Health Awareness
January Health Awareness
January 1-31: Cervical Health Awareness Month
January 1-31: Glaucoma Awareness Month
January 1-31: International Quality of Life Month
January 1-31: National Birth Defects Awareness/Prevention Month
January 1-31: National Blood Donor Month
January 1-31: National Radon Action Month
January 1-31: National Winter Sports Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month
January 1-31: Thyroid Awareness Month
January 4: World Braille Day
January 11: Paget’s Awareness Day
January 26: World Leprosy Day
January 30: World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day
February Health Awareness
February 1-28: American Heart Month
February 1-28: Cholangiocarcinoma Awareness Month
February 1-28: Gallbladder and Bile Duct Cancer Awareness Month
February 1-28: International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month
February 1-28: Low Vision Awareness Month
February 1-28: Marfan Syndrome Awareness Month
February 1-28: National Cancer Prevention Month
February 1-28: National Children’s Dental Health Month
February 1-28: National Self-Check Month
February 1-28: Raynaud’s Awareness Month
February 1-28: Teen Dating Violence Prevention Month
February 1: World Aspergillosis Day
February 1-7: African Heritage & Health Week
February 2: Rheumatoid Awareness Day
February 3-9: Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week
February 3-9: Tinnitus Awareness Week
February 4: World Cancer Day
February 6: Time to Talk Day
February 7: Give Kids a Smile Day
February 7: Go Red For Women
February 7: National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
February 7-14: Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week
February 9-15: Heart Failure Awareness Week
February 9-15: National Cardiac Rehabilitation Week
February 9-15: Sepsis Survivor Week
February 10: International Epilepsy Day
February 14: National Donor Day
February 14: National Impotence Day
February 14-21: National Condom Week
February 21: National Caregivers Day
February 22: National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day
February 22: Recreational Sports & Fitness Day
February 24-March 2: National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
February 27: National Protein Day
February 28: International Repetitive Strain Injury Awareness Day
February 28: Rare Disease Day
March Health Awareness
March 1-31: Alport Awareness Month
March 1-31: Brain Injury Awareness Month
March 1-31: Brain Tumor Awareness Month (UK only)
March 1-31: Deep-Vein Thrombosis Awareness Month
March 1-31: Malignant Hyperthermia Awareness Month
March 1-31: Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
March 1-31: Myeloma Action Month
March 1-31: National Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month
March 1-31: National Cheerleading Safety Month
March 1-31: National Colorectal Cancers Awareness Month
March 1-31: National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
March 1-31: National Endometriosis Awareness Month
March 1-31: National Kidney Month
March 1-31: National Nutrition Month
March 1-31: Problem Gambling Awareness Month
March 1-31: Save Your Vision Month
March 1-31: Trisomy Awareness Month
March 1-31: Workplace Eye Wellness Month
March 1-6: National Aplastic Anemia & MDS Awareness Week
March 2: World Teen Mental Wellness Day
March 3: World Birth Defects Day
March 3: World Hearing Day
March 4: HPV Awareness Day
March 4: World Obesity Day
March 5: Dissociative Identity Disorder Awareness Day
March 6: National Hospitalist Day
March 9-15: Patient Safety Awareness Week
March 9-15: Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week
March 9-15: Sleep Awareness Week
March 10: National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
March 10-16: Brain Awareness Week
March 13: World Kidney Day
March 14: World Sleep Day
March 16-22: National Poison Prevention Week
March 17-23: National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week
March 20: National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
March 20: World Oral Health Day
March 21: World Down Syndrome Day
March 24: World Tuberculosis Day
March 25: American Diabetes Alert Day
March 26: Epilepsy Awareness – Purple Day
March 30: National Doctors’ Day
March 30: World Bipolar Day
March 31-April 6: World Autism Acceptance Week
April Health Awareness
April 1-30: Alcohol Awareness Month
April 1-30: Distracted Driving Awareness Month
April 1-30: Global Child Nutrition Month
April 1-30: Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month
April 1-30: Medicaid Awareness Month
April 1-30: National Autism Acceptance Month
April 1-30: National Cancer Control Month
April 1-30: National Child Abuse Prevention Month
April 1-30: National Donate Life Month
April 1-30: National Facial Protection Month
April 1-30: National Foot Health Awareness Month
April 1-30: National Interprofessional Healthcare Month
April 1-30: National Minority Health Month
April 1-30: National Primary Immunodeficiency Awareness Month
April 1-30: National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month
April 1-30: National Stress Awareness Month
April 1-30: Occupational Therapy Month
April 1-30: Oral Cancer Awareness Month
April 1-30: Parkinson’s Awareness Month
April 1-30: Rosacea Awareness Month
April 1-30: Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month
April 1-30: Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Awareness Month
April 1-30: Sjögren’s Awareness Month
April 1-30: Sports Eye Safety Month
April 1-30: Testicular Cancer Awareness Month
April 1-30: Women’s Eye Health & Safety Month
April 1: SAAM Day of Action
April 1: Take Down Tobacco Day
April 2: World Autism Awareness Day
April 6: Bohring-Opitz Syndrome Awareness Day
April 7: World Health Day
April 7-13: National Public Health Week
April 10: National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
April 11: World Parkinson’s Day
April 11-17: Black Maternal Health Week
April 14: World Chagas Disease Day
April 16: National Healthcare Decisions Day
April 16-22: Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week
April 17: World Hemophilia Day
April 19: Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Action Day
April 20-26: National Infertility Awareness Week
April 21-25: Every Kid Healthy Week
April 21-28: National Infant Immunization Week
April 24-30: World Immunization Week
April 25: National DNA Day
April 25: World Malaria Day
April 28: World Day for Safety and Health at Work
April 28-May 2: National Youth Violence Prevention Week
April 28-May 2: Patient Experience Week
April 28-May 4: Air Quality Awareness Week
May Health Awareness
May 1-31: ALS Awareness Month
May 1-31: Arthritis Awareness Month
May 1-31: Better Hearing and Speech Month
May 1-31: Better Sleep Month
May 1-31: Bladder Cancer Awareness Month
May 1-31: Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month
May 1-31: Brain Cancer Awareness Month
May 1-31: Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
May 1-31: Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes Awareness Month
May 1-31: Food Allergy Awareness Month
May 1-31: Global Employee Health and Fitness Month
May 1-31: Healthy Vision Month
May 1-31: Hepatitis Awareness Month
May 1-31: High Blood Pressure Awareness Month
May 1-31: Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month
May 1-31: Lupus Awareness Month
May 1-31: Lyme Disease Awareness Month
May 1-31: Maternal Mental Health Month
May 1-31: Mental Health Awareness Month
May 1-31: National Asthma and Allergies Awareness Month
May 1-31: National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
May 1-31: National Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
May 1-31: National Nurses Month
May 1-31: National Osteoporosis Awareness Month
May 1-31: National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
May 1-31: National Stroke Awareness Month
May 1-31: National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
May 1-31: National Teen Self-Esteem Month
May 1-31: National Women’s Health Month
May 1-31: Necrotizing Fasciitis Awareness Month
May 1-31: Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month
May 1-31: Older Americans Month
May 1-31: Preeclampsia Awareness Month
May 1-31: Skin Cancer Awareness Month
May 1-31: Tourette’s Awareness Month
May 2: International Scurvy Awareness Day
May 3: World Ankylosing Spondylitis Day
May 5: World Hand Hygiene Day
May 5-10: North American Occupational Safety and Health Week
May 6-12: National Nurses Week
May 6: World Asthma Day
May 8: World Ovarian Cancer Day
May 9-15: National Stuttering Awareness Week
May 10: National Lipid Day
May 10: World Lupus Day
May 11-17: National Hospital Week
May 11-17: National Women’s Health Week
May 12: International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases
May 12: International Nurses Day
May 12: ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day
May 12: National Women’s Checkup Day
May 15: Hyperemesis Gravidarum Awareness Day
May 17: World Hypertension Day
May 18: HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
May 19: Hepatitis Testing Day
May 19: National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
May 19: World IBD Day
May 20: World Autoimmune and AutoInflammatory Arthritis Day
May 22: World Preeclampsia Day
May 23: Don’t Fry Day
May 24: World Schizophrenia Day
May 25: World Thyroid Day
May 28: National Senior Health and Fitness Day
May 29: World Digestive Health Day
May 30: World MS Day
May 30: National Heat Awareness Day
May 31: World No Tobacco Day
June Health Awareness
June 1-30: Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month
June 1-30: Aphasia Awareness Month
June 1-30: Cataract Awareness Month
June 1-30: Men’s Health Month
June 1-30: Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month
June 1-30: National Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month
June 1-30: National Migraine & Headache Awareness Month
June 1-30: National Safety Month
June 1-30: National Scoliosis Awareness Month
June 1-30: Pride Month
June 1-30: Professional Awareness Month
June 1-30: PTSD Awareness Month
June 1-30: Scleroderma Awareness Month
June 1-7: National CPR and AED Awareness Week
June 1: National Cancer Survivors Day
June 8: World Brain Tumor Day
June 9-15: Men’s Health Week
June 13: Rare Chromosome Disorder Awareness Day
June 14: Family Health & Fitness Day
June 14: World Blood Donor Day
June 15: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
June 18: Autistic Pride Day
June 19: World Sickle Cell Day
June 21: Global MND Awareness Day
June 21: International Day of Yoga
June 22-June 28: Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week
June 23-29: World Continence Week
June 25: World Vitiligo Day
June 26: International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
June 27: National HIV Testing Day
June 27: National PTSD Awareness Day
June 27: National Sunglasses Day
July Health Awareness
July 1-31: Cord Blood Awareness Month
July 1-31: Healthy Vision Month
July 1-31: International Group B Strep Awareness Month
July 1-31: Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
July 1-31: National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month
July 1-31: National Hemochromatosis Awareness Month
July 1-31: National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
July 1-31: Sarcoma Awareness Month
July 1-31: UV Safety Month
July 11: World Population Day
July 22: World Brain Day
July 23: World Sjogren’s Day
July 28: World Hepatitis Day
August Health Awareness
August 1-31: Children’s Eye Health and Safety Awareness Month
August 1-31: Digestive Tract Paralysis Awareness Month
August 1-31: Gastroparesis Awareness Month
August 1-31: National Breastfeeding Month
August 1-31: National Eye Exam Month
August 1-31: National Immunization Awareness Month
August 1-31: Psoriasis Action Month
August 1-31: Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
August 1-31: Summer Sun Safety Month
August 1: National Minority Donor Awareness Day
August 1: World Lung Cancer Day
August 1-7: World Breastfeeding Week
August 3: Cloves Syndrome Awareness Day
August 3-9: National Health Center Week
August 18: World Breast Cancer Research Day
August 18-22: Contact Lens Health Week
August 19: World Humanitarian Day
August 30: National Grief Awareness Day
August 31: International Overdose Awareness Day
September Health Awareness
September 1-30: Baby Safety Month
September 1-30: Blood Cancer Awareness Month
September 1-30: Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
September 1-30: Food Safety Education Awareness Month
September 1-30: Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month
September 1-30: Healthy Aging Month
September 1-30: ITP Awareness Month
September 1-30: National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month
September 1-30: National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
September 1-30: National Cholesterol Education Month
September 1-30: National Fruits and Veggies Month
September 1-30: National Pediculosis Prevention Month/Head Lice Prevention Month
September 1-30: National Recovery Month
September 1-30: National Sickle Cell Awareness Month
September 1-30: National Vascular Disease Awareness Month
September 1-30: National Yoga Month
September 1-30: Newborn Screening Awareness Month
September 1-30: Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
September 1-30: Pain Awareness Month
September 1-30: Peripheral Artery Disease Awareness Month
September 1-30: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Awareness Month
September 1-30: Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
Read more about the history of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
September 1-30: Reye’s Syndrome Awareness Month
September 1-30: Sepsis Awareness Month
September 1-30: Sexual Health Awareness Month
September 1-30: Sports Eye Safety Month
September 1-30: Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
September 1-30: Urology Awareness Month
September 1-30: World Alzheimer’s Month
September 7-13: National Assisted Living Week
September 7-13: National Suicide Prevention Week
September 7: World Duchenne’s Awareness Day
September 8: World Physical Therapy Day
September 8-14: Sexual Health Week
September 9: International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day
September 10: World Suicide Prevention Day
September 13: National Celiac Disease Awareness Day
September 13: World Sepsis Day
September 14-20: Folic Acid Awareness Week
September 14-20: National Rehabilitation Awareness Week
September 15: World Lymphoma Awareness Day
September 15-19: Malnutrition Awareness Week
September 15-21: World Mitochondrial Disease Week
September 16: Get Ready for Flu Day
September 17: World Patient Safety Day
September 18: National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day
September 18-22: Fungal Disease Awareness Week
September 19: Aortic Dissection Awareness Day
September 15-21: National Farm Safety and Health Week
September 19: National Concussion Awareness Day
September 20: Usher Syndrome Awareness Day
September 21: World Alzheimer’s Day
September 22: Falls Prevention Awareness Day
September 25: World Lung Day
September 25: International Ataxia Awareness Day
September 25: World Pharmacists Day
September 25: National Women’s Health and Fitness Day
September 26: Mesothelioma Awareness Day
September 26: Sport Purple for Platelets Day
September 26: World Contraception Day
September 28: World Rabies Day
September 29: World Heart Day
October Health Awareness
October 1-31: Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October 1-31: Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease (CMT) Awareness Month
October 1-31: Contact Lens Safety Month
October 1-31: Domestic Violence Awareness Month
October 1-31: Down Syndrome Awareness Month
October 1-31: Eye Injury Prevention Month
October 1-31: Health Literacy Month
October 1-31: Healthy Lung Month
October 1-31: Home Eye Safety Awareness Month
October 1-31: Liver Cancer Awareness Month
October 1-31: Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month
October 1-31: National ADHD Awareness Month
October 1-31: National Audiology Awareness Month
October 1-31: National Bullying Prevention Month
October 1-31: National Dental Hygiene Month
October 1-31: National Medical Librarians Month
October 1-31: National Orthodontic Health Month
October 1-31: National Physical Therapy Month
October 1-31: National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month
October 1-31: Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
October 1-31: Prenatal-onset GBS Disease Recognition Month
October 1-31: Spina Bifida Awareness Month
October 1-31: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month
October 1: International Day of Older Persons
October 5: World Meningitis Day
October 5-11: Mental Illness Awareness Week
October 5-11: National Primary Care Week
October 6-12: National PA Week
October 6: World Cerebral Palsy Day
October 6: Child Health Day
October 7: Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day
October 9: National Depression Screening Day
October 9: World Sight Day
October 10: World Mental Health Day
October 11: International Day of the Girl
October 11: World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
October 12-20: Bone and Joint Action Week
October 13: Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day
October 15: Global Handwashing Day
October 15: National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day
October 15: Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day
October 19-25: International Infection Prevention Week
October 16: Restart a Heart Day
October 16: World Food Day
October 16: Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) Action Day
October 17: National Mammography Day
October 19: World Pediatric Bone and Joint Day
October 19-25: National Healthcare Quality Week
October 19-25: Respiratory Care Week
October 20: World Osteoporosis Day
October 20-24: National Health Education Week
October 21: National Check Your Meds Day
October 22: International Stuttering Awareness Day
October 27: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
October 29: World Psoriasis Day
October 30: World Hypophosphatasia Day
November Health Awareness
November 1-30: American Diabetes Month
November 1-30: Bladder Health Month
November 1-30: COPD Awareness Month
November 1-30: Diabetic Eye Disease Month
November 1-30: Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
November 1-30: Lung Cancer Awareness Month
November 1-30: Movember
November 1-30: National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month
November 1-30: National Diabetes Month
Read more about the history of National Diabetes Month
November 1-30: National Epilepsy Awareness Month
November 1-30: National Family Caregivers Month
November 1-30: National Healthy Skin Month
November 1-30: National Hospice and Palliative Care Month
November 1-30: National Marrow Awareness Month
November 1-30: Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
November 1-30: Prematurity Awareness Month
November 2-8: National Radiologic Technology Week
November 5-11: National Diabetes Education Week
November 8: International Day of Radiography
November 9: National Diabetes Heart Connection Day
November 10: World Keratoconus Day
November 12: World Pneumonia Day
November 14: World Diabetes Day
November 17: World Prematurity Day
November 18-24: US Antibiotic Awareness Week
November 19: World COPD Awareness Day
November 20: Great American Smokeout
November 20: World Pancreatic Cancer Day
November 22: International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day
November 24-30: GERD Awareness Week
November 25: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
November 27: National Family Health History Day
December Health Awareness
December 1-31: National Impaired Driving Prevention Month
December 1-31: National Safe Toys and Gifts Month
December 1: World AIDS Day
December 1-5: National Influenza Vaccination Week
December 1-7: Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week
December 1-7: National Handwashing Awareness Week
December 3: International Day of Persons With Disabilities