2017 Awareness Calendar
Health Awareness Events
January
- National Glaucoma Awareness Month
- National Volunteer Blood Donor Month
- Thyroid Awareness Month
February
- AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month
- American Heart Month
- Marfan Syndrome Awareness Month
- National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
- FEB 5: World Cancer Day
- FEB 23-MAR 1: National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
March
- Hemophilia Awareness Month
- National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
- National Eye Donor Month
- National Kidney Month
- National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month
- Poison Prevention Awareness Month
- Save Your Vision Month
April
- Distracted Driving Awareness Month
- IBS Awareness Month
- Primary Immune Deficiency Awareness Month
- Rosacea Awareness Month
- Stress Awareness Month
- APR 1-7: Testicular Cancer Awareness Week
- Women’s Eye Health & Safety Month
May
- ALS Awareness Month
- Asthma & Allergy Awareness Month
- Better Hearing and Speech Month
- Better Sleep Month
- Celiac Awareness Month
- Fibromyalgia Education and Awareness Month
- Healthy Vision Month
- Hepatitis Awareness Month
- Lyme Disease Awareness Month
- Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month
- Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
- MAY 1: Melanoma Monday
- National Arthritis Awareness Month
- MAY 14-20: National Women’s Health Week
- National Hepatitis Awareness Month
- National High Blood Pressure Education Month
- National Lupus Awareness Month
- National Mental Health Month
- National Osteoporosis Month
- National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
- National Stroke Awareness Month
- Women’s Health Care Month
June
- Cataract Awareness Month
- Child Vision Awareness Month
- Men’s Health Education and Awareness Month
- Migraine and Headache Awareness Month
- Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month
- National Aphasia Awareness Month
- JUNE 12-18: National Men’s Health Week
- JUN 4: National Cancer Survivor’s Day
- National Scleroderma Awareness Month
- National Safety Month
July
- Alopecia Month for Women
- Eye Injury Prevention Month
- JUL 28-AUG 3: Hepatitis Awareness Week
August
- Cataract Awareness Month
- Children’s Eye Health & Safety Month
- MedicAlert Awareness Month
- National Immunization Awareness Month
- National Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
- Psoriasis Awareness Month
September
- Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month
- Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
- SEP 17-23: Child Passenger Safety Week
- Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month
- Leukemia & Lymphoma Awareness Month
- National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
- National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
- National Head Lice Prevention Month
- National Preparedness Month
- National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
- SEP 7-12: National Suicide Prevention Week
- Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
- Reye’s Syndrome Awareness Month
- Sickle Cell Awareness Month
- Sports Eye Safety Month
- SEP 27: Women’s Health & Fitness Day
October
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- Celiac Disease Awareness Month
- Crime Prevention Month
- National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
- Dyslexia Awareness Month
- OCT 8-14: Fire Prevention Week
- Home Eye Safety Month
- National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month
- National Chiropractic Health Month
- National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
- National Dental Hygiene Month
- National Depression Education and Awareness Month
- National Liver Awareness Month
- National Orthodontic Health Month
- National Physical Therapy Month
- National Spina Bifida Awareness Month
- OCT 15-21: National Teen Driver Safety Week
- Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
- OCT 10: World Mental Health Day
- OCT 29: World Stroke Day
November
- AIDS Awareness Month
- American Diabetes Month
- Diabetic Eye Disease Month
- NOV 17: Great American Smokeout
- NOV 25: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
- Lung Cancer Awareness Month
- Marrow Awareness Month
- National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month
- National Diabetes Month
- National Epilepsy Awareness Month
- National Long-Term Care Awareness Month
- National Marrow Awareness Month
December
- World AIDS Day (Dec. 1)