2019 calendar of health awareness events

2019 calendar of health awareness events


September
Blood Cancer Awareness Month
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Healthy Aging Month
National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month
National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
National Cholesterol Education 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 Yoga Awareness Month
Newborn Screening Awareness Month
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Pain Awareness Month
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Month
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
Sepsis Awareness Month
Sexual Health Awareness Month
Sports Eye Safety Month
World Alzheimer’s Month
Usher Syndrome Awareness Day (third Saturday)
National Suicide Prevention Week (Sept. 8–14)
World Suicide Prevention Day (Sept. 10)
World Sepsis Day (Sept. 13)
National Celiac Disease Awareness Day (Sept. 13)
National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day (Sept. 18)
National School Backpack Awareness Day (Sept. 18)
Falls Prevention Day (Sept. 23)
Malnutrition Awareness Week (Sept. 23–27)
National Women’s Health and Fitness Day (Sept. 25)
Sport Purple for Platelets Day (Sept. 27)
World Rabies Day (Sept. 28)
Family Health and Fitness Day (Sept. 28)
World Heart Day (Sept. 29)



October
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Eye Injury Prevention Month
Health Literacy Month
Healthy Lung Month
Home Eye Safety Month
National ADHD Awareness 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
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
Spina Bifida Awareness Month
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month
World Cerebral Palsy Day (Oct. 6)
Mental Illness Awareness Week (Oct. 6–12)
World Mental Health Day (Oct. 10)
National Depression Screening Day (Oct. 10)
Bone and Joint Health National Action Week (Oct. 12–20)
Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day (Oct. 13)
International Infection Prevention Week (Oct. 13–19)
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day (Oct. 15)
National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (Oct. 15)
World Food Day (Oct. 16)
World Pediatric Bone and Joint Day (Oct. 19)
Respiratory Care Week (Oct. 20–26)
National Health Education Week (Oct. 21–25)
National Healthcare Quality Week (Oct. 20–26)
International Stuttering Awareness Day (Oct. 22)
World Psoriasis Day (Oct. 29)



November
American Diabetes Month
Bladder Health Month
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Awareness Month
Diabetic Eye Disease Month
Lung Cancer Awareness Month
National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month
National Epilepsy Awareness Month
National Family Caregivers Month
National Healthy Skin Month
National Hospice Palliative Care Month
National Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
Prematurity Awareness Month
World Prematurity Day (Nov. 17)
Great American Smokeout (Nov. 21)
International Survivors of Suicide Day (Nov. 23)
GERD Awareness Week (Nov. 24–30)
National Family Health History Day (Nov. 28)
World Antibiotic Awareness Week (TBA)


December
World AIDS Day (Dec. 1)
National Handwashing Awareness Week (Dec. 1–7)