January

- Cervical Health Awareness Month
 - National Birth Defects Prevention Month
 - National Glaucoma Awareness Month
 - National Radon Action Month
 - National Stalking Awareness Month
 - National Winter Sports TBI Awareness Month
 - Thyroid Awareness Month
 - 3 – 9 National Folic Acid Awareness Week
 - 25 – 31 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
 - 4 World Cancer Day
 - 5 Give Kids A Smile ® Day
 - 5 National Wear Red Day
 - 7 – 14 Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week
 - 7 National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
 - 14 National Donor Day
 - 21 – 27 National Eating Disorder Screening Program ®
 
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
 - 6 – 13 National Sleep Awareness Week ®
 - 7 – 11 National School Breakfast Week
 - 10 National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
 - 10 World Kidney Day
 - 13 – 19 Patient Safety Awareness Week
 - 14 – 20 Brain Awareness Week
 - 15 – 21 National Poison Prevention Week
 - 20 National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
 - 22 American Diabetes Alert Day
 - 24 World Tuberculosis Day
 - 27 – April 02 Tsunami Preparedness Week
 
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
 - 3 – 9 National Youth Violence Prevention Week
 - 4 – 10 National Public Health Week
 - 5 Sexual Assault Awareness Day of Action
 - 7 National Alcohol Screening Day ®
 - 7 World Health Day
 - 10 National Youth HIV and AIDS Awareness Day
 - 12 – 23 National Infant Immunization Week
 - 24 – 30 National Infertility Awareness Week
 - 24 – 30 World Immunization Week
 - 24 World Meningitis Day
 - 25 – 29 Air Quality Awareness Week
 - 25 – 29 Every Kid Healthyâ„¢ 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 Awareness and Prevention Month
 - National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
 - National Stroke Awareness Month
 - National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
 - Preeclampsia Awareness Month
 - Ultraviolet Awareness Month
 - 1 – 7 Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week
 - 1 – 7 National Physical Education & Sport Week
 - 1 – 7 North American Occupational Safety and Health Week
 - 4 National Bike to School Day
 - 5 Hand Hygiene Day
 - 8 – 14 National Alcohol- and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Awareness Week
 - 8 – 14 National Women’s Health Week
 - 9 – 15 National Stuttering Awareness Week
 - 12 – 16 National Neuropathy Awareness Week
 - 14 Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Awareness Day
 - 18 HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
 - 19 National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
 - 20 World Autoimmune Arthritis Day
 - 22 – 28 National Hurricane Preparedness Week
 - 23 – 29 Healthy and Safe Swimming Week
 - 25 National Senior Health & Fitness Day ®
 - 27 Don’t Fry Day
 - 27 Heat Safety Awareness 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 Safety Month
 - National Scleroderma Awareness Month
 - 5 – 11 National Rip Current Awareness Week
 - 5 National Cancer Survivors Day ®
 - 13 – 19 Men’s Health Week
 - 19 – 25 National Lightning Safety Awareness Week
 - 19 World Sickle Cell Day
 
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
 - Sports Eye Safety Month
 - Whole Grains Month
 - World Alzheimer’s Month
 - 5 – 11 National Suicide Prevention Week
 - 10 World Suicide Prevention Day
 - 13 National Celiac Disease Awareness Day
 - 15 RAINN Day
 - 18 – 24 National Farm Safety & Health Week
 - 18 National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day
 - 20 Get Ready Day
 - 21 National School Backpack Awareness Day
 - 22 Falls Prevention Awareness Day
 - 24 Family Health & Fitness Day USA ®
 - 26 – 30 Malnutrition Awareness Weekâ„¢
 - 28 National Women’s Health & Fitness Day
 - 28 World Rabies Day
 - 29 World Heart Day
 - 30 Sport Purple for Platelets Day
 
October

- Domestic Violence Awareness Month
 - Eye Injury Prevention Month
 - Health Literacy Month
 - Home Eye Safety 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 Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month
 - 2 – 8 Mental Illness Awareness Week
 - 3 – 7 National Primary Care Week
 - 5 International Walk to School Day
 - 6 National Depression Screening Day ®
 - 12 – 20 Bone and Joint Health Action Week
 - 13 Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day
 - 15 National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
 - 16 – 22 International Infection Prevention Week
 - 16 World Food Day
 - 17 – 22 National Healthcare Quality Week
 - 17 – 21 National Health Education Week
 - 19 World Pediatric Bone and Joint Day
 - 22 International Stuttering Awareness Day
 - 23 – 31 Red Ribbon Week
 - 23 – 29 Respiratory Care Week
 - 29 World Psoriasis Day
 
November

- American Diabetes Month
 - Bladder Health Month
 - COPD Awareness Month
 - Diabetic Eye Disease Month
 - Lung Cancer Awareness Month
 - Lung Cancer Awareness Month
 - National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month
 - National Family Caregivers Month
 - National Healthy Skin Month
 - National Hospice Palliative Care Month
 - National Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
 - 17 Great American Smokeout
 - 19 International Survivors of Suicide Day
 - 20 – 26 Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Awareness Week
 - 24 National Family Health History Day
 
December



