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January

• Cervical Health Awareness and Cancer Screening Month
• Integrative Health Month
• National Birth Defects Prevention Month
• National Blood Donor Month
• National Glaucoma Awareness Month
• Radon Action and Awareness Month
• Thyroid Awareness Month

January 23

• Maternal Health Awareness Day

January 26

• World Leprosy Day

February

• Age-Related Macular Degeneration/Low Vision Awareness Month
• American Heart Month
• International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month
• National Cancer Prevention Month
• National Children's Dental Health Month
• Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month

February 3-9

Burn Awareness Week

February 4

World Cancer Day

February 7

• National Wear Red Day
• National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

February 7-14

Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week

February 9-15

• Sepsis Survivor Week
• National Cardiac Rehabilitation Week
• Heart Failure Awareness Week

February 14

National Donor Day

February 14-21

National Condom Week

February 22

National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day

February 24-March 2

National Eating Disorder Awareness Week

February 28

Rare Disease Day

March

• Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month
• Breathe Better, Sleep Better Month
• Child Life Month
• Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
• Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month
• Myeloma Action Month
• National Athletic Training Month
• National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
• National Endometriosis Awareness Month
• National Kidney Month
• National Nutrition Month
• National Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month
• Save Your Vision Month
• Trisomy Awareness Month
• Workplace Eye Wellness Month

March 1

Baby Sleep Day

March 3

World Birth Defects Day

March 9-15

• Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week
• Patient Safety Awareness Week
• National 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 17-21

National LGBTQ Health Awareness Week

March 17-23

National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week

March 20

• National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
• World Oral Health Day

March 21

World Down Syndrome Day

March 24

World Tuberculosis Day

March 26

Epilepsy Awareness Day

April

• Alcohol Awareness Month
• Foot Health Awareness Month
• Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Month
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month
• National Autism Awareness Month
• National Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Month
• National Donate Life Month
• National Facial Protection Month
• National Interprofessional Healthcare Month
• National Minority Health Month
• National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month
• National Stress Awareness Month
• Occupational Therapy Month
• Oral Cancer Awareness Month
• Parkinson's Awareness Month
• Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month
• STI Awareness Month
• Testicular Cancer Awareness Month
• Women's Eye Health 

April 2

World Autism Day

April 3

National Alcohol Screening Day

April 7 

World Health Day

April 7-13

National Public Health Week

April 10

National Youth HIV and AIDS Awareness Day

April 11-17

Black Maternal Health Week

April 13-19

Oral, Head, and Neck Cancer Awareness Week

April 17

World Hemophilia Day

April 20-26

• Pediatric Sepsis Week
• National Infertility Awareness Week
• Medical Laboratory Professionals Week
• National Pediatric Transplant Week
• World Immunization Week

April 21-25

Every Kid Healthy Week

April 25

World Malaria Day

April 28

World Day for Safety and Health at Work

April 28-May 4

• Patient Experience Week
• National Infant Immunization Week

April 30

APOL1-Mediated Kidney Disease (AMKD) Awareness Day

May

• Arthritis Awareness Month
• Better Hearing and Speech Month
• Better Sleep Month
• Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
• Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders Awareness Month
• Healthy Vision Month
• Hepatitis Awareness Month
• Lupus Awareness Month
• Melanoma and Skin Cancer Prevention and Awareness Month
• Mental Health Awareness Month
• Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Month
• National Asthma & Allergy Awareness Month
• National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
• National High Blood Pressure Education Month
• National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
• National Stroke Awareness Month
• National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
• National Trauma Awareness Month
• National Women's Health Month
• Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month
• Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
• Preeclampsia Awareness Month

May 1-7

National Physical Education and Sport Week

May 4-10

Air Quality Awareness Week

May 5

• Melanoma Monday
• World Hand Hygiene Day

May 5-11

Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week

May 6

World Asthma Day

May 7

• World Maternal Mental Health Day
• Children's Mental Health Awareness Day

May 10

World Lupus Day

May 11-17

• National Women's Health Week
• Food Allergy Awareness Week
• Maternal Sepsis Week

May 12

• Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Day
• National Women's Checkup Day

May 12-18

National Stuttering Awareness Week

May 19

• National Hepatitis Testing Day
• National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

May 20

World Autoimmune & Autoinflammatory Arthritis Day

May 22

National Gout Awareness Day

May 28

National Senior Health & Fitness Day

May 31

World No Tobacco Day

June

• Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month
• Cataract Awareness Month
• Hernia Awareness Month
• Liver Health Matters Month
• Men's Health Month
• Migraine and Headache Awareness Month
• Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month
• National Aphasia Awareness Month
• National Congenital Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month
• PTSD Awareness Month
• Scleroderma Awareness Month
• Scoliosis Awareness Month

June 1

National Cancer Survivors Day

June 2

World Eating Disorders Action Day

June 8

World Brain Tumor Day

June 9-15

Men's Health Week

June 14

• Family Health and Fitness Day
• World Blood Donor Day

June 18

Autistic Pride Day

June 19

World Sickle Cell Day

June 25

World Vitiligo Day

June 27

• National HIV Testing Day
• National PTSD Awareness Day

June 29

World Scleroderma Day

July

• Cord Blood Awareness Month
• Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
• National Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month
• National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
• Sarcoma Awareness Month
• UV Awareness and Safety Month

July 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 Action Month
• Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Awareness Month

August 1

World Lung Cancer Day

August 1-7

World Breastfeeding Week

August 4-10

National Health Center Week

August 12-18

OSHA’s Safe and Sound Week

August 31

International Overdose Awareness Day

September

• Baby Safety Month
• Blood Cancer Awareness Month
• Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
• Food Safety Education Month
• Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month
• Healthy Aging Month
• National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month
• National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
• National Cholesterol Education Month
• National ITP (Platelet Disorder) Awareness Month
• National Pediculosis Prevention Month/Head Lice Prevention Month
• National Recovery Month
• National Sickle Cell Month
• National Suicide Prevention Month
• National Yoga Awareness Month
• Newborn Screening Awareness Month
• Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
• Pain Awareness Month
• Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Month
• Prostate Health & Cancer Awareness Month
• Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month
• Reye's Syndrome Awareness Month
• Sepsis Awareness Month
• Sexual Health Awareness Month
• Sports Eye Safety Awareness Month
• Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month
• World Alzheimer's Month

September 4

World Sexual Health Day

September 7-13

National Suicide Prevention Week

September 8-14

National Folic Acid Awareness Week

September 9

World Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Day

September 10

World Suicide Prevention Day

September 13

• World Sepsis Day
• National Celiac Disease Awareness Day

September 14-20

• National Farm Safety & Health Week
• National Rehabilitation Awareness Week

September 16-20

• Malnutrition Awareness Week
• Fungal Disease Awareness Week

September 19

National Concussion Awareness Day

September 21

World Alzheimer’s Day

September 22-26

Falls Prevention Awareness Week

September 24

National Women’s Health & Fitness Day

September 25

World Lung Day

September 26

Mesothelioma Awareness Day

September 28

World Rabies Day

September 29

World Heart Day

October

• Contact Lens Safety Month
• Domestic Violence Awareness Month
• Eye Injury Prevention Month
• Health Literacy Month
• Healthy Lung Month
• Home Safety Month
• Liver Cancer Awareness Month
• Menopause Awareness Month
• National ADHD Awareness Month
• National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• National Dental Hygiene Month
• National Depression & Mental Health Screening Month
• National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
• National Physical Therapy Month
• National Substance Abuse Prevention Month
• Patient-centered Care Awareness Month
• Prenatal-onset GBS Disease Recognition Month
• SIDS, Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month
• Spina Bifida Awareness Month
• Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month

October 5

World Meningitis Day

October 5-11

• Mental Illness Awareness Week
• National Primary Care Week

October 6

World Cerebral Palsy Day

October 7

National Depression Screening Day

October 10

• World Mental Health Day
• World Sight Day

October 12

World Arthritis Day

October 12-20

Bone and Joint Health Action Week

October 13

Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day

October 15

• Global Handwashing Day
• National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
• World Pregnancy & Infant Loss Remembrance Day

October 15-21

International Infection Prevention Week

October 17

National Mammography Day

October 19

World Pediatric Bone and Joint Day

October 19-25

• National Healthcare Quality Week
• Respiratory Care Week
• National Health Education Week

October 20

World Osteoporosis Day

October 21

National Check Your Meds Day

October 21-27

National Pharmacy Week

October 22

International Stuttering Awareness Day

October 26

National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

October 29

• National Internal Medicine Day
• World Psoriasis Day

October 30

World Hypophosphatasia Day

November

• American Diabetes Month
• Bladder Health Month
• COPD Awareness Month
• Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness Month
• Lung Cancer Awareness Month
• National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month
• National Epilepsy Awareness Month
• National Family Caregivers Month
• National Healthy Skin Month
• National Home Care & Hospice Month
• National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
• National Sexual Health Month
• Prematurity Awareness Month
• Stomach Cancer Awareness Month

November 2-8

National Diabetes Education Week

November 3-7

International Stress Awareness Week

November 12

World Pneumonia Day

November 14

World Diabetes Day

November 17

World Prematurity Day

November 20

National Rural Health Day

November 21

Great American Smokeout

November 23-29

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) Awareness Week

November 28

National Family Health History Day

December

• National Safe Toys and Gifts Month
• International Sharps Injury Prevention Month

December 1

Worlds AIDS Day

December 3

International Day of Persons with Disability

December 1-7

• National Handwashing Awareness Week
• National Influenza Vaccination Week