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Monthly Health Observances - 2023
January
- Cervical Health Awareness Month
- Integrative Health Month
- National Birth Defects Prevention Month
- National Blood Donor Month
- National Glaucoma Awareness Month
- National Radon Action Month
- National Stalking Awareness Month
- Thyroid Awareness Month
January 3, 2023
- International Mind-Body Wellness Day
February
- Age-Related Macular Degeneration Awareness Month
- American Heart Month
- International Prenatal Prevention Infection Month
- National Cancer Prevention Month
- National Children's Dental Health Month
- Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
February 3, 2023
- Give Kids a Smile Day
- National Wear Red Day
- National Women Physicians Day
February 4, 2023
- World Cancer Day
February 7, 2023
- National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
February 7 - 14, 2023
- Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week
February 12 - 18, 2023
- Cardiac Rehabilitation Week
- Heart Failure Awareness Week
February 14, 2023
- National Donor Day
February 14 - 21, 2023
- National Condom Week
February 17, 2023
- National Caregiver Day
February 20 - 26, 2023
- National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
February 22, 2023
- Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day
February 28, 2023
- Rare Disease Day
March
- Brain Injury Awareness Month
- Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
- MS Education & Awareness Month
- National Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month
- National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
- National Endometriosis Awareness Month
- National Kidney Month
- National Nutrition Month
- National Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month
- Save Your Vision Month
- Trisomy Awareness Month
- Workplace Eye Wellness Month
March 5 - 7, 2023
- Telehealth Awareness Week
March 9, 2023
World Kidney Day
March 12 - 18, 2023
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week
March 21, 2023
- World Down Syndrome Day
April
- Alcohol Awareness Month
- Foot Health Awareness Month
- Sexually Transmitted Infections Awareness Month
- Parkinson's Awareness Month
- Child Abuse Prevention Month
- Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month
- National Autism Awareness Month
- National Donate Life Month
- Oral Cancer Awareness Month
- Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
- STI Awareness Month
- Stress Awareness Month
- Testicular Cancer Awareness Month
April 2, 2023
- World Autism Day
April 7, 2023
- World Health Day
April 12 - 16, 2023
- National Youth Violence Prevention Week
April 24 - 30, 2023
- World Immunization Week
May
- American Stroke Month
- Arthritis Awareness Month
- Better Hearing and Speech Month
- Better Sleep Month
- Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
- Healthy Vision Month
- Hepatitis Awareness Month
- Lupus Awareness Month
- Mental Health Awareness Month
- National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
- National High Blood Pressure Education Month
- National Trauma Awareness Month
- Skin Cancer Awareness Month
May 1, 2023
- Melanoma Monday
May 5, 2023
- World Hand Hygiene Day
May 6, 2023
- National Nurses Day
May 7 - 13, 2023
- Children's Mental Health Awareness Week
- North American Occupational Safety and Health Week
May 14 - 20, 2023
- Food Allergy Awareness Week
- National Women's Health Week
May 31, 2023
- National Senior Health and Fitness Day
- World No Tobacco Day
June
- Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month
- Cataract Awareness Month
- National Safety Month
- PTSD Awareness Month
June 4, 2023
- National Cancer Survivors Day
June 14, 2023
- World Blood Donor Day
June 18, 2023
- Autistic Pride Day
June 27, 2023
- National HIV Testing Day
July
- Healthy Vision Month
- Sarcoma Awareness Month
July 28, 2023
- World Hepatitis Day
August
- Children's Eye Health and Safety Month
- National Breastfeeding Month
- National Immunization Awareness Month
- National Minority Donor Awareness Month
- Summer Sun Safety Month
August 1, 2023
- World Lung Cancer Day
August 1 - 7, 2023
- World Breastfeeding Week
September
- Blood Cancer Awareness Month
- Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
- Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month
- National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month
- National Cholesterol Education Month
- National Food Safety Education Month
- National Recovery Month
- National Sickle Cell Month
- National Suicide Prevention Month
- Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
- Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
- Sexual Health Awareness Month
- Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month
September 10, 2023
- World Suicide Prevention Day
September 10 - 16, 2023
- National Suicide Prevention Week
September 17 - 23, 2023
- Child Passenger Safety Week
- National Farm Safety and Health Week
October
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- Domestic Violence Awareness Month
- Eye Injury Prevention Month
- Healthy Lung Month
- Home Eye Safety Month
- Liver Awareness Month
- National ADHD Awareness Month
- National Bullying Prevention Month
- National Dental Hygiene Month
- National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
- Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
- Spina Bifida Awareness Month
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month
October 1 - 7, 2023
- Mental Illness Awareness Week
October 16 - 22, 2023
- National Health Education Week
October 20, 2023
- National Mammography Day
October 29, 2023
- National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
- World Psoriasis Day
November
- American Diabetes Month
- Bladder Health Month
- 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 Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
- National Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
- Prematurity Awareness Month
November 5 - 11, 2023
- National Diabetes Education Week
November 12, 2023
- World Pneumonia Day
November 16, 2023
- Great American Smokeout
- National Rural Health Day
November 17, 2023
- World Prematurity Day
November 19 - 25, 2023
- GERD Awareness Week
November 23, 2023
- National Family Health History Day
December
- National Safe Toys and Gifts Month
December 1, 2023
- World AIDS Day
December 4 - 10, 2023
- National Handwashing Awareness Week
December 6 - 12, 2023
- National Influenza Vaccination Week