Plan Your Walk
Awareness
Calendar.
Every month carries meaning. Use this calendar to find the observation days that resonate with your story — and plan a walk that turns awareness into action.
January
01- Cervical Health Awareness Month All month
- Glaucoma Awareness Month All month
- International Quality of Life Month All month
- National Birth Defects Awareness/Prevention Month All month
- National Blood Donor Month All month
- National Radon Action Month All month
- National Winter Sports Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month All month
- Stalking Awareness Month All month
- Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month All month
- Thyroid Awareness Month All month
- World Braille Day January 4
- Paget's Awareness Day January 11
- National Pharmacist Day January 12
- National CRNA Week January 12 – January 24
- National IV Nurse Day January 21
- Maternal Health Awareness Day January 23
- World Leprosy Day January 25
- World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day January 30
February
02- Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)/Low Vision Awareness Month All month
- American Heart Month All month
- Cholangiocarcinoma Awareness Month All month
- Gallbladder and Bile Duct Cancer Awareness Month All month
- International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month All month
- Low Vision Awareness Month All month
- Marfan Syndrome Awareness Month All month
- National Cancer Prevention Month All month
- National Children's Dental Health Month All month
- National Self-Check Month All month
- Teen Dating Violence Prevention Month All month
- World Aspergillosis Day February 1
- African Heritage & Health Week February 1 – February 7
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Day February 2
- Ambulatory Care Nurses Week February 2 – February 6
- Peri Anesthesia Nurse Awareness Week February 2 – February 8
- Tinnitus Awareness Week February 3 – February 9
- World Cancer Day February 4
- Give Kids a Smile Day February 6
- National Wear Red Day February 6
- Time to Talk Day February 6
- National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day February 7
- Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week February 7 – February 14
- Cardiovascular Professionals Appreciation Week February 7 – February 15
- Cardiac Rehabilitation Week February 8 – February 14
- Heart Failure Awareness Week February 8 – February 14
- National Cardiac Rehabilitation Week February 8 – February 14
- Sepsis Survivor Week February 8 – February 14
- National Toothache Day February 9
- Children's Mental Health Awareness Week February 9 – February 15
- International Epilepsy Day February 12
- National Donor Day February 14
- National Impotence Day February 14
- National Condom Week February 14 – February 21
- National Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant Week February 16 – February 20
- Critical Care Transport Nurses Day February 18
- National Caregivers Day February 20
- National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day February 22
- Recreational Sports & Fitness Day February 22
- World Encephalitis Day February 22
- National Eating Disorders Awareness Week February 23 – March 1
- National Protein Day February 27
- International Repetitive Strain Injury Awareness Day February 28
- Rare Disease Day February 28
March
03- Alport Awareness Month All month
- Autoimmune Awareness Month All month
- Brain Injury Awareness Month All month
- Brain Tumor Awareness Month (UK only) All month
- Deep-Vein Thrombosis Awareness Month All month
- Malignant Hyperthermia Awareness Month All month
- Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month All month
- Myeloma Action Month All month
- National Athletic Training Month All month
- National Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month All month
- National Cheerleading Safety Month All month
- National Colorectal Cancers Awareness Month All month
- National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month All month
- National Endometriosis Awareness Month All month
- National Kidney Month All month
- National Nutrition Month All month
- National Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month All month
- Problem Gambling Awareness Month All month
- Save Your Vision Month All month
- Trisomy Awareness Month All month
- Women's History Month All month
- Workplace Eye Wellness Month All month
- International Wheelchair Day March 1
- National Aplastic Anemia & MDS Awareness Week March 1 – March 6
- World Teen Mental Wellness Day March 2
- World Birth Defects Day March 3
- World Hearing Day March 3
- International HPV Awareness Day March 4
- World Obesity Day March 4
- Dissociative Identity Disorder Awareness Day March 5
- National Hospitalist Day March 5
- Patient Safety Awareness Week March 8 – March 14
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week March 8 – March 14
- Sleep Awareness Week March 8 – March 14
- National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day March 10
- World Kidney Day March 12
- World Sleep Day March 13
- GI Nurses & Associates Week March 15 – March 21
- National Poison Prevention Week March 15 – March 21
- Brain Awareness Week March 16 – March 22
- National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week March 16 – March 22
- Certified Nurses Day March 19
- National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day March 20
- World Oral Health Day March 20
- World Down Syndrome Day March 21
- World Tuberculosis Day March 24
- American Diabetes Alert Day March 24
- Epilepsy Awareness – Purple Day March 26
- National Doctors' Day March 30
- World Bipolar Day March 30
- World Autism Acceptance Week March 30 – April 6
April
04- Adenomyosis Awareness Month All month
- Alcohol Awareness Month All month
- Distracted Driving Awareness Month All month
- Global Child Nutrition Month All month
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month All month
- Medicaid Awareness Month All month
- National Autism Acceptance Month All month
- National Cancer Control Month All month
- National Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Month All month
- National Child Abuse Prevention Month All month
- National Donate Life Month All month
- National Facial Protection Month All month
- National Foot Health Awareness Month All month
- National Interprofessional Healthcare Month All month
- National Minority Health Month All month
- National Primary Immunodeficiency Awareness Month All month
- National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month All month
- National Stress Awareness Month All month
- Occupational Therapy Month All month
- Oral Cancer Awareness Month All month
- Parkinson's Awareness Month All month
- Rosacea Awareness Month All month
- Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month All month
- Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Awareness Month All month
- Sjögren's Awareness Month All month
- Sports Eye Safety Month All month
- Testicular Cancer Awareness Month All month
- Women's Eye Health & Safety Month All month
- Take Down Tobacco Day April 1
- World Autism Awareness Day April 2
- Occupational Health Nurses Week April 5 – April 11
- Patient Access Week April 5 – April 11
- Bohring-Opitz Syndrome Awareness Day April 6
- National Public Health Week April 6 – April 12
- SAAM Day of Action April 7
- World Health Day April 7
- National Donate Life Blue & Green Day April 10
- National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day April 10
- World Parkinson's Day April 11
- Radiology Nurses Day April 12
- Black Maternal Health Week April 11 – April 17
- National Surgical Assistant Week April 13 – April 17
- World Chagas Disease Day April 14
- Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week April 15 – April 22
- National Healthcare Decisions Day April 16
- World Hemophilia Day April 17
- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Action Day April 19
- Medical Laboratory Professionals Week April 19 – April 25
- National Infertility Awareness Week April 19 – April 25
- Pediatric Sepsis Week April 19 – April 25
- Every Kid Healthy Week April 20 – April 24
- National Infant Immunization Week April 20 – April 27
- World Immunization Week April 24 – April 30
- National DNA Day April 25
- National Prescription Drug Take Back Day April 25
- World Malaria Day April 25
- National Youth Violence Prevention Week April 27 – May 1
- Patient Experience Week April 27 – May 1
- APOL-1-Mediated Kidney Disease (AMKD) Awareness Day April 28
- World Day for Safety and Health at Work April 28
- Undiagnosed Day April 29
May
05- Alport Awareness Month All month
- ALS Awareness Month All month
- Arthritis Awareness Month All month
- Better Hearing and Speech Month All month
- Better Sleep Month All month
- Bladder Cancer Awareness Month All month
- Blood Clot Awareness Month All month
- Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month All month
- Brain Cancer Awareness Month All month
- Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month All month
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes Awareness Month All month
- Food Allergy Awareness Month All month
- Global Employee Health and Fitness Month All month
- Healthy Vision Month All month
- Hepatitis Awareness Month All month
- High Blood Pressure Awareness Month All month
- Huntington's Disease Awareness Month All month
- Lupus Awareness Month All month
- Lyme Disease Awareness Month All month
- Maternal Mental Health Month All month
- Mental Health Awareness Month All month
- National Asthma and Allergies Awareness Month All month
- National Celiac Disease Awareness Month All month
- National Critical Care Awareness and Recognition Month All month
- National Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month All month
- National Nurses Month All month
- National Osteoporosis Awareness Month All month
- National Physical Fitness and Sports Month All month
- National Speech-Language-Hearing Month All month
- National Stroke Awareness Month All month
- National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month All month
- National Teen Self-Esteem Month All month
- National Women's Health Month All month
- Necrotizing Fasciitis Awareness Month All month
- Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month All month
- Older Americans Month All month
- Oncology Nursing Month All month
- Preeclampsia Awareness Month All month
- Skin Cancer Prevention Awareness Month All month
- Tourette's Awareness Month All month
- National Physical Education and Sport Week May 1 – May 7
- International Scurvy Awareness Day May 2
- World Ankylosing Spondylitis Day May 3
- Children's Mental Health Awareness Week May 3 – May 9
- Air Quality Awareness Week May 4 – May 8
- North American Occupational Safety and Health Week May 4 – May 9
- World Hand Hygiene Day May 5
- World Asthma Day May 5
- World Pulmonary Hypertension Day May 5
- International No Diet Day May 6
- National School Nurse Day May 6
- World Maternal Mental Health Day May 6
- National Nurses Week May 6 – May 12
- Children's Mental Health Awareness Day May 7
- National Student Nurses Day May 8
- World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day May 8
- World Ovarian Cancer Day May 8
- International Cornelia de Lange Syndrome (CdLS) Awareness Day May 9
- National Lipid Day May 10
- World Lupus Day May 10
- Food Allergy Awareness Week May 10 – May 16
- Maternal Sepsis Week May 10 – May 16
- National Stuttering Awareness Week May 10 – May 16
- National Hospital Week May 10 – May 16
- National Skilled Nursing Care Week May 10 – May 16
- National Women's Health Week May 10 – May 16
- Neuroscience Nurses Week May 10 – May 16
- National Women's Checkup Day May 11
- 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
- Hyperemesis Gravidarum Awareness Day May 15
- World Hypertension Day May 17
- HIV Vaccine Awareness Day May 18
- World AIDS Vaccine Day May 18
- Hepatitis Testing Day May 19
- National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day May 19
- World IBD Day May 19
- World Autoimmune and AutoInflammatory Arthritis Day May 20
- World Preeclampsia Day May 22
- Medical Coder Day May 23
- World Schizophrenia Day May 24
- Don't Fry Day May 25
- World Thyroid Day May 25
- National Senior Health and Fitness Day May 27
- World Digestive Health Day May 29
- National Heat Awareness Day May 29
- World MS Day May 30
- World No Tobacco Day May 31
June
06- Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month All month
- Aphasia Awareness Month All month
- Cataract Awareness Month All month
- Men's Health Month All month
- Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month All month
- National Congenital Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month All month
- National Employee Wellness Month All month
- National Migraine & Headache Awareness Month All month
- National Safety Month All month
- National Scoliosis Awareness Month All month
- Pride Month All month
- Professional Awareness Month All month
- PTSD Awareness Month All month
- Scleroderma Awareness Month All month
- National CPR and AED Awareness Week June 1 – June 7
- National Healthcare Recruiter Recognition Day June 2
- National Cancer Survivors Day June 7
- World Brain Tumor Day June 8
- Men's Health Week June 8 – June 14
- Rare Chromosome Disorder Awareness Day June 8
- Certified Nursing Assistant Week June 11 – June 17
- Family Health & Fitness Day June 13
- World Blood Donor Day June 14
- World Elder Abuse Awareness Day June 15
- World Continence Week June 15 – June 21
- Autistic Pride Day June 18
- World Sickle Cell Day June 19
- Global MND Awareness Day June 21
- International Day of Yoga June 21
- Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week June 21 – June 27
- World Vitiligo Day June 25
- International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking June 26
- National HIV Testing Day June 27
- National PTSD Awareness Day June 27
- National Sunglasses Day June 27
July
07- Cord Blood Awareness Month All month
- International Group B Strep Awareness Month All month
- Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month All month
- National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month All month
- National Hemochromatosis Awareness Month All month
- National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month All month
- Sarcoma Awareness Month All month
- UV Safety Month All month
- Chronic Disease Awareness Day July 10
- World Population Day July 11
- World Brain Day July 22
- World Sjogren's Day July 23
- World Hepatitis Day July 28
August
08- Autoinflammatory Awareness Month All month
- Children's Eye Health and Safety Awareness Month All month
- Digestive Tract Paralysis Awareness Month All month
- Gastroparesis Awareness Month All month
- National Breastfeeding Month All month
- National Eye Exam Month All month
- National Immunization Awareness Month All month
- National Minority Donor Awareness Month All month
- Psoriasis Action Month All month
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month All month
- Summer Sun Safety Month All month
- National Minority Donor Awareness Day August 1
- World Lung Cancer Day August 1
- World Breastfeeding Week August 1 – August 7
- National Health Center Week August 2 – August 8
- Closes Syndrome Awareness Day August 3
- OSHA's Safe and Sound Week August 10 – August 16
- Contact Lens Health Week August 17 – August 21
- World Breast Cancer Research Day August 18
- World Humanitarian Day August 19
- Health Unit Coordinator Appreciation Day August 23
- Health Unit Coordinator Recognition Week August 23 – August 29
- National Grief Awareness Day August 30
- International Overdose Awareness Day August 31
September
09- Baby Safety Month All month
- Blood Cancer Awareness Month All month
- Childhood Cancer Awareness Month All month
- Food Safety Education Awareness Month All month
- Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month All month
- Healthy Aging Month All month
- ITP Awareness Month All month
- National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month All month
- National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month All month
- National Cholesterol Education Month All month
- National Fruits and Veggies Month All month
- National ITP (Platelet Disorder) Awareness Month All month
- National Pediculosis Prevention Month/Head Lice Prevention Month All month
- National Recovery Month All month
- National Sickle Cell Awareness Month All month
- National Vascular Disease Awareness Month All month
- National Yoga Awareness Month All month
- Newborn Screening Awareness Month All month
- Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month All month
- Pain Awareness Month All month
- Peripheral Artery Disease Awareness Month All month
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Awareness Month All month
- Prostate Cancer Awareness Month All month
- Reye's Syndrome Awareness Month All month
- Sepsis Awareness Month All month
- Sexual Health Awareness Month All month
- Sports Eye Safety Month All month
- Suicide Prevention Awareness Month All month
- Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month All month
- Urology Awareness Month All month
- World Alzheimer's Month All month
- National Clinical Nurse Specialist Recognition Week September 1 – September 7
- World Sexual Health Day September 4
- National Suicide Prevention Week September 6 – September 12
- Vascular Nurses Week September 6 – September 12
- World Duchenne's Awareness Day September 7
- Health Empowerment Day September 8
- World Physical Therapy Day September 8
- Sexual Health Week September 8 – September 14
- International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day September 9
- World Suicide Prevention Day September 10
- Neonatal Nurses Week September 12 – September 18
- National Celiac Disease Awareness Day September 13
- World Sepsis Day September 13
- National Assisted Living Week September 13 – September 19
- Folic Acid Awareness Week September 13 – September 19
- Fungal Disease Awareness Week September 14 – September 18
- Malnutrition Awareness Week September 14 – September 18
- World Lymphoma Awareness Day September 15
- World Mitochondrial Disease Week September 15 – September 21
- National Farm Safety and Health Week September 15 – September 21
- Get Ready for Flu Day September 16
- 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 19
- Usher Syndrome Awareness Day September 20
- National Rehabilitation Awareness Week September 20 – September 26
- World Alzheimer's Day September 21
- Fall Prevention Awareness Week September 21 – September 25
- Falls Prevention Awareness Day September 22
- Get Ready Day September 22
- World Lung Day September 25
- International Ataxia Awareness Day September 25
- Sport Purple for Platelets Day September 25
- World Pharmacists Day September 25
- Mesothelioma Awareness Day September 26
- World Contraception Day September 26
- World Rabies Day September 28
- World Heart Day September 29
- National Women's Health and Fitness Day September 30
LiveSeen Kickoff Month
October
10- American Pharmacists Month All month
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month All month
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease (CMT) Awareness Month All month
- Contact Lens Safety Month All month
- Domestic Violence Awareness Month All month
- Down Syndrome Awareness Month All month
- Eye Injury Prevention Month All month
- Health Literacy Month All month
- Healthy Lung Month All month
- Home Eye Safety Awareness Month All month
- Liver Cancer Awareness Month All month
- Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month All month
- National ADHD Awareness Month All month
- National Audiology Awareness Month All month
- National Bullying Prevention Month All month
- National Dental Hygiene Month All month
- National Medical Librarians Month All month
- National Orthodontic Health Month All month
- National Physical Therapy Month All month
- National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month All month
- Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month All month
- Prenatal-onset GBS Disease Recognition Month All month
- Raynaud's Awareness Month All month
- Spina Bifida Awareness Month All month
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month All month
- International Day of Older Persons October 1
- Mental Illness Awareness Week October 4 – October 10
- National Primary Care Week October 4 – October 10
- World Meningitis Day October 5
- National PA Week October 6 – October 12
- World Cerebral Palsy Day October 6
- Child Health Day October 6
- Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day October 7
- National Depression Screening Day October 8
- World Sight Day October 8
- World Mental Health Day October 10
- International Day of the Girl October 11
- World Hospice and Palliative Care Day October 11
- Bone and Joint Action Week October 12 – October 20
- Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day October 13
- Emergency Nurses Day October 14
- Global Handwashing Day October 15
- National Latino AIDS Awareness Day October 15
- World Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day October 15
- Restart a Heart Day October 16
- World Food Day October 16
- Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) Action Day October 16
- National Mammography Day October 17
- International Infection Prevention Week October 18 – October 24
- National Healthcare Quality Week October 18 – October 24
- Respiratory Care Week October 18 – October 24
- World Pediatric Bone and Joint Day October 19
- Medical Assistants Recognition Week October 19 – October 23
- National Health Education Week October 19 – October 23
- World Osteoporosis Day October 20
- National Check Your Meds Day October 21
- International Stuttering Awareness Day October 22
- Red Ribbon Week October 23 – October 31
- National Prescription Drug Take Back Day October 24
- World Psoriasis Day October 29
- World Hypophosphatasia Day October 30
November
11- American Diabetes Month All month
- Bladder Health Month All month
- COPD Awareness Month All month
- Diabetic Eye Disease Month All month
- Stomach Cancer Awareness Month All month
- Lung Cancer Awareness Month All month
- Movember All month
- National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month All month
- National Diabetes Month All month
- National Epilepsy Awareness Month All month
- National Family Caregivers Month All month
- National Healthy Skin Month All month
- National Hospice and Palliative Care Month All month
- National Marrow Awareness Month All month
- Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month All month
- Prematurity Awareness Month All month
- Pulmonary Hypertension Month All month
- National Diabetes Education Week November 5 – November 11
- International Day of Radiography November 8
- National Radiologic Technology Week November 8 – November 14
- National Nurse Practitioner Week November 8 – November 14
- National Diabetes Heart Connection Day November 9
- World Keratoconus Day November 10
- CTEPH Awareness Day November 11
- World Pneumonia Day November 12
- World Diabetes Day November 14
- World Prematurity Day November 17
- US Antibiotic Awareness Week November 18 – November 24
- World COPD Awareness Day November 19
- Great American Smokeout November 19
- World Pancreatic Cancer Day November 20
- International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day November 22
- GERD Awareness Week November 22 – November 28
- International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women November 25
- National Family Health History Day November 26
December
12- International Sharps Injury Prevention Month All month
- National Impaired Driving Prevention Month All month
- National Safe Toys and Gifts Month All month
- World AIDS Day December 1
- Crohn's and Colitis Awareness Week December 1 – December 7
- International Day of Persons With Disabilities December 3
- National Handwashing Awareness Week December 6 – December 12
- National Influenza Vaccination Week December 7 – December 11
From Hidden to Here
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