2025 National Awareness
Days, Weeks, and Months

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January

National Cervical Health Awareness Month

National Blood Donor Month

National Thyroid Awareness Month

Mental Wellness Month

National Glaucoma Awareness Month

Jan 4: World Braille Day

Jan 12: National Pharmacist Day

Jan 19–25: National CRNA Week

Jan 25: National IV Nurse Day

February

American Heart Month

National Cancer Prevention Month

National Children's Dental Health Month

Low Vision Awareness Month

National Black History Month

Feb 1–7: National Heart Health Week

Feb 1–7: Pediatric Sepsis Week

Feb 4: World Cancer Day

Feb 7: National Wear Red Day

Feb 15: International Childhood Cancer Day

Feb 22: Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day

Feb 24–Mar 2: National Eating Disorders Awareness Week

Feb 24–26: Rare Disease Week

Feb 28: Rare Disease Day

March

National Kidney Month

National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

National Autoimmune Awareness Month

National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month

National Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month

National Nutrition Month

Endometriosis Awareness Month

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month

Brain Injury Awareness Month

Mar 3: World Hearing Day

Mar 3: World Birth Defects Day

Mar 4: World Obesity Day

Mar 9–15: National Sleep Awareness Week

Mar 10–16: National Nutrition and Hydration Week

Mar 10–16: Brain Awareness Week

Mar 10: National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Mar 13: World Kidney Day

Mar 18: World Young Rheumatic Diseases Day

Mar 24: World Tuberculosis Day

Mar 30: National Doctors’ Day

April

National Minority Health Month

Sexual Assault Awareness Month

National Cancer Control Month

Stress Awareness Month

National Autism Awareness Month

National Child Abuse Prevention Month

National Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month

National Alcohol Awareness Month

National Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month

Apr 2: World Autism Awareness Day

Apr 2: National Walking Day

Apr 7: World Health Day

Apr 7–13: National Public Health Week

Apr 10–16: National Parkinson's Disease Awareness Week

Apr 11: World Parkinson’s Day

Apr 11–17: Black Maternal Health Week

Apr 13: World Sarcoidosis Day

Apr 20–26: Pediatric Sepsis Week

Apr 22–29: National Primary Immunodeficiency Awareness Week

Apr 24–30: World Immunization Week

Apr 26–May 2: Every Kid Healthy Week

May

Mental Health Awareness Month

National Arthritis Awareness Month

Lupus Awareness Month

National Stroke Awareness Month

National Military Appreciation Month

Women's Health Month

ALS Awareness Month

Asian American & Pacific Islander Month

National Osteoporosis Awareness & Prevention Month

Older American Awareness Month

Brain Tumor Awareness Month

Vasculitis Awareness Month

Celiac Disease Awareness Month

Lyme Disease Awareness Month

Hepatitis Awareness Month

National Nurses Month

National Melanoma Awareness Month

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month

May 6: World Asthma Day

May 6: National Nurses Day

May 6–12: National Nurses Week

May 10: World Lupus Day

May 11–17: National Women’s Health Week

May 11–17: Maternal Sepsis Week

May 11: Mother’s Day

May 12–18: Mental Health Awareness Week

May 12: National Women’s Checkup Day

May 15: International Vasculitis Day

May 18: HIV Vaccine Awareness Day

May 18–24: National Eosinophil Awareness Week

May 19: Hepatitis Testing Day

May 19: World IBD Day

May 19: Crohn's and Colitis Awareness Day

May 20: Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Arthritis Day

May 24: World Schizophrenia Awareness Day

May 28: National Senior Health & Fitness Day

June

Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month

Aphasia Awareness Month

Cataract Awareness Month

Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month

National Congenital Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month

National PTSD Awareness Month

National Scleroderma Awareness Month

Scoliosis Awareness Month

National Migraine and Headache Awareness Month

National Cancer Survivor Month

Men’s Health Month

LGBTQ+ Pride Month

Vitiligo Awareness Month

Acne Awareness Month

June 1: National Cancer Survivors Day

June 9–15: Men’s Health Week

June 12: Women Veterans Day

June 12: Global Fatty Liver Day

June 14: World Blood Donor Day

June 15: Father's Day

June 18: Autistic Pride Day

June 19: World Sickle Cell Day

June 19: Juneteenth

June 27: National HIV Testing Day

July

Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month

Cord Blood Awareness Month

Group B Strep Awareness Month

Chronic Disease Awareness Month

Disability Pride Month

National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness Month

Sarcoma and Bone Cancer Awareness Month

Fragile X (FXS) Month

UV Safety Month

National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month

July 10: Chronic Disease Day

July 17–19: Sarcoma Awareness Week

July 23: World Sjogren's Day

July 28: World Hepatitis Day

August

International Autoinflammatory Awareness Month

National Immunization Awareness Month

National Psoriasis Awareness Month

Gastroparesis Awareness Month

National Minority Donor Awareness Month

Summer Sun Safety Month

National Children's Eye Health & Safety Month

August 1: World Lung Cancer Day

August 1–7: World Breastfeeding Week

August 4–10: National Health Center Week

August 17: National Nonprofit Day

August 18: World Breast Cancer Research Day

August 19: World Humanitarian Day

August 30: National Grief Awareness Day

August 31: International Overdose Awareness Day

September

Alopecia Awareness Month

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

Pain Awareness Month

Rheumatic Disease Awareness Month

National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month

Blood Cancer Awareness Month

National Sickle Cell Awareness Month

National Sepsis Awareness Month

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

National Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Month

National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

National Suicide Prevention Month

World Alzheimer’s Month

Sexual Health Awareness Month

Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month

Sep 15–Oct 15: Hispanic Heritage Month

Sep 7: Still's Disease Awareness Day

Sep 8–14: National Suicide Prevention Week

Sep 8–14: National Folic Acid Awareness Week

Sep 10: World Suicide Prevention Day

Sep 13: World Sepsis Day

Sep 14: World Atopic Eczema Day

Sep 16: Get Ready for Flu Day

Sep 18: National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day

Sep 21: World Alzheimer’s Day

Sep 25: World Lung Day

Sep 28: World Rabies Day

Sep 29: World Heart Day

October

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

National Eczema Awareness Month

National Spina Bifida Awareness Month

National Health Literacy Month

Healthy Lung Month

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month

Safe Sleep and SIDS Awareness Month

ADHD Awareness Month

Down Syndrome Awareness Month

Physical Therapy Month

RSV Awareness Month

Liver Awareness Month

World Menopause Awareness Month

October 2: World Oxygen Day

October 5–11: Mental Health Awareness Week

October 5–11: National Primary Care Week

October 5: World Meningitis Day

October 6: World Cerebral Palsy Day

October 6: National Child Health Day

October 9: National Depression Screening Day

October 9: Ageism Awareness Day

October 10: World Mental Health Day

October 12: World Arthritis Day

October 12–20: Bone and Joint Health Action Week

October 15: National Latino AIDS Awareness Day

October 15: World Pregnancy & Infant Loss Remembrance Day

October 15–21: International Infection Prevention Week

October 16: World Spine Day

October 17: World Trauma Day

October 17: National Mammography Day

October 19: World Pediatric Bone and Joint Day

October 19: Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) Awareness Day

October 19–25: Respiratory Care Week

October 20: World Osteoporosis Day

October 21–27: National Pharmacy Week

October 26: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

October 29: World Psoriasis Day

October 30: World Hypophosphatasia Day

November

National Diabetes Awareness Month

International Nerve Pain Awareness Month

National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month

National Lung Cancer Awareness Month

National Military Family Month

National Family Caregiver Month

National Healthy Skin Month

National Epilepsy Awareness Month

COPD Awareness Month

National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month

Stomach Cancer Awareness Month

Prematurity Awareness Month

Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month

November 5–9: National Kidney Week

November 9–15: National Nurse Practitioner Week

November 11: Veterans Day

November 12: World Pneumonia Day

November 14: World Diabetes Day

November 17: World Prematurity Day

November 19: COPD Awareness Day

November 18–24: Antibiotic Awareness Week

November 18–24: World AMR Week

November 21: Great American Smokeout

November 23–29: GERD Awareness Week

November 28: National Family Health History Day

December

National HIV/AIDS Awareness Month

Universal Human Rights Month

National Impaired Driving Prevention Month

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Awareness Month

December 1: World AIDS Day

December 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities

December 1–7: Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week

December 1–7: National Handwashing Awareness Week

December 1–7: National Influenza Vaccination Week

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