January 1-31:
Cervical Health Awareness Month
Glaucoma Awareness Month
International Quality of Life Month
National Birth Defects Awareness/Prevention Month
National Blood Donor Month
National Radon Action Month
National Winter Sports Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month
Thyroid Awareness Month
January 4: World Braille Day
January 11: Paget’s Awareness Day
January 28: World Leprosy Day
January 30: World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day
February 1-29:
Cholangiocarcinoma Awareness Month
American Heart Month
Gallbladder and Bile Duct Cancer Awareness Month
International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month
Low Vision Awareness Month
Marfan Syndrome Awareness Month
National Cancer Prevention Month
National Children’s Dental Health Month
National Self-Check Month
Raynaud’s Awareness Month
Teen Dating Violence Prevention Month
Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome (MALS) Awareness Month
February 1: World Aspergillosis Day
February 1: Time to Talk Day
February 2: Give Kids a Smile Day
February 2: Go Red For Women
February 2: Rheumatoid Awareness Day
February 4: World Cancer Day
February 5-11: Tinnitus Awareness Week
February 7: National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
February 7-13: African Heritage & Health Week
February 7-14: Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week
February 11-17: Heart Failure Awareness Week
February 11-17: National Cardiac Rehabilitation Week
February 11-17: Sepsis Survivor Week
February 12: International Epilepsy Day
February 14: National Donor Day
February 14: National Impotence Day
February 14-21: National Condom Week
February 16: National Caregivers Day
February 26-29: National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
February 22: National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day
February 22: Recreational Sports & Fitness Day
February 27: National Protein Day
February 28: International Repetitive Strain Injury Awareness Day
February 29: Rare Disease Day
March 1-31:
Alport Awareness Month
Brain Injury Awareness Month
Brain Tumor Awareness Month (UK only)
Deep-Vein Thrombosis Awareness Month
Malignant Hyperthermia Awareness Month
Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
Myeloma Action Month
National Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month
National Cheerleading Safety Month
National Colorectal Cancers Awareness Month
National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
National Endometriosis Awareness Month
National Kidney Month
National Nutrition Month
Problem Gambling Awareness Month
Save Your Vision Month
Trisomy Awareness Month
Workplace Eye Wellness Month
Child Life 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 7: National Hospitalist Day
March 10: National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
March 10-16: Patient Safety Awareness Week
March 10-16: Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week
March 10-16: Sleep Awareness Week
March 11-17: Brain Awareness Week
March 14: World Kidney Day
March 15: World Sleep Day
March 17-23: National Poison Prevention Week
March 18-24: 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 26: Epilepsy Awareness – Purple Day
March 26: American Diabetes Alert Day
March 30: National Doctors’ Day
March 30: World Bipolar Day
April 1-30:
Distracted Driving Awareness Month
Alcohol Awareness Month
Global Child Nutrition Month
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month
Medicaid Awareness Month
National Autism Acceptance Month
National Cancer Control Month
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
National Donate Life Month
National Facial Protection Month
National Foot Health Awareness Month
National Interprofessional Healthcare Month
National Minority Health Month
National Primary Immunodeficiency Awareness Month
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month
National Stress Awareness Month
Occupational Therapy Month
Oral Cancer Awareness Month
Parkinson’s Awareness Month
Rosacea Awareness Month
Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Awareness Month
Sjögren’s Awareness Month
Sports Eye Safety Month
Testicular Cancer Awareness Month
Women’s Eye Health & Safety Month
April 1: Take Down Tobacco Day
April 1-7: National Public Health Week
April 1-7: World Autism Acceptance Week
April 2: World Autism Awareness Day
April 2: SAAM Day of Action
April 6: Bohring-Opitz Syndrome Awareness Day
April 6: National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
April 7: World Health 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 21-37: National Infertility Awareness Week
April 22-26: National Youth Violence Prevention Week
April 22-26: Every Kid Healthy Week
April 22-29: 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 29 – May 3: Patient Experience Week
April 29 – May 5: Air Quality Awareness Week
May 1-31:
Arthritis Awareness Month
ALS Awareness Month
Better Hearing and Speech Month
Better Sleep Month
Bladder Cancer Awareness Month
Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month
Brain Cancer Awareness Month
Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes Awareness Month
Food Allergy Awareness Month
Global Employee Health and Fitness Month
Healthy Vision Month
Hepatitis Awareness Month
High Blood Pressure Awareness Month
Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month
Lupus Awareness Month
Lyme Disease Awareness Month
Maternal Mental Health Month
Mental Health Awareness Month
National Asthma and Allergies Awareness Month
National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
National Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
National Nurses Month
National Osteoporosis Awareness Month
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
National Stroke Awareness Month
National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
National Teen Self-Esteem Month
National Women’s Health Month
Necrotizing Fasciitis Awareness Month
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month
Older Americans Month
Preeclampsia Awareness Month
Skin Cancer Awareness Month
Tourette’s Awareness Month
May 2: International Scurvy Awareness Day
May 5: World Hand Hygiene Day
May 5-11: North American Occupational Safety and Health Week
May 5-12: Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week
May 6-12: National Nurses Week
May 6: World Ankylosing Spondylitis Day
May 7: World Asthma Day
May 8: World Ovarian Cancer Day
May 10: National Lipid Day
May 10: World Lupus Day
May 12: International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases
May 12: International Nurses Day
May 12-18: National Hospital Week
May 12-18: National Women’s Health Week
May 12: ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day
May 13: National Women’s Checkup Day
May 13-19: National Stuttering Awareness Week
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 24: World Schizophrenia Day
May 24: Don’t Fry Day
May 25: World Thyroid Day
May 29: World Digestive Health Day
May 29: National Senior Health and Fitness Day
May 30: World MS Day
May 31: National Heat Awareness Day
May 31: World No Tobacco Day
June 1-30:
Aphasia Awareness Month
Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month
Cataract Awareness Month
Men’s Health Month
Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month
National Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month
National Migraine & Headache Awareness Month National Safety Month
National Scoliosis Awareness Month
Professional Awareness Month
PTSD Awareness Month
Scleroderma Awareness Month
June 1-7: National CPR and AED Awareness Week
June 2: National Cancer Survivors Day
June 8: World Brain Tumor Day
June 10-16: Men’s Health Week
June 14: World Blood Donor Day
June 15: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
June 17-23: World Continence Week
June 18: Autistic Pride Day
June 19: World Sickle Cell Day
June 21: Global MND Awareness Day
June 21: International Day of Yoga
June 25: World Vitiligo Day
June 26: International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
June 25-July 1: Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week
June 27: National HIV Testing Day
June 27: National PTSD Awareness Day
June 27: National Sunglasses Day
June 29: Rare Chromosome Disorder Awareness Day
July 1-31:
Healthy Vision Month
Cord Blood Awareness Month
International Group B Strep Awareness Month
Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month
National Hemochromatosis Awareness Month
National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
Sarcoma Awareness Month
UV Safety Month
World Population Day: July 11
World Brain Day: July 22
World Sjogren’s Day: July 23
World Hepatitis Day: July 28
August 1-31:
Digestive Tract Paralysis Awareness Month
Children’s Eye Health and Safety Awareness Month
Gastroparesis Awareness Month
National Breastfeeding Month
National Eye Exam Month
National Immunization Awareness Month
Psoriasis Action Month
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
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 4-10: National Health Center Week
August 18: World Breast Cancer Research Day
August 18-24: Contact Lens Health Week
August 19: World Humanitarian Day
August 30: National Grief Awareness Day
August 31: International Overdose Awareness Day
September 1-30:
Baby Safety Month
Blood Cancer Awareness Month
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Food Safety Education Awareness Month
Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month
Healthy Aging Month
ITP Awareness Month
National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month
National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
National Cholesterol Education Month
National Fruits and Veggies Month
National Pediculosis Prevention Month/Head Lice Prevention Month
National Recovery Month
National Sickle Cell Awareness Month
National Vascular Disease Awareness Month
National Yoga Month
Newborn Screening Awareness Month
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Pain Awareness Month
Peripheral Artery Disease Awareness Month
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Awareness Month
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
Reye’s Syndrome Awareness Month
Sepsis Awareness Month
Sexual Health Awareness Month
Sports Eye Safety Month
Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
Urology Awareness Mont
World Alzheimer’s Month
September 7: World Duchenne’s Awareness Day.
September 8-14: Observing Folic Acid Awareness Week, World Physical Therapy Day, National Assisted Living Week, and National Suicide Prevention Week.
September 9: International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day.
September 9-15: Sexual Health Week.
September 10: World Suicide Prevention Day.
September 13: National Celiac Disease Awareness Day and World Sepsis Day.
September 15: World Lymphoma Awareness Day.
September 16-20: Recognizing Malnutrition Awareness Week, National Rehabilitation Awareness Week, and World Mitochondrial Disease Week.
September 17: Get Ready for Flu Day and 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 19-23: National Farm Safety and Health Week.
September 20: National Concussion Awareness Day.
September 21: Usher Syndrome Awareness Day and World Alzheimer’s Day.
September 22: Falls Prevention Awareness Day.
September 23: World Lung Day.
September 25: International Ataxia Awareness Day, World Pharmacists Day, and National Women’s Health and Fitness Day.
September 26: Mesothelioma Awareness Day and World Contraception Day.
September 28: World Rabies Day and Family Health & Fitness Day.
September 27: Sport Purple for Platelets Day.
September 29: World Heart Day.
October 1-31:
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease (CMT) Awareness Month
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Contact Lens Safety Month
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Down Syndrome Awareness Month
Eye Injury Prevention Month
Health Literacy Month
Healthy Lung Month
Home Eye Safety Awareness Month
Liver Cancer Awareness Month
Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month
National ADHD Awareness Month
National Audiology Awareness Month
National Bullying Prevention Month
National Dental Hygiene Month
National Medical Librarians Month
National Orthodontic Health Month
National Physical Therapy Month
National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
Prenatal-onset GBS Disease Recognition Month
Spina Bifida Awareness Month
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month
October 1: International Day of Older Persons
October 5: World Meningitis Day
October 6-12: Mental Illness Awareness Week
October 6-12: National Primary Care Week
October 6: National PA Week
October 6: World Cerebral Palsy Day
October 7: Child Health Day
October 7: Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day
October 10: National Depression Screening Day
October 10: World Mental Health Day
October 10: World Sight Day
October 11: International Day of the Girl
October 12-20: Bone and Joint Action Week
October 12: World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
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 15-21: nternational Infection Prevention Week
October 16: Restart a Heart Day
October 16: World Food Day
October 18: SUDEP Action Day
October 18: National Mammography Day
October 19: World Pediatric Bone and Joint Day
October 20: World Osteoporosis Day
October 20-26: National Healthcare Quality Week
October 20-26: Respiratory Care Week
October 21: National Check Your Meds Day
October 21-25: National Health Education Week
October 22: International Stuttering Awareness Day
October 29: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
October 29: World Psoriasis Day
October 30: World Hypophosphatasia Day
November 1-30:
Bladder Health Month
American Diabetes Month
COPD Awareness Month
Diabetic Eye Disease Month
Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Movember
National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month
National Diabetes Month
National Epilepsy Awareness Month
National Family Caregivers Month
National Healthy Skin Month
National Hospice and Palliative Care Month
National Marrow Awareness Month
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
Prematurity Awareness Month
November 3-9: National Diabetes Education Week
November 3-9: National Radiologic Technology 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 15: Great American Smokeout
November 17: World Prematurity Day
November 18-24: US Antibiotic Awareness Week
November 19-25: GERD Awareness Week
November 20: World COPD Awareness Day
November 21: World Pancreatic Cancer Day
November 23: International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day
November 25: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
November 28: National Family Health History Day
December 1-31:
National Safe Toys and Gifts Month
National Impaired Driving Prevention Month
December 1: World AIDS Day
December 1-7: Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week
December 3: International Day of Persons With Disabilities
December 2-8: National Handwashing Awareness Week
December 4-8: National Influenza Vaccination Week