PH Awareness Month

GET READY FOR PH Awareness Month

Each November, the Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA) provides tools to help people living with PH, their loved ones and health care professionals educate the public, health care providers, those at risk for PH and those who are new to the PH community.

This year’s theme is “Spark Awareness,” which evokes PHA’s 30th anniversary theme, “Lighting the Way Forward.”

A highlight of the campaign will be an interactive PH Awareness Month

Calendar. Introduced last year during Awareness Month, the calendar works like an online Advent calendar: Just click on the date to discover facts, tools and rewards to educate people about PH risk factors, symptoms and resources.

Each day, the Spark Awareness calendar will reveal new information and downloadable resources to discover and share, similar to a virtual advent calendar.

Another resource to promote PH awareness is an online toolkit with social media graphics, sample posts, profile and cover images, customizable news releases, and flyers for health care professionals to print and post in their offices and clinics.

Awareness Month activities include a Day of Action Nov. 1 and CTEPH

Awareness Day Nov. 10. The Day of Action is a virtual activity to educate

Congress about the devastating health and lifestyle effects of PH. Please share your story to help lawmakers understand the importance of funding research and ensuring accessible, affordable health care.

On CTEPH Awareness Day, PHA will draw attention to chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), a form of PH caused by old blood clots in the lungs. Other activities include a PHA Live webinar on Left Heart Disease and a Nov. 30 fundraiser for Giving Tuesday. The fundraiser will feature a $30,000 match in recognition of PHA’s 30th anniversary.

Visit PHAssociation.org/AwarenessMonth to learn more.