National Health Observances

January

● Cervical Health Awareness Month

● National Birth Defects Awareness Month

● National Blood Donor Month

● National Glaucoma Awareness Month

● National Healthy Weight Week

● Maternal Health Awareness Day (January 23)

February

● Black History Month

● American Heart Month

● National Cancer Prevention Month

● Wise Health Care Consumer Month

● National Cardiac Rehabilitation Week (February 11-17)

● National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (February 26-March 3)

● National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (February 7)

March

● National Nutrition Month

● National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

● Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month

● Brain Injury Awareness Month

● National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (March 10)

April

● National Minority Health Month

● Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month

● Alcohol Awareness Month

● National Child Abuse Prevention Month

● National Stress Awareness Month

● Testicular Cancer Awareness Month

● National Healthy Schools Day (April 8)

● National Public Health Week (April 7-13)

● Earth Day (April 22)

May

● Women’s Health Month

● Mental Health Awareness Month

● Arthritis Awareness Month

● National Physical Fitness and Sports Month

● Better Sleep Month

● Hepatitis Awareness Month

● Lupus Awareness Month

● Melanoma And Skin Cancer Awareness Month

● Osteoporosis Awareness And Prevention Month

● National Stroke Awareness Month

● World No Tobacco Day (May 31)

June

● Men’s Health Month

● Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month

● Migraine And Headache Awareness Month

● PTSD Awareness Month

● World Sickle Cell Day (June 19)

● National HIV Testing Day (June 27)

July

• Juvenile Arthritis Month
• National Park & Recreation Month
• UV Awareness Month
• Chronic Disease Awareness Month
• World Hepatitis Day (July 28)

August

● National Immunization Awareness Month

● National Breastfeeding Month

● Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month

● National Health Center Week (August 4-10)

● National Grief Awareness Day (August 30)

September

• Suicide Prevention Month
• Fruits & Vegetables More Matters Month
• Healthy Aging Month
• National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
• National Sickle Cell Awareness Month
• Blood Cancer Awareness Month
• Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
• Mesothelioma Awareness Month
• National Food Safety Education Month
• Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
• Prostate Health Month and Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
• National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day (September 18)
• National Opioid Awareness Day (September 21)
• National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (9/27)

October

● Health Literacy Month

● National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

● Domestic Violence Awareness Month

● National Depression And Mental Health Screening Month

● National Bullying Prevention Month

● National Chiropractic Health Month

● Liver Cancer Awareness Month

● Menopause Awareness Month

● National Health Education Week (October 21-25)

●National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day

● National Substance Abuse Prevention Month 

November

● National Diabetes Month

● Native American Heritage Month

● Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness Month

● Lung Cancer Awareness Month

● Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month

● Prematurity Awareness Month

● National Injury Prevention Day (November 18)

December

● National Influenza Vaccination Week (December 4–8)

● World AIDS Day (December 1)