Health Calendar

January

  • Cervical Health Awareness Month
  • National Birth Defects Prevention Month
  • National Glaucoma Awareness Month
  • National Radon Action Month
  • National Winter Sports TBI Awareness Month
  • Thyroid Awareness Month
  • 7 – 13 Folic Acid Awareness Week
  • 22 – 28 National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week

 

February

  • AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month
  • American Heart Month
  • International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month
  • National Children’s Dental Health Month
  • Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
  • 1 – 7 African Heritage & Health Week
  • 2 Give Kids A Smile ® Day
  • 2 Go Red for Women
  • 4World Cancer Day
  • 7 – 14 Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week
  • 7 National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
  • 14 National Donor Day
  • 22 National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day

 

March

  • Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month
  • National Cheerleader Safety Month
  • National Colorectal Cancer 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
  • 4 – 11 National Sleep Awareness Week ®
  • 6 – 10 National School Breakfast Week
  • 8 World Kidney Day
  • 10 National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
  • 11 – 17 Patient Safety Awareness Week
  • 12 – 18 Brain Awareness Week
  • 18 – 24 National Poison Prevention Week
  • 19 – 23 National Youth Violence Prevention Week
  • 20 National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
  • 24 World Tuberculosis Day
  • 27 American Diabetes Alert Day

 

April

  • Alcohol Awareness Month
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month
  • National Autism Awareness Month
  • National Child Abuse Prevention Month
  • National Distracted Driving Awareness Month
  • National Donate Life Month
  • National Facial Protection Month
  • National Interprofessional Health Care Month
  • National Minority Health Month
  • Occupational Therapy Month
  • Oral Cancer Awareness Month
  • Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
  • Sexual Assault Awareness Month of Action
  • Sports Eye Safety Awareness Month
  • STI Awareness Month
  • Testicular Cancer Awareness Month
  • Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month
  • 2 – 8 National Public Health Week – Healthiest Nation 2030: Changing Our Future Together
  • 3 Sexual Assault Awareness Day of Action
  • 5 National Alcohol Screening Day ®
  • 7 World Health Day
  • 10 National Youth HIV and AIDS Awareness Day
  • 15 RAINN Day
  • 21 – 28 National Infant Immunization Week
  • 22 – 28 National Infertility Awareness Week
  • 23 – 29 World Immunization Week
  • 23 – 27 Every Kid Healthy™ Week
  • 24 World Meningitis Day
  • 28 National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
  • 30 – May 04 Air Quality Awareness Week

 

May

  • Arthritis Awareness Month
  • Better Hearing and Speech Month
  • Food Allergy Action Month
  • Global Employee Health and Fitness Month
  • Global Youth Traffic Safety Month
  • Healthy Vision Month
  • Hepatitis Awareness Month
  • International Mediterranean Diet Month
  • Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month ®
  • Mental Health Month
  • National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
  • National Osteoporosis Month
  • National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
  • National Stroke Awareness Month
  • National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
  • Preeclampsia Awareness Month
  • Ultraviolet Awareness Month
  • 1 – 7 National Physical Education & Sport Week
  • 2 – 8 Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week
  • 5 Hand Hygiene Day
  • 6 – 12 National Neuropathy Awareness Week
  • 6 – 12 North American Occupational Safety and Health Week
  • 9 Walk and Bike to School Day
  • 12 Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Awareness Day
  • 13 – 19 National Alcohol- and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Awareness Week
  • 13 – 19 National Women’s Health Week
  • 14 – 20 National Stuttering Awareness Week
  • 18 HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
  • 19 National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
  • 20 – 26 National Hurricane Preparedness Week
  • 20 World Autoimmune/Autoinflammatory Arthritis Day
  • 21 – 25 Healthy and Safe Swimming Week
  • 25 Heat Safety Awareness Day
  • 26 Don’t Fry Day
  • 31 National Senior Health & Fitness Day ®
  • 31 World No Tobacco Day

 

June

  • 1 – July 04 Fireworks Safety Month
  • Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month
  • Cataract Awareness Month
  • Men’s Health Month
  • Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month
  • National Aphasia Awareness Month
  • National Congenital Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month
  • National Migraine and Headache Awareness Month
  • National Safety Month
  • National Scleroderma Awareness Month
  • 3 – 9 Rip Current Awareness Week
  • 3 National Cancer Survivors Day ®
  • 11 – 17 Men’s Health Week
  • 18 – 22 National Lightning Safety Awareness Week
  • 19 World Sickle Cell Day
  • 27  National HIV Testing Day

 

July

  • Cord Blood Awareness Month
  • International Group B Strep Awareness Month
  • Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
  • National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness & Prevention Month
  • 16 – 22 National Youth Sports Week
  • 28 World Hepatitis Day

 

August

  • Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
  • Digestive Tract Paralysis Awareness Month
  • Gastroparesis Awareness Month
  • National Breastfeeding Month
  • National Immunization Awareness Month
  • Psoriasis Awareness Month
  • 1 – 7 World Breastfeeding Week
  • 13 – 19 National Health Center Week
  • 20 – 24 Contact Lens Health Week

 

September

  • Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
  • Fruits & Veggies—More Matters ® Month
  • Healthy Aging ®Month
  • National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month
  • National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
  • National Food Safety Education Month
  • National ITP Awareness Month
  • National Pediculosis Prevention Month/Head Lice Prevention Month
  • National Preparedness Month
  • National Recovery Month
  • National Sickle Cell Month
  • National Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month
  • National Yoga Awareness Month
  • Newborn Screening Awareness Month
  • Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
  • Pain Awareness Month
  • Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
  • Sepsis Awareness Month
  • Sexual Health Awareness Month
  • Whole Grains Month
  • World Alzheimer’s Month
  • 9 – 15 National Suicide Prevention Week
  • 10 World Suicide Prevention Day
  • 13 National Celiac Disease Awareness Day
  • 16 – 22 National Farm Safety & Health Week
  • 18 Get Ready Day
  • 18 National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day
  • 19 National School Backpack Awareness Day
  • 22 Falls Prevention Awareness Day
  • 24 – 28 Malnutrition Awareness Week™
  • 24 Family Health & Fitness Day USA ®
  • 26 National Women’s Health & Fitness Day
  • 28 Sport Purple for Platelets Day
  • 28 World Rabies Day
  • 29 World Heart Day

 

October

  • Domestic Violence Awareness Month
  • Eye Injury Prevention Month
  • Health Literacy Month
  • Home Eye Safety Month
  • International Walk to School Month
  • National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
  • National Bullying Prevention Month
  • National Dental Hygiene Month
  • National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
  • National Medical Librarians Month
  • National Physical Therapy Month
  • Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month
  • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month
  • 1 – 5 Fungal Disease Awareness Week
  • 1 – 5 National Primary Care Week
  • 7 – 13 Mental Illness Awareness Week
  • 11 National Depression Screening Day ®
  • 12 – 20 Bone and Joint Health Action Week
  • 13 Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day
  • 14 – 20 International Infection Prevention Week
  • 15 National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
  • 16 – 20 National Health Education Week
  • 16 World Food Day
  • 19 World Pediatric Bone and Joint Day
  • 21 – 27 National Healthcare Quality Week
  • 21 – 27 Respiratory Care Week
  • 21 National Check Your Meds Day
  • 22 International Stuttering Awareness Day
  • 23 – 31 Red Ribbon Week
  • 29 World Psoriasis Day

 

November

  • American Diabetes Month
  • Bladder Health Month
  • COPD Awareness Month
  • Diabetic Eye Disease Month
  • Lung Cancer Awareness Month
  • National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month
  • National Family Caregivers Month
  • National Healthy Skin Month
  • National Hospice and Palliative Care Month
  • Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
  • 9 National Diabetes Heart Connection Day
  • 13 – 19 U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week
  • 16 Great American Smokeout
  • 17 International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day
  • 20 – 26 Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Awareness Week
  • 22 National Family Health History Day

 

December

  • Safe Toys and Celebrations Month
  • 1 World AIDS Day
  • 2 – 8 National Handwashing Awareness Week
  • 2 – 8 National Influenza Vaccination Week