Eid ul Fitr (end of Ramadan): 20 (tentative)

Digital Cleanup & World Down Syndrome Day: 21

World Water Day: 22

World Tuberculosis Day: 24

Purple Thursday & Purple Day: 26

Earth Hour: 28

Zero Waste & World Bipolar Day: 30