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* Mental Illness Awareness Month
* Mental Illness Awareness Month
* Int. Group B Strep Awareness Month
* Int. Group B Strep Awareness Month
* Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
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* BMSC Donation & Leukemia Awareness  Month (August 15-OCtober 15)
* BMSC Donation & Leukemia Awareness  Month (August 15-OCtober 15)
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* Women's Health Month
* Women's Health Month
* Children's Health Month
* Children's Health Month
* Gastroparesis Awareness Month
* National Immunization Awareness Month
* Psoriasis Awareness Month
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* World Alzheimer's Month
* World Alzheimer's Month
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* Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Month
* Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Month
* Migraine Awareness Week (varies)
* Migraine Awareness Week (varies)
* National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month
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* ADHD Awareness Month
* ADHD Awareness Month

Revision as of 18:56, 5 June 2017

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Usama Talib, BSc, MD [2]

Health Calendar

Important Health Days
Date January February March April May June July August September October November December
  • National Glaucoma Awareness Month
  • Thyroid Awareness Month
  • American Heart Month
  • Reproductive Health Awareness Month
  • Environmental Health Awareness Month
  • TB* Awareness Month
  • Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month
  • National Colon Cancer Awareness Month
  • National Endometriosis Awareness Month
  • National Kidney Month
  • Trisomy Awareness Month
  • Health Awareness Month
  • IBS* Awareness Month
  • National Autism Awareness Month
  • Oral Cancer Awareness Month
  • STI Awareness Month
  • Int. MS Month
  • Burns Awareness Month
  • Arthritis Awareness Month
  • Hepatitis Awareness Month
  • National Stroke Awareness Month
  • Men's Health Month
  • World Blood Donor Month
  • Myasthenia Gravis Month
  • Alzheimer's Awareness Month
  • Cataract Awareness Month
  • National Aphasia Awareness Month
  • National Congenital CMV Awareness Month
  • National Scleroderma Awareness Month
  • Bowel Cancer Awareness Month (Australia)
  • Mental Illness Awareness Month
  • Int. Group B Strep Awareness Month
  • Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
  • BMSC Donation & Leukemia Awareness Month (August 15-OCtober 15)
  • Organ Donor Month
  • Women's Health Month
  • Children's Health Month
  • Gastroparesis Awareness Month
  • National Immunization Awareness Month
  • Psoriasis Awareness Month
  • World Alzheimer's Month
  • Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
  • Int. Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
  • Int. Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
  • Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Month
  • Migraine Awareness Week (varies)
  • National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month
  • ADHD Awareness Month
  • Breast Cancer Awareness Month
  • Mental Health Awareness Month
  • Defibrillator Awareness Month (Australia)
  • Polio Awareness Month (Australia)
  • Lupus Awareness Month (Australia)
  • ALPHA-1 Awareness Month (Australia)
  • Lung Health Awareness Month (Australia)
  • Skin Cancer Awareness Month (Dec 1 to January 31)
1.
  • National Asthma Awareness Week (Australia 1-7)
  • World AIDS* Day
2.
  • World Autism Awareness Day
  • World Allergy Week (2-8 April)
  • World Asthma Day
  • Malaria Week (South Africa 2-6)
3.
  • World Hearing Day
  • World Heart Rhythm Week (3-9)
  • Sleep Awarness Week (Australia 3-9)
  • Cardiomyopathy Awareness Week (Australia 3-10)
4.
  • World Cancer Day
  • Idiopathic Hypersomnia Awareness Week (4-10)
  • Women's Health Week (Australia 4-8)
5.
6.
  • Burns Awareness Week (6-12)
  • Polio Awareness Week
  • Dental Health Week (Australia 6-12)
  • National Health and Physical education Day (Australia)
  • World Cerebra Palsy Day
  • National Malaria Day (South Africa)
7.
  • Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week (7-14)
  • World Health Day
  • Pneumonia Awareness Week (Australia 7-13)
  • Haemochromatosis Awareness Week (Australia 7-13)
8.
  • Pregnancy Awareness Week (8-14)
  • National Amyloidosis Day
  • World Red Cross Day
  • World Brain Tumor Day
  • Haemophilia Awareness Week (australia 8-14)
9.
  • World Kidney Day
  • Int. Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Day
10.
  • STI's Week (10-16 for 2017)
  • World Lupus Day
  • Int. Gynecological Health Day
  • World Mental Health Day
  • World NET* Cancer Day
11.
  • National Headache and Migraine week (Australia 11-17)
12.
  • World Glaucoma Week (12-18)
  • International ME/CSF* and Immune Dysfunction Syndromes Day
  • National Neuropathy Awareness Week (12-16)
  • World Arthritis Day
  • World Sight Day (12 or 13)
  • World Pneumonia Day
13.
  • Int. Epilepsy Day
  • CdLS* Day
  • Int. Albinism Awareness Day
14.
  • National Alcohol and other Drug-related Birth Defect Week (14-20)
  • World Blood Donor Day
  • ADHD* Day (Africa)
  • World Diabetes Day
15.
  • International Childhood cancer Day
  • World Cholangiocarcinoma Day
  • World COPD Day
16.
  • Hae* Day
  • World Spine Day
  • World Pancreatic Cancer Day
17.
  • World Hemophilia Day
  • World Hypertension Day
  • World Trauma Day
18.
  • World AIDS Vaccine Day
  • World Sickle Cell Day (18 or 19)
19.
  • World Leprosy Day
  • World Retina Week
  • National Skin Cancer Week (Australia 19-25)
20.
  • World Head Injury Awareness Day
  • World Autoimmune/ Autoinflammatory Arthritis Day
  • World Osteoporosis Day
  • Int. Down Syndrome Day
21.
  • World Down Syndrome Day
  • Macular Degenration Awareness Week (Australia 21-27)
  • World Alzheimer's Day
22.
  • National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day
  • Lynch Syndrome Awareness Day
  • American Diabetes Alert Day
  • World Primary Immunodeficiency Week (22-29)
  • National Infant Immunization Week
  • Int. Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (22-28 Varies)
23.
24.
  • World Tuberculosis Day
  • World Meningitis Day
  • World Immunization Week (24-30)
  • World Polio Day
25.
  • World Malaria Day
26.
  • Heat Safety Awareness Day
  • World Retina Day
  • World Contraception Day
  • World Environmental Health Day
27.
  • National HIV Testing Day
28.
  • World Hepatitis Day
  • World Rabies Day
  • World Stroke Week (10-28 to 11-03)
29.
  • World Heart Day
  • World Stroke Day
  • World Psoriasis Day
30.
31.
  • World No Tobacco Day
Abbreviations:

*ADHD: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

*AIDS: Acquired immune Deficiency Syndrome

*CdLS: Cornelia de Lange Syndrome

*Hae: Heriditary Angioedema

*Int: International

*IBS: Irritable Bowel Syndrome

*ME/CSF: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

*MS; Multiple Sclerosis

*NET: Neuroendocrine Tumor

*STI: Sexually Transmitted Infections

*TB: Tuberculosis

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