National Health Observances

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

January
National Autism Awareness Month
National Birth Defects Prevention Month
National Eye Care Month
National Glaucoma Awareness Week (19-25)
Sight-Saving Sabbath (19 & 26)

February
American Heart Month
National Burn Awareness Week (4-10)
National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week (9-15)
National Children's Dental Health Month
National Condom Day (14)
Muscular Degeneration Month
Wise Health Consumer Month

March
American Diabetes Alert (25)
Brain Awareness Week
Cataract Awareness Month
Children & Healthcare Week (16-22)
Hemophilia Month
Mental Retardation Awareness Month
National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month
National Eye Donor Month
National Inhalants & Poisons Awareness Week
National Kidney Month
National Nutrition Month
National Poison Prevention Week (16-22)
National PTA Alcohol & Other Drug Awareness Week (12-18)
Save Your Vision Week (2-8)
Workplace Eye Health & Safety Month

April
Alcohol Awareness Month
Alcohol-Free Weekend (4-6)
Cancer Control Month
Autism Awareness Month (2nd listing)
Earth Day (22)
National Building Safety Week (6-12)
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
National Infants Immunization Week (20-26)
National Medical Laboratory Week
National Minority Cancer Awareness Week (13-19)
National Occupational Therapy Month
National Organ & Tissue Donor Awareness Week (20-26)
National Public Health Week (8-13)
National STD Awareness Month
National YMCA Healthy Kids Day (10)
National Youth Sports Safety Month
Sports Eye Safety Month
World Health Day (7)

May
Asthma & Allergy Awareness Month
Better Hearing & Speech Month
Better Sleep Month
Breathe Easy Month
Buckle Up America! Week (18-24)
Correct Posture Month
Hepatitis Awareness Month
Huntington's Disease Awareness Month
Melanoma Monday (5)
Mother's Day Comes Early for Too Many of Our Nation's Teens (4)
National Alcohol & Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Week (11-17)
National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day (1)
National Arthritis Month
National Digestive Diseases Awareness Month
National Dog Bite Prevention Week (15-19)
National Drinking Water Month
National Emergency Medical Services Week (18-24)
National Employer Health & Fitness Day (21)
National High Blood Pressure Month
National Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection & Prevention Month
National Mental Health Counseling Week (5-10)
National Mental Health Month
National Neurofibromatosis Month
National Osteoporosis Prevention Week (11-17)
National Running & Fitness Week (11-17)
National Safe Boating Week
National SAFE KIDS Week (3-10)
National Senior Health & Fitness Day (28)
National Sight-Saving Month
National Stroke Awareness Month
National Stuttering Awareness Week (12-18)
National Suicide Awareness Week (4-10)
National Trauma Awareness Month
Older Americans Month
Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Month
World No-Tobacco Day (31)

June
Dairy Month
Fireworks Safety Month (thru July 4)
Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week (21-27)
National Aphasia Awareness Week (8-15)
National Prevention of Eye Injuries Awareness Week (28-July 8)
National Safety Month
National Sobriety Checkpoint Week (30-July 6)
National Scleroderma Awareness Month
Stand For Children Day (1)

July
Fireworks Safety Month
Hemochromatosis Screening Awareness Month
Lead Poison Control Week (20-26)
National Therapeutic Recreation Week (13-19)

August
Clean Air Month
National Food Safety Month
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
World Breast-feeding Week (1-7)

September
Baby Safety Month
Back to School/Child Passenger Safety Weekend
Children's Eye Health & Safety Month
Impaired Driving Enforcement Mobilization Weekend
National 5-A-Day Week (7-13)
National Cholesterol Education Month
National Pediculosis Prevention Month
National Rehabilitation Week (14-20)
National Reye's Syndrome Week (21-27)
National Sickle Cell Month
National Sobriety Checkpoint Week
International Deaf Week

October
Auto Battery Safety Month
Breast Cancer Control Month
Celiac Sprue Awareness Month
Child Health Day
Child Health Month
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Family Health Month
Flu & Pneumonia Campaign
Healthy Lung Month
Learning Disability Awareness Month
Mental Illness Awareness Week (5-11)
National Adult Immunization Awareness Week (12-18)
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
National Campaign for Healthier Babies Month
National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week
National Dental Hygiene Month
National Depression Screening Day (9)
National Disability Awareness Month
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
National Family Sexuality Education Month
National Fire Prevention Week (5-11)
National Health Education Week (19-25)
National Hepatitis Awareness Week (19-25)"
National Infection Control Week (19-5)
National Liver Awareness Month
National Lupus Awareness Month
National Physical Therapy Month
National Radon Week (12-18)
National School Bus Safety Week
National Special Recreation Week (for the Physically challenged)
National Spina Bifida Prevention Month
National Spinal Health Month
National Youth Health Awareness Day (22)
Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month
Talk About Prescriptions Month
World Food Day (16)

November
Child Safety & Protection Month
Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness Month
Flu & Pneumonia Campaign
Great American Smokeout (20)
National Alzheimer's Awareness Month
National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Week (3-7)
National Diabetes Month
National Epilepsy Month
National Osteopathic Medicine Week (5-11)

December
National Aplastic Anemia Awareness Week (1-7)
National Drunk & Drugged Driving Prevention Month
Safe Toys & Gift Month
World AIDS Day (1)