Below are the healthcare-related months and observances for 2024.

January

  • National Blood Donor Month
  • Thyroid Awareness Month 
  • Cervical Health Awareness Month
  • Glaucoma Awareness Month
  • National Birth Defects Awareness/Prevention Month
  • International Quality of Life Month
  • National Winter Sports Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month
  • Folic Acid Awarenessts Week (January 1 – 7)
  • International Mind-Body Wellness Day (January 3)
  • World Braille Day (January 4)
  • Paget’s Awareness Day (January 11)
  • World Leprosy Day (January 29)
  • World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day (January 30)

February

  • American Heart Month
  • National Cancer Prevention Month
  • Cholangiocarcinoma Awareness Month
  • National Children’s Dental Health Month
  • Gallbladder and Bile Duct Cancer Awareness Month
  • National Self-Check Month
  • Turner Syndrome Awareness Month
  • National Children’s Dental Health Month
  • Raynaud’s Awareness Month
  • Marfan Syndrome Awareness Month
  • International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month
  • National Eating Disorders Awareness Month
  • Tinnitus Awareness Week (February 5 -11)
  • African Heritage & Health Week (February 7 – 13)
  • Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week (February 7 – 14)
  • Heart Failure Awareness Week (February 11 – 17)
  • National Cardiac Rehabilitation Week (February 11 – 17)
  • National Condom Week (February 14 – 21)
  • World Aspergillosis Day (February 1)
  • Rheumatoid Awareness Day (February 2)
  • Time to Talk Day (February 2)
  • Go Red For Women (February 3)
  • World Cancer Day (February 4)
  • National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (February 7)
  • International Epilepsy Day (February 13)
  • National Donor Day (February 14)
  • National Impotence Day (February 14)
  • International Childhood Cancer Day (February 15)
  • National Caregivers Day (February 17)
  • National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day (February 22)
  • Recreational Sports & Fitness Day (February 22)
  • International Repetitive Strain Injury Awareness Day (February 28)
  • Rare Disease Day (February 28)

March

  • Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
  • National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month
  • Low Vision Awareness Month
  • National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
  • Brain Injury Awareness Month
  • National Kidney Month
  • Alport Awareness Month
  • Malignant Hyperthermia Awareness Month
  • National Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month
  • Trisomy Awareness Month
  • National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness and Education Month
  • Endometriosis Awareness Month
  • Workplace Eye Wellness Month
  • National Nutrition Month
  • American Red Cross Month
  • National Cheerleading Safety Month
  • Save Your Vision Month
  • National Breast Implant Awareness Month
  • Deep-Vein Thrombosis Awareness Month
  • National Trisomy Awareness Month
  • National Aplastic Anemia & MDS Awareness Week (March 1 – 6)
  • Pulmonary Rehabilitation  Week (March 10 – 16)
  • Patient Safety Awareness Week (March 10 – 16)
  • Sleep Awareness Week (March 10 – 16)
  • Brain Awareness Week (March 11 – 17)
  • World Teen Mental Wellness Day (March 2)
  • World Hearing Day (March 3)
  • HPV Awareness Day (March 4)
  • World Obesity Day (March 4)
  • Dissociative Identity Disorder Awareness Day (March 5)
  • National Hospitalist Day (March 6)
  • World Kidney Day (March 9)
  • National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (March 10)
  • World Sleep Day (March 17)
  • National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (March 20)
  • World Oral Health (March 20)
  • World Down Syndrome Day (March 21)
  • World Tuberculosis Day (March 24)
  • National Cerebral Palsy Awareness (March 25)
  • Purple Day (March 26)
  • American Diabetes Alert Day (March 27)
  • World Bipolar Day (March 30)

April

  • National Cancer Control Month
  • Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month
  • Oral Cancer Awareness Month
  • Rosacea Awareness Month
  • National Foot Health Awareness Month
  • Global Child Nutrition Month
  • National Minority Health Month
  • Autism Awareness Month
  • National Primary Immunodeficiency Awareness Month
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month
  • Medicaid Awareness Month
  • National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Awareness Month
  • National Facial Protection Month
  • Sports Eye Safety Month
  • National Occupational Therapy Month
  • Women’s Eye Health & Safety Month
  • National Donate Life Month
  • National Interprofessional Healthcare Month
  • Testicular Cancer Awareness Month
  • National Stress Awareness Month
  • National Public Health Week (April 1 – 7)
  • World Autism Acceptance Week (April 1 – 7)
  • Black Maternal Health Week (April 11 – 17)
  • Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week (April 16 – 22)
  • National Infertility Awareness Week (April 21 – 27)
  • Every Kid Healthy Week (April 22 – 26)
  • National Infant Immunization Week (April 22 – 29)
  • World Immunization Week (April 24 – 30)
  • Patient Experience Week (April 29 – May 3)
  • Take Down Tobacco Day (April 1)
  • World Autism Awareness Day (April 2)
  • Bohring-Opitz Syndrome Awareness Day (April 6)
  • National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (April 6)
  • World Health Day (April 7)
  • World Parkinson’s Day (April 11)
  • World Chagas Disease Day (April 14)
  • National Healthcare Decisions Day (April 16)
  • World Hemophilia Day (April 17)
  • Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Action Day (April 19)
  • National DNA Day (April 25)
  • World Malaria Day (April 25)
  • World Day for Safety and Health at Work (April 28)

May 

  • Mental Health Month
  • National Stroke Awareness Month
  • ALS Awareness Month
  • Celiac Disease Awareness Month
  • National Dental Care Awareness
  • Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month
  • Food Allergy Awareness Month
  • Hepatitis Awareness Month
  • National Apraxia Awareness Month
  • Lyme Disease Awareness Month
  • Better Hearing And Speech Month
  • National Brain Cancer and Brain Tumor Awareness Month
  • Arthritis Awareness Month
  • National Blood Pressure Education Month
  • High Blood Pressure Awareness Month
  • Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month
  • Cystic Fibrosis Month
  • Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month
  • Healthy Vision Month
  • National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
  • Lupus Awareness Month
  • Melanoma And Skin Cancer Awareness Month
  • Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Awareness Month
  • Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week (May 5 – 12)
  • National Nurses Week (May 6 – 12)
  • National Women’s Health Week (May 12 – 18)
  • World Asthma Day (May 7)
  • World Ovarian Cancer Day (May 8)
  • World Lupus Day (May 10)
  • International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases (May 12)
  • International Nurses Day (May 12)
  • ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day (May 12)
  • National Women’s Checkup Day (May 13)
  • World Hypertension Day (May 17)
  • HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (May 18)
  • World Inflammatory Bowel Disease Day (May 19)
  • Hepatitis Testing Day (May 19)
  • World Schizophrenia Day (May 24)
  • World Thyroid Day (May 25)
  • World Blood Cancer Day (May 28)
  • World Digestive Health Day (May 29)
  • World MS Day (May 30)

June

  • Men’s Health Month
  • National Headache and Migraine Awareness Month
  • Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month
  • National PTSD Awareness Month
  • Aphasia Awareness Month
  • National Safety Month
  • Scleroderma Awareness Month
  • Vitiligo Awareness Month
  • National Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month
  • Scoliosis Awareness Month
  • National Scleroderma Awareness Month
  • Cataract Awareness Month
  • National CPR and AED Awareness Week (June 1 – 7)
  • Hidradenitis Suppurativa Awareness Week (June 3 – 8)
  • Men’s Health Week (June 10 – 16)
  • World Continence Week (June 17 – 23)
  • Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week (June 25 – July 1)
  • National Cancer Survivors Day (June 2)
  • World Brain Tumor Day (June 8)
  • World Blood Donor Day (June 14)
  • World Sickle Cell Day (June 19)
  • Global ALS/MND Awareness Day (June 21)
  • World Vitiligo Day (June 25)
  • International Scoliosis Awareness Day (June 25)
  • National HIV Testing Day (June 27)
  • Rare Chromosome Disorder Awareness Day (June 29)


July

  • Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month 
  • International Group B Strep Awareness Month
  • National Hemp Month
  • National Hemochromatosis Awareness Month
  • National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
  • Cord Blood Awareness Month
  • Sarcoma Awareness Month
  • National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month
  • World Brain Day (July 22)
  • World Castleman Disease Day (July 23)
  • World Hepatitis Day (July 28)

August

  • National Immunization Awareness Month
  • Hair Loss Awareness Month
  • Gastroparesis Awareness Month
  • Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
  • Psoriasis Awareness Month
  • National Eye Exam Month
  • Digestive Tract Paralysis Awareness Month
  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
  • National Health Center Week (August 4 – 10)
  • Contact Lens Health Week (August 18 – 24)
  • World Lung Cancer Day (August 1)
  • Cloves Syndrome Awareness Day (August 3)
  • World Breast Cancer Research Day (August 18)
  • International Overdose Awareness Day (August 31)

September

  • Blood Cancer Awareness Month
  • National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month
  • National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
  • National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month
  • World Alzheimer’s Disease Month
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month
  • National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
  • Healthy Aging Month
  • Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
  • National Deaf Awareness Month
  • Urology Awareness Month
  • National Prostate Health Month
  • Neonatal Intensive Care Awareness Month
  • Pain Awareness Month
  • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Awareness Month
  • Sepsis Awareness Month
  • Sickle Cell Awareness Month
  • Asthma Peak Month
  • National Suicide Prevention Week (September 8 – 14)
  • Asthma Peak Week (September 16 – 20)
  • World FTD Awareness Week (September 24 – October 1)
  • World Sexual Health Day (September 4)
  • World Duchenne’s Awareness Day (September 7)
  • World Suicide Prevention Day (September 10)
  • National Celiac Disease Awareness Day (September 13)
  • World Sepsis Day (September 13)
  • World Atopic Eczema Day (September 14)
  • World Patient Safety Day (September 17)
  • National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day (September 18)
  • Aortic Dissection Awareness Day (September 19)
  • National Concussion Awareness Day (September 20)
  • World Alzheimer’s Day (September 21)
  • World Lung Day (September 23)
  • World Retina Day (September 24)
  • International Ataxia Awareness Day (September 25)
  • World Contraception Day (September 26)
  • Mesothelioma Awareness Day (September 26)
  • World Heart Day (September 29)

October

  • Breast Cancer Awareness Month
  • World Menopause Awareness Month
  • National Audiology Awareness Month
  • Spina Bifida Awareness Month
  • National Physical Therapy Month
  • Health Literacy Month
  • Antidepressant Death Awareness Month
  • National Dyslexia Awareness Month
  • Eczema Awareness Month
  • National Orthodontic Health Month
  • Home Eye Safety Month
  • National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month
  • Emotional Wellness Month
  • National Dental Hygiene Month
  • Down Syndrome Awareness Month
  • National Liver Awareness Month
  • International Longevity Month
  • Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
  • RETT Syndrome Awareness Month
  • National Primary Care Week (October 6 – 12)
  • Mental Illness Awareness Week (October 6 – 12)
  • Bone and Joint Health National Action Week (October 12 – 18)
  • Red Ribbon Week (October 23 – 31)
  • World Meningitis Day (October 5)
  • World Cerebral Palsy Day (October 6)
  • Child Health Day (October 7)
  • World Mental Health Day (October 10)
  • World Hospice and Palliative Care Day (October 12)
  • Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day (October 13)
  • National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (October 15)
  • Restart a Heart Day (October 16)
  • World Menopause Awareness Day (October 18)
  • National Check Your Meds Day (October 21)
  • World Stroke Day (October 29)
  • National Prescription Drug Take Back Day (October 29)
  • World Psoriasis Day (October 29)

November

  • Movember
  • National COPD Month
  • Diabetes Awareness Month
  • National Healthy Skin Month
  • Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month
  • National Alzheimer’s Disease Month
  • Bladder Health Month
  • National Hospice and Palliative Care Month
  • Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
  • National Prematurity Awareness Month
  • Lung Cancer Awareness Month
  • National Marrow Awareness Month
  • Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
  • National Caregiver Month
  • MADD’s Tie One On For Safety Holiday Campaign
  • National Home Care & Hospice Month
  • Family Health History Month
  • Epilepsy Awareness Month
  • National Diabetes Education Week (November 3 – 9)
  • Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Awareness Week (November 24 – 30)
  • National Stress Awareness Day (November 1)
  • World Keratoconus Day (November 10)
  • World Pneumonia Day (November 12)
  • World Diabetes Day (November 14)
  • World Pancreatic Cancer Day (November 21)
  • National Family Health History Day (November 21)

December

  • HIV/AIDS Awareness Month
  • Gift of Sight Month
  • Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week (December 1 – 7)
  • National Influenza Vaccination Week (December 4 – 8)
  • World AIDS Day (December 1)
  • International Day for People with Disabilities (December 3)
  • Opioid-Induced Constipation Awareness Day (December 5)