AWARENESS CALENDAR
We strive to provide the most complete list of annual health awareness events possible! If there are any awareness events missing from our calendar, please drop us a note.
January
Adrenal Cancer Awareness Month
Birth Defects Awareness/Prevention Month
Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
Cervical Health Awareness Month
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)
Codependency Awareness Month
Glaucoma Awareness Month
Kawasaki Disease Awareness Month
Mental Wellness Month
Mentoring Month
National Blood Donor Month
National Radon Action Month
National Winter Sports Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month
Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention Month
Thyroid Awareness Month
VACTERL Association Awareness Month
AWARENESS DAYS
January 4: World Braille Day
January 11: Paget’s Awareness Day
January 15: Intestinal Malrotation and Volvulus Awareness Day
January 24: Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day
January 26: International Kawasaki Disease Awareness Day
January 28: Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome (SMAS) Awareness Day
January 28: World Leprosy Day
January 30: World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day
January 31: International Day of the Zebra (for EDS & HSD awareness)
February
American Heart Month
Cholangiocarcinoma Awareness Month
Fowlers Syndrome Awareness Month
Gallbladder and Bile Duct Cancer Awareness Month
International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month
Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance, and Inclusion Month
Low Vision Awareness Month
Marfan Syndrome Awareness Month
Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome (MALS) Awareness Month
National Cancer Prevention Month
National Children’s Dental Health Month
National Self-Check Month
Noonan Syndrome Awareness Month
Raynaud’s Awareness Month
Retinitis Pigmentosa Awareness Month
Teen Dating Violence Prevention Month
AWARENESS WEEKS
February 2-8: Feeding Tube Awareness Week
February 2-8: National Burn Awareness Week
February 3-9: Tinnitus Awareness Week
February 7-13: African Heritage & Health Week
February 7-14: Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week
February 9-15: Heart Failure Awareness Week
February 9-15: National Cardiac Rehabilitation Week
February 10-17: Seizure Action Plan Awareness Week
February 13-19: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Week
February 20-27: Fibrous Dysplasia and McCune Albright Syndrome (FD/MAS) Awareness Week
February 24 – March 2: Oesophageal Atresia / Tracheo-Oesophageal Fistula (OT/TOF) Awareness Week
February 24 – March 2: Eating Disorders Awareness Week
AWARENESS DAYS
February 1: World Aspergillosis Day
February 2: Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Day
February 4: World Cancer Day
February 7: National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
February 9: International SCN8A Awareness Day
February 10: International Epilepsy Day
February 11: World Day of the Sick
February 14: National Donor Day
February 15: International Angelman Syndrome Day
February 15: International Childhood Cancer Awareness Day
February 17: Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome Awareness Day
February 19: International Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) Awareness Day
February 21: National Caregivers Day (3rd Friday of February each year)
February 22: National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day
February 22: World Encephalitis Day
February 23: Noonan Syndrome Awareness Day
February 24: SCN2A Awareness Day
February 27: Anosmia Awareness Day
February 28: International Repetitive Strain Injury Awareness Day
February 28: Rare Disease Day
March
Alport Awareness Month
Autoimmune Awareness Month
Blood Clot Awareness Month
Brain Injury Awareness Month
Brain Tumor Awareness Month (UK only)
Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month
Deep-Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Awareness Month
GRI Disorder Awareness Month
GRIN2B Awareness Month
Lymphedema Awareness Month
Malignant Hyperthermia Awareness and Training Month
Multiple Myeloma Awareness Month
Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
National Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month
National Breast Implant Awareness Month
National Colorectal Cancers Awareness Month
National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
National Disabilities Awareness Month
National Endometriosis Awareness Month
National Essential Tremor Awareness Month
National Hemophilia Awareness Month
National Kidney Month
National Nutrition Month
Neuromyelitis Optica Awareness Month
Red Cross Month
Save Your Vision Month
Self-Harm Awareness Month
Sleep Apnea Awareness Month
Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC) Awareness Month
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Awareness Month
Trisomy Awareness Month
Wilson’s Disease Awareness Month
Workplace Eye Wellness Month
AWARENESS WEEKS
February 26 – March 3: National Eating Disorders Awareness Month
March 4-8: National Aplastic Anemia & MDS Awareness Week
March 4-10: National Endometriosis Awareness Week
March 10-16: Patient Safety Awareness Week
March 10-16: Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week
March 10-16: Sleep Awareness Week
March 10-16: World Glaucoma Week
March 11-17: Brain Awareness Week
March 12-18: Grin2B Awareness Week
March 17-23: National Poison Prevention Week
March 18-24: National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week (NDAFW)
AWARENESS DAYS
March 1: Disability Day of Mourning
March 1: Endometriosis Awareness Day
March 1: International Wheelchair Day
March 1: Self-Injury Awareness Day
March 2: PCOS Advocacy Day
March 2: World Teen Mental Wellness Day
March 3: World Hearing Day
March 4: HPV Awareness Day
March 4: World Obesity Day
March 5: Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome International Day of Awareness
March 5: Dissociative Identity Disorder Awareness Day
March 6: National Hospitalist Day
March 6: World Lymphedema Day
March 9: Trisomy 9 Awareness Day
March 9: World Kidney Day
March 10: National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
March 12: World Glaucoma Day
March 13: Trisomy 13 Awareness Day
March 15: International Stiff Person Syndrome Day
March 16: Essential Tremor Day
March 17: World Sleep Day
March 18: Trisomy 18 Awareness Day
March 18: WORD Day (World Young Rheumatic Diseases Day)
March 18: World Juvenile Arthritis Day
March 20: National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
March 20: World Oral Health
March 21: World Down Syndrome Day
March 24: World Tuberculosis Day
March 25: Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day
March 26: Purple Day (for Epilepsy Awareness)
March 27: American Diabetes Alert Day
March 27: Amniotic Fluid Embolism Awareness Day
Fourth Tuesday in March: Diabetes Alert Day
March 30: National Doctors’ Day
March 30: World Bipolar Day
March 30: World MS Day (for Multiple Sclerosis)
March 31: Take Down Tobacco Day
March 31: World Lipodystrophy Day
April
Addison’s Disease Awareness Month
Adenomyosis Awareness Month
Adrenal Disease Awareness Month
Adrenal Insufficiency Awareness Month
Alcohol Awareness Month
Autism Acceptance Month
Cesarean Awareness Month
Cushing’s Disease Awareness Month
Distracted Driving Awareness Month
Esophageal Cancer Awareness Month
Fabry Disease Awareness Month
Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) Awareness month
Functional Neurological Disease (FND) Awareness Month
Global Child Nutrition Month
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month
Limb Loss Awareness Month
Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody Disease (MOGAD) 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 (NMHM)
National Primary Immunodeficiency Awareness Month
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month
National Stress Awareness Month
Occupational Therapy Month
Oral Cancer Awareness Month
Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) Awareness Month
Rosacea Awareness Month
Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month
Sexually Transmitted Infections Awareness Month
Sjögren’s Awareness Month
Sports Eye Safety Month
Thrombocytopenia-Absent Radius (TAR) Syndrome Awareness Month
Testicular Cancer Awareness Month
Women’s Eye Health & Safety Month
AWARENESS WEEKS
April 1-7: National Public Health Week
April 15-21: Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week
April 15-22: Porphyria Awareness Week
April 21-27: National Infertility Awareness Week
April 22-26: National Youth Violence Prevention Week
April 22-26: Every Kid Healthy Week
April 24-30: World Immunization Week
April 24-30: National Infant Immunization Week
AWARENESS DAYS
April 2: World Autism Day
April 4: Dercum's Disease Awareness Day
April 4: Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) Awareness Day
April 4: Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) Day of Action
April 6: Bohring-Opitz Syndrome Awareness Day
April 7: World Health Day
April 8: Cushing's Awareness Day
April 8: RAINN Day
April 10: National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
April 11: World Parkinson’s Day
April 12: Gould Syndrome Awareness Day
April 13: International Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) Awareness Day
April 13: World Sarcoidosis Day
April 14: World Chagas Disease Day
April 15: International Pompe Day
April 16: National Healthcare Decisions Day
April 17: World Hemophilia Day
April 19: Global Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Day
April 19: Global Porphyria Day
April 23: Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) Awareness Day
April 25: National DNA Day
April 25: World Malaria Day
April 28: KIF1A Day (for KIF1A Associated Neurological Disorder)
April 29: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
April 29: Undiagnosed Day
May
ALS Awareness Month
Ankylosing Spondylitis Awareness Month
Arthritis Awareness Month
Better Hearing and Speech Month
Better Sleep Month
Bladder Cancer Awareness Month
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Awareness Month
Brain Cancer Awareness Month
Brain Tumor Awareness Month
Celiac Disease Awareness Month
Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
Digestive Motility Awareness Month
Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS) Awareness Month
Family Wellness Month
Fanconi Anemia Awareness Month
Fibromuscular Dysplasia Awareness Month
Food Allergy Awareness Month
Global Employee Health and Fitness Month
Guillain-Barré Syndrome Awareness Month
Healthy Vision Month
Hepatitis Awareness Month
High Blood Pressure Awareness Month
Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month
Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder (HSD) Awareness Month
International Behçet's Awareness Month
Lupus Awareness Month
Lyme Disease Awareness Month
Maternal Mental Health Month
Mental Health Awareness Month
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Awareness Month
Myositis Awareness Month
National Asthma and Allergies Awareness Month
National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
National Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
National Myositis Awareness Month
National Osteoporosis Awareness & Prevention Month
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
National PKU Awareness Month (Phenylketonuria)
National Stroke Awareness Month
National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
National Teen Self-Esteem Month
National Toxic Encephalopathy and Chemical Injury Awareness Month
Necrotizing Fasciitis Awareness Month
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month
Neuropathy Awareness Month
Older Americans Month
Pelvic Pain Awareness Month
Preeclampsia Awareness Month
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
PsA Action Month (Psoriatic Arthritis)
Skin Cancer Awareness Month
Spondyloarthritis Awareness Month
Syringomyelia Awareness Month
Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Month
Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month (May 15 – June 15)
Vasculitis Awareness Month
VHL Awareness Month (Von Hippel-Lindau Disease)
Williams Syndrome Awareness Month
AWARENESS WEEKS
May 5-11: Peripheral Neuropathy Awareness Week
May 5-11: Children's Mental Health Awareness Week
May 6-10: Air Quality Awareness Week
May 6-11: North American Occupational Safety and Health Week
May 6-12: National Nurses Week
May 6-13: National Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) Awareness Week
May 7-13: North American Occupational Safety and Health Week
May 8-14: Osteoarthritis Awareness Week
May 9-15: National Stuttering Awareness Week
May 12-18: Food Allergy Awareness Week
May 12-18: National Hospital Week
May 12-18: Maternal Sepsis Week
May 12-18: National Women’s Health Week
May 19-25: National Eosinophil Awareness Week
AWARENESS DAYS
May 1: Mesh Awareness Day
May 1: North American Occupational Safety and Health Week
May 2: International Scurvy Awareness Day
May 2: World Asthma Day
May 3: Dystonia Awareness Week
May 4: World Ankylosing Spondylitis Day (first Saturday of May each year)
May 5: World Hand Hygiene Day
May 5: World Pulmonary Hypertension Day
May 6: Wishbone Day (for Osteogenesis Imperfecta Awareness)
May 7: Cystinosis Awareness Day
May 8: International Thalassaemia Day
May 8: National Women’s Checkup Day
May 8: World Ovarian Cancer Day
May 8: World Thalassemia Day
May 8: National Women’s Checkup Day
May 9: Joint Replacement Awareness Day
May 10: Ependymoma Awareness 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: ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day
May 15: Hyperemesis Gravidarum Awareness Day
May 15: International MPS (Mucopolysaccharidosis) Awareness Day
May 16: Celiac Disease Awareness Day
May 16: Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) Awareness Day
May 17: World Neurofibromatosis Awareness Day
May 17: World Hypertension Day
May 18: HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
May 18: World Eosinophilic Diseases Day
May 19: Hepatitis Testing Day
May 19: National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
May 19: Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Day (vEDS)
May 19: World IBD Day (Inflammatory Bowel Disease)
May 20: Behçet's Awareness Day
May 20: World Autoimmune and AutoInflammatory Arthritis Day
May 22: World Preeclampsia Day
May 24: World Schizophrenia Day
May 25: World Thyroid Day
May 26: Don’t Fry Day
May 26: National Heat Awareness Day
May 29: Addison’s Disease Day
May 29: World Digestive Health Day
May 30: World MS Day (Multiple Sclerosis)
May 31: National Senior Health and Fitness Day
May 31: World No Tobacco Day
ALS Awareness Month (Canada)
Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month
Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) Awareness Month
Apert Syndrome Awareness Month
Aphasia Awareness Month
Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC) Awareness Month
Cataract Awareness Month
CDKL5 Awareness Month
Deafblind Awareness Month
Dravet Syndrome Awareness Month
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Awareness Month
Hernia Awareness Month
Hidradenitis Suppurativa Awareness Month
International Hip Dysplasia Awareness Month
Loeys-Dietz Syndrome (LDS) Awareness Month
Men’s Health Month
Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month
National Cancer Survivor’s Month
National Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month
National Migraine & Headache Awareness Month
National Safety Month
National Scoliosis Awareness Month
Professional Awareness Month
PTSD Awareness Month (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)
Scleroderma Awareness Month
Scoliosis Awareness Month
Tethered Cord Syndrome Awareness Month
X-linked Hypophosphatemia Awareness Month
AWARENESS WEEKS
June 1-7: Idiopathic Hypersomnia Awareness Week
June 1-7: National CPR and AED Awareness Week
June 2-8: Hidradenitis Suppurativa Awareness
June 2-8: Spinal CSF Leak Awareness Week
June 2-8: Tourette Syndrome Awareness Week
June 3-9: Heart Rhythm Week
June 12-18: Diabetes Awareness Week
June 17-23: World Continence Week
June 26-July 2: Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week
AWARENESS DAYS
June 1: Idiopathic Hypersomnia Awareness Day
June 1: World Hypoparathyroidism Awareness Day
June 1: World Narcissistic Abuse Awareness Day
June 2: National Cancer Survivors Day
June 3: World Clubfoot Day
June 6: Sacral Agenesis / Caudal Regression Syndrome Awareness Day
June 7: Tourette Syndrome Awareness Day
June 8: World Brain Tumor Day
June 9: International Batten Disease Awareness Day
June 9: Transverse Myelitis Awareness Day
June 9: World Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) Day
June 13: Rare Chromosome Disorder Awareness Day
June 14: World Blood Donor Day
June 15: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
June 16: Hemiplegic Migraine Awareness Day
June 17: CDKL5 Awareness Day
June 18: Autistic Pride Day
June 18: International Vascular Abdominal Compression Syndrome Day
June 19: World Sickle Cell Day
June 20: World FSHD Day (for Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy)
June 21: Global MND Awareness Day
June 21: International Day of Yoga
June 21: SYNGAP1 International Awareness Day
June 23: HHT Global Awareness Day (Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia)
June 23: International Dravet Syndrome Awareness Day
June 23: X-linked Hypophosphatemia Awareness Day
June 25: World Vitiligo Day
June 26: International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
June 26: International Scoliosis Awareness Day
June 27: National HIV Testing Day
June 27: National PTSD Awareness Day
June 27: National Sunglasses Day
June 28: Aphasia Awareness Day
June 28: International PKU Day (Phenylketonuria)
June 29: Chronic Migraine Awareness Day
June 29: World Scleroderma Day
June 30: Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC) Awareness Day
June
July
Chronic Disease Month
Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness Month
Cord Blood Awareness Month
Disability Pride Month
Fibroid Awareness Month
Fragile X Syndrome Awareness Month
Hemochromatosis 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
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Awareness Month
UV Awareness Month
AWARENESS DAYS & WEEKS
July 1-7: Alcohol Awareness Week
July 3: National Bereaved Parents Day
July 10: Chronic Disease Day
July 10: Panic Disorder Awareness Day
July 11: World Population Day
July 22: Fragile X Syndrome Awareness Day
July 22: World Brain Day
July 23: World Castleman Disease Day
July 23: World Sjögren's Day
July 25: National Schizophrenia Awareness Day (UK)
July 28: World Hepatitis Day
July 30: Gastroschisis Awareness Day
July 31: Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy (ANE) Awareness Day
August
Amblyopia Awareness Month
Autoinflammatory Disease Awareness Month
Children’s Eye Health and Safety Awareness Month
Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction (CIPO) Awareness Month
Colonic Inertia (CI) Awareness Month
Digestive Tract Paralysis Awareness Month
Gastroparesis Awareness Month
International Autoinflammatory Awareness Month
National Breastfeeding Month
National Eye Exam Month
National Immunization Awareness Month
Psoriasis Awareness Month
Short Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Awareness Month
Summer Sun Safety Month
AWARENESS WEEKS
August 1-7: World Breastfeeding Week
August 4-10: National Health Center Week
August 19-23: Contact Lens Health Week
August 26-30: Pheo Para Awareness Week (for Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma)
AWARENESS DAYS
August 1: National Minority Donor Awareness Day
August 1: World Lung Cancer Day
August 3: Cloves Syndrome Awareness Day
August 3: International Alopecia Awareness Day (first Saturday of August each year)
August 6: Klippel-Feil Syndrome Awareness Day
August 8: Chromosome 8p Day
August 15: International Neonatal Nurses Day
August 15: Smith-Kingsmore Syndrome Awareness Day
August 18: World Breast Cancer Research Day
August 19: Malan Syndrome Awareness Day
August 19: World Humanitarian Day
August 22: SATB2-Associated Syndrome Awareness Day
August 30: National Grief Awareness Day
August 31: International Overdose Awareness Day
September
Achalasia Awareness Month
Alopecia Areata Awareness Month
Baby Safety Month
Balance Awareness Month
Blood Cancer Awareness Month
Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month
Cardiomyopathy Awareness Month
Cerebral Visual Impairment Awareness Month
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Awareness Month
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Chiari Malformation Awareness Month
CPTSD Awareness Month
Craniofacial Acceptance Month
Craniosynostosis Awareness/Acceptance Month
Deaf Awareness Month
Desmoid Tumor Awareness Month
Dystonia Awareness Month
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Month
Food Safety Awareness Month
Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month
Healthy Aging Month
Hirschsprung Disease Awareness Month
Histiocytosis Awareness Month
Hydrocephalus Awareness Month
Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Awareness Month (IIH)
International Hypothalamic Hamartoma Awareness Month
Interstitial Cystitis (IC) Awareness Month
ITP Awareness Month (Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura)
Leukemia Awareness Month
Leukodystrophy Awareness Month
Lymphoma Awareness Month
Muscular Dystrophy (MD) Awareness Month
Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN) Awareness Month
National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month
National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
National Cholesterol Education Month
National Food Safety Education Month (FSEM)
National Pediculosis Prevention Month/Head Lice Prevention Month
National Recovery Month
National Service Dog Month
National Sickle Cell Awareness Month
National Vascular Disease Awareness Month
National Yoga Month
Newborn Screening Awareness Month
NICU Awareness Month
Orthostatic Tremor Awareness Month
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Pain Awareness Month
Peripheral Artery Disease Awareness Month
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Awareness Month (PCOS)
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month
Reye’s Syndrome Awareness Month
Sandhoff Disease Awareness Month
Sepsis Awareness Month
Sexual Health Awareness Month
Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month
Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Sports Eye Safety Month
STXBP1 Awareness Month
Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
Superficial Siderosis Awareness Month
Tay-Sachs Disease Awareness Month
Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month
Urology Awareness Month
Uterine Cancer Awareness Month
World Alzheimer’s Month
AWARENESS WEEKS
September 8-14: National Suicide Prevention Week
September 8-14: National Assisted Living Week
September 8-14: National Folic Acid Awareness Week
September 11-17: Sexual Health Week
September 14-20: Neonatal Nurses Week
September 16-22: Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Week
September 16-20: Malnutrition Awareness Week
September 16-20: National Farm Safety and Health Week
September 16-22: Jeans for Genes Week (UK)
September 16-22: World Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week
September 16-22: National Rehabilitation Awareness Week
September 23-29: Migraine Awareness Week
AWARENESS DAYS
September 2: CPTSD Awareness Day
September 4: PKD Awareness Day (Polycystic Kidney Disease)
September 7: Still’s Disease Awareness Day
September 7: World Duchenne’s Awareness Day
September 8: International Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) Awareness Day – Second Sunday of September each year
September 8: Lissencephaly Awareness Day
September 8: World Physical Therapy Day
September 9: 9p-Minus Awareness Day
September 9: International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day
September 10: World Suicide Prevention Day
September 14: MPN Awareness Day (Myeloproliferative Neoplasms) second Thursday of September each year
September 13: National Celiac Disease Awareness Day
September 13: World Sepsis Day
September 15: Hypothalamic Hamartoma (HH) Awareness Day
September 15: World Lymphoma Awareness Day
September 16: Microvillus Inclusion Disease Awareness Day
September 17: World Patient Safety Day
September 18: Pitt Hopkins Syndrome Awareness Day
September 18: National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day
September 19: Aortic Dissection Awareness Day
September 20: Hydrocephalus Awareness Day
September 20: National Concussion Awareness Day
September 21: Cavernoma Awareness Day
September 21: Myositis Awareness Day
September 21: Usher Syndrome Awareness Day (third Saturday of September each year)
September 22: World Narcolepsy Day
September 23: Falls Prevention Awareness Day
September 23: International Day of Sign Language
September 23: Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Awareness Day
September 24: Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS) Awareness Day
September 24: Familial Hypercholesterolemia Awareness Day
September 25: International Ataxia Awareness Day
September 25: National Women’s Health and Fitness Day (last Wednesday of September each year)
September 25: World Pharmacists Day
September 26: Mesothelioma Awareness Day
September 26: World Contraception Day
September 27: Sport Purple for Platelets Day (last Friday of September each year)
September 28: World Rabies Day
September 29: World Day of The Deaf (last Sunday of September each year)
September 29: World Heart Day
September 30: Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Day
September 30: Rare Cancer Day
October
ADHD Awareness Month
AVM Awareness Month (Arteriovenous Malformation)
Blindness Awareness Month
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Contact Lens Safety Month
Depression Awareness Month
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Down Syndrome Awareness Month
Dwarfism Awareness Month
Dysautonomia Awareness Month
Dyscalculia Awareness Month
Dyslexia Awareness Month
Eczema Awareness Month
Eye Injury Prevention Month
Gaucher Disease Awareness Month
Health Literacy Month
Healthy Lung Month
Home Eye Safety Awareness Month
Homocystinuria (HCU) Awareness Month
Kabuki Syndrome Awareness Month
Learning Disabilities Awareness Month
Liver Cancer Awareness Month
Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month
National Audiology Awareness Month
National Bullying Prevention Month
National Dental Hygiene Month
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
National Liver Awareness Month
National Medical Librarians Month
National Orthodontic Health Month
National Physical Therapy Month
National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month
Niemann-Pick Disease Awareness Month
Pituitary Awareness Month
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) Awareness Month
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
Prenatal-Onset GBS Disease Recognition Month
Raynaud’s Awareness Month
Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
Sensory Processing Awareness Month
Spina Bifida Awareness Month
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month
AWARENESS WEEKS
October 1-7: Body-Focused Repetitive Behavior (BFRB) Awareness Week
October 1-7: Dyspraxia Awareness Week
October 1-7: Trichotillomania Awareness Week
October 6-12: Mental Illness Awareness Week
October 6-12: National Primary Care Week
October 12-20: Bone and Joint Action Week
October 13-19: OCD Awareness Week
October 13-19: International Infection Prevention Week
October 20-26: Brachial Plexus Awareness Week
October 20-26: Invisible Disabilities Awareness Week
October 20-26: National Healthcare Quality Week
October 20-26: Respiratory Care Week
October 21-25: National Health Education Week
October 25-31: National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week
AWARENESS DAYS
October 1: Cauda Equina Awareness Day
October 1: Chronic Urticaria Awareness Day
October 1: GNAO1 Awareness Day
October 1: International Day of Older Persons
October 1: International Gaucher Day
October 1: World Paralysis Awareness Day
October 5: World Ostomy Day (first Saturday in October each year)
October 5: PFIC Awareness Day (Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis)
October 6: World Cerebral Palsy Day
October 7: Child Health Day (first Monday in October each year)
October 7: Dysgraphia Awareness Day
October 7: Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day
October 9: PANS/PANDAS Awareness Day
October 10: National Depression Screening Day
October 10: World Mental Health Day
October 10: World Sight Day
October 11: Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome (AMPS) Awareness Day
October 11: International Day of the Girl Child
October 12: World Arthritis Day
October 12: World Hospice and Palliative Care Day (second Saturday in October each year)
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 16: Restart a Heart Day
October 16: Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) Action Day
October 16: World Food Day
October 16: World Spine Day
October 18: National Mammography Day (third Friday of October each year)
October 19: International Niemann-Pick Disease Awareness Day
October 19: World Pediatric Bone and Joint Day
October 20: International Mastocytosis and Mast Cell Diseases Awareness Day
October 20: World Osteoporosis Day
October 22: International Stuttering Awareness Day
October 22: Scar Appreciation Day
October 23: PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome Awareness Day
October 25: Dwarfism Awareness Day
October 25: Occipital Neuralgia Awareness Day
October 25: POTS Awareness Day (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome)
October 26: World Amyloidosis Day
October 29: World Psoriasis Day
October 29: World Stroke Day
October 30: Adoptee Remembrance Day
October 30: Sugar Addiction Awareness Day
November
Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month
American Diabetes Month
AMPS (Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome)
Bladder Health Month
Carcinoid Cancer Awareness Month
Pancreatic Disease Awareness Month
COPD Awareness Month (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
CRPS Awareness Month (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome)
Diabetic Eye Disease Month
FOXG1 Awareness Month
Gastric Cancer/Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
GERD Awareness Month (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease)
Gluten-Free Diet Awareness Month
Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Mouth Cancer Action 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
Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month
TMJ Awareness Month (Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction)
AWARENESS WEEKS
November 3-9: National Radiologic Technology Week
November 4-8: National Stress Awareness Week
November 10-16: National Nurse Practitioner Week
November 13-19: Transgender Awareness Week
November 18-24: US Antibiotic Awareness Week
November 24-30: GERD Awareness Week
AWARENESS DAYS
November 1: FCS Awareness Day (Familial Chylomicronemia Syndrome)
November 1: International LGS Awareness Day (Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome)
November 4: Color the World Orange Day for CRPS and AMPS (first Monday of each November)
November 8: Aicardi Syndrome Awareness Day
November 8: International Day of Radiography
November 10: World Keratoconus Day
November 10: World NET Cancer Day (Neuroendocrine Tumor)
November 12: World Pneumonia Day
November 14: World Diabetes Day
November 15: International 15q Day
November 15: World Ohtahara Syndrome Awareness Day
November 16: World Sanfilippo Awareness Day
November 17: Smith-Magenis Syndrome (SMS) Awareness Day
November 17: World Prematurity Day
November 18: International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day
November 18: World COPD Awareness Day
November 20: Transgender Day of Remembrance
November 21: Great American Smokeout (third Thursday of each November)
November 21: World Pancreatic Cancer Day
November 22: 22q Awareness Day (22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome)
November 24: Non-24 Awareness Day (Non-24-Hour Sleep-Wake Disorder)
November 25: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
November 28: National Family Health History Day (last Thursday of each November)
November 29: Avascular Necrosis Awareness Day
Constipation Awareness Month
Give the Gift of Sight Month
International Sharps Injury Prevention Awareness Month
National Impaired Driving Prevention Month
National Safe Toys and Gifts Month
Pectus Excavatum Awareness Month
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Awareness Month
Survivors of Homicide Victims Awareness Month (SHVAM), November 20 through December 20
Universal Human Rights Month
Vascular Compression Syndromes Awareness Month
AWARENESS WEEKS
December 1-7: Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week
December 1-7: Infantile Spasms Awareness Week (ISAW)
December 1-7: National Handwashing Awareness Week
December 2-6: National Influenza Vaccination Week
December 2-8: National Grief Awareness Week
AWARENESS DAYS
December 1: World AIDS Day
December 3: Giving Tuesday
December 3: International Day of Persons With Disabilities
December 10: Human Rights Day
December 10: World TRAP Day (Twin Reversed Arterial Perfusion)
December 12: Universal Health Coverage Day
December 18: Minority Rights Day
December 20: International Human Solidarity Day
December 27: International Day of Epidemic Preparedness
December
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