LIST OF HEALTH AWARENESS DAYS AND MONTHS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
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List of awareness days
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Contents
1 Days
1.1 January
1.2 February
1.3 March
1.4 April
1.5 May
1.6 June
1.7 July
1.8 August
1.9 September
1.10 October
1.11 November
1.12 December
2 Weeks
3 Months
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
Days
DayNameNotes
January
JanuaryMental Wellness Month [1]
1 JanuaryGlobal Family Day[2][dubious – discuss]
11 JanuaryNational Human Trafficking Awareness Day[3]
24 JanuaryMoebius Syndrome Awareness Day[4]
26 JanuaryInternational Customs Day[2]
27 JanuaryInternational Holocaust Remembrance Day[2]
27 JanuaryFamily Literacy Day[5]Canada; national awareness initiative created by ABC Life Literacy Canada in 1999
30 JanuaryChronic traumatic encephalopathy Awareness DayCTE Awareness Foundation[6]
31 JanuaryStreet Children's Day
February
1 FebruaryWorld Hijab Day[7]
2 FebruaryRheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Day[8]
4 FebruaryWorld Cancer Day
6 FebruaryInternational Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
7 FebruaryInternational Safer Internet Day[9]
12 FebruarySexual and Reproductive Health Awareness DayCanadian Federation for Sexual Health[10]
12 FebruaryInternational Day of Women's HealthCanadian Foundation for Women's Health[11]
12 FebruaryRed Hand DayChild Soldier Awareness
14 FebruaryCongenital Heart Defect Awareness Day (Canada)Children's Heart Society[12]
14 FebruaryV-DayGlobal day to end violence against women
15 FebruaryInternational Childhood Cancer DayChildhood Cancer Foundation[13]
20 FebruaryWorld Day of Social Justice[14]Recognized by the UN
21 FebruaryInternational Mother Language Day[15]Recognized by the UN
21 FebruaryGlobal Information Governance Day
22 FebruaryFounders Day[16]Scouts' Day, Worldwide
22 FebruaryWorld Thinking Day[17]
27 FebruaryAnosmia Awareness Day,[18] World NGO Day[19]
28 FebruaryRare Disease Day[20]Last day of February
March
1 MarchPig day
1 MarchSelf-Injury Awareness DayAlso known as Self-Harm Awareness Day
8 MarchInternational Women's Day
10 MarchNational Women and Girl's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day[21]
11 MarchNational Singles DayUK see also http://nationalsinglesday.co.uk
20 MarchWorld Oral Health Day[22]The most important day in dental calendar worldwide - ultimately organized by World Dental Federation (FDI)
21 MarchCluster Headache Awareness Day[23]Promoted by OUCH (Organisation for the Understanding of Cluster Headaches) alongside The European Headache Federation and European Headache Alliance, Cluster Headaches are one of the ten most painful conditions known to medical science, with a 1 in 1000 prevalence rate but zero drug research funding.
21 MarchInternational Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21 MarchInternational Day of Forests
21 MarchAnal Cancer Awareness Day
21 MarchWorld Down Syndrome Day
22 MarchWorld Water Day
23 MarchNational Puppy Day[24]
24 MarchWorld Tuberculosis Day
25 MarchEU Talent Day
25 MarchFND Awareness Day UKfor Functional Neurological Disorder and Non Epileptic Attack Disorder.[25][26]
26 MarchPurple Day for Epilepsy
30 MarchWorld Bipolar day Bipolar disorder awareness day
31 MarchWorld Backup Day[27]
April
1 AprilApril Fool day
2 AprilWorld Autism Awareness Day
6 AprilWorld Bohring-Opitz Syndrome Awareness Day[28]
7 AprilWorld Health Day
11 AprilWorld Parkinson's Awareness DayAn international day celebrating the birthday of Dr James Parkinson, who named the disease.
12 AprilEqual Pay Day
13 AprilFND Awareness Day[29]The internationally recognised and celebrated awareness day for Functional Neurological Disorder and Conversion Disorder. This was originally created by FND Hope, and has since been adopted by other groups and medical professionals worldwide.[30][31][32]
15 AprilWorld Bleeding Disorders Awareness DaySupported by the World Federation of Hemophilia
16 AprilNational Healthcare Decisions Day (US)[33]
16 AprilWorld Voice Day
19 AprilBicycle Day
21 AprilDay of SilenceNational Day of Silence is a student-led movement to protest bullying and harassment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students and those who support them. (Changes annually)
22 AprilEarth Day
24 AprilWorld Meningitis Day[34]
24 AprilFashion Revolution Day
25 AprilParental Alienation Awareness Day
29 AprilInternational Dance Day
May
1 MayBetter Speech and Hearing Month
4 MayStar Wars Day
7 MayWorld Password Day[35]
10 MayAsian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Awareness Day[36]
12 MayFibromyalgia Awareness Day
17 MayInternational Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
World Neurofibromatosis Day
20 MayBlue Cone Monochromacy International Awareness Day[37]
23 MayWorld Turtle Day
25 MayTowel Day
31 MayWorld No Tobacco Day
June
5 JuneWorld Environment Day
20 JuneWorld Refugee DayHashimoto's thyroiditis awareness day
21 JuneInternational Yoga Day
22 JuneWorld Kidney Cancer Q&A Day
24 JuneTake Your Dog to Work Day
25 JuneWorld Vitiligo Day
27 JuneNational PTSD Awareness Day
July
2 JulyWorld UFO Day
8 JulyLife Over Violence Epidemic (LOVE) DayLife Over Violence Epidemic (LOVE)[38] is a Nationally Recognized[39] social impact initiative focused on Community Policing w/Youth. Through a Mother's Lens (TML) is an expansion of LOVE offering a video curriculum on polarizing, real-world topics, due in part to the noted Escalating Political Divergence[40][41] within the US (via 4 distinct paradigm shifts[42][43][44][45]). Together, LOVE & TLM form The LOVE Movement (TLM).
11 JulyWorld Population Day[46]
28 JulyWorld Hepatitis Day
29 JulyInternational Tiger Day
August
12 AugustYouth Day
26 AugustWomen's Equality Day
20 AugustSpeech Pathology Awareness WeekAustralia - https://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/
3rd Saturday of AugustNational Honey Bee Day
September
1National Insurance Day (LK)Government of Sri Lanka declared 1 September as the National Insurance Day as a measure to increase public awareness on the importance of insurance.
6 SeptemberColour Blindness Awareness Day[47]
9 SeptemberInternational Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Day
12 SeptemberATSEP DayAir Traffic Safety Electronics Personnel
14 SeptemberRUOK? DayDepression awareness and suicide prevention (Australia)[48]
14 SeptemberNational Quiet Day (UK)[49]
11 SeptemberInternational Skyscraper Awareness Day (US)[50]
20 SeptemberSelf-Represented Litigant Awareness Day[51]
21 SeptemberInternational Day of Peace[52] United Nations International Day of Peace
22 SeptemberWorld Rhino Day[53]
23 SeptemberCelebrate Bisexuality Day[54]Also known as Bisexual Pride or Bisexual Visibility Day
25 SeptemberAs You Wish Day
26 SeptemberWorld Contraception Day[55]
28 SeptemberWorld Rabies Day[56]
October
OctoberBreast Cancer Awareness Month
4 OctobereDay National Ignore John Stewart DayElectronic Waste Awareness Day (New Zealand)
5 OctoberInternational Day of No Prostitution[57]
10 OctoberWorld Mental Health Day
11 OctoberInternational Day of the Girl Child
11 OctoberNational Coming Out Day
12 OctoberWorld Sight Day
16 OctoberWorld Food Day
22 OctoberInternational Stuttering Awareness Day
26 OctoberIntersex Awareness Day
30 OctoberPerk up your Liver! Week
November
1 NovemberInternational Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Awareness Day
8 NovemberIntersex Day of Remembrance
9 NovemberWorld Freedom Day
10 NovemberWorld KC Day[58][59]Keratoconus awareness day
11 NovemberRemembrance Day
11 NovemberSmith-Magenis Syndrome Awarenessday
13 NovemberWorld Kindness Day[60]
14 NovemberWorld Diabetes Day
17 NovemberWorld Pancreatic Cancer Day
17 NovemberWorld Prematurity Day
19 NovemberWorld Toilet Day
19 NovemberInternational Men's Day
20 NovemberTransgender Day of Remembrance
20 NovemberUniversal Children's Day
21 NovemberWorld Television Day
25 NovemberInternational Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
29 NovemberInternational Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
30 NovemberInternational Self Harm Awareness Day
December
1 DecemberWorld AIDS Day
4–10 December#UKCharityWeek - UK Charity Week[61]#UKCharityWeek is designed to give the people of the United Kingdom an opportunity to place awareness and fundraising for charities high on the national agenda at a time of the year when people are statistically at their most giving. For more information visit: https://www.charitytoday.co.uk/ukcharityweek/
10 DecemberHuman Rights Day
20 DecemberWorld Barking Day#worldbarking day is a celebration of everyone's inner dog. Join in, bark randomly in the street, make someone smile.
21 DecemberNational Robin Day[62]#NationalRobinDay is an annual UK nationwide event raising awareness of small birds and other wildlife in winter and how you can help them through this tough time of year.
Weeks
OCDAction - week of Action 15–19 February; raising awareness of obsessive compulsive disorder in the UK[63]
Celebrate Your Name Week - first full week in March
Fix a Leak Week - March[64]
UK Parkinson's Awareness Week - April 10–16, 2017
World Immunization Week - last week of April
Vaccination Week In The Americas - last week of April[65]
Sleep Awareness Week - Last week of April[66]
Public Service Recognition Week - 1–7 May [67]
Mental Health Awareness Week - 8–14 May[68]
National Dairy Goat Awareness Week (US) - from the second Saturday to the third Saturday of June
Gifted Awareness Week in New Zealand - the full week including George Parkyn's birthday, 17 June
Contact Lens Health Week — August 21–25, 2017[69]
Zero Waste Week - First week of September, International
Idiopathic Hypersomnia Awareness Week - [70] worldwide event designed to raise awareness and educate the community about the rare neurological sleep disorder idiopathic hypersomnia; first week in September
Mental Illness Awareness Week - 5–11 October 2008
Free Speech Week - third full week in October in the United States
National Map Reading Week - educational campaign to increase awareness of map skills; third full week in October
Months
Cholangiocarcinoma Awareness Month - February[71]
National Athletic Training Month - March [72]
Mathematics Awareness Month - April[73][74]
Parkinson's Awareness Month - April
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month - April[75]
Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) - April[76]
Spondylitis Awareness Month - April[77]
Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month (Australia and US) - May[78]
Ehlers Danlos Syndrome Awareness Month - May
National Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness & Prevention Month - July[79]
Life Insurance Awareness Month (US) - September[80]
National Sickle Cell Awareness Month - September
National Cholesterol Month - October [81]
Blindness Awareness Month - October [82]
Spina Bifida Awareness Month - October[83]
Adoption Awareness Month - November[84]
Mouth Cancer Awareness Month - November[85]
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