2016 Calendar
| January | Cervical Health Awareness Month |
| National Birth Defects Prevention | |
| National Glaucoma Awareness Month | |
| National Radon Action Month | |
| Thyroid Awareness Month | |
| National Winter Sports TBI Awareness Month | |
| National Folic Acid Awareness Week (second week of January) | |
| February | American Heart Month |
| AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month | |
| National Children’s Dental Health Month | |
| International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month | |
| African Heritage & Health Week (first week of February) | |
| Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week (February 7-14) | |
| Condom Week (week of Valentine’s Day) | |
| Eating Disorders Awareness Week (last week of February) | |
| National “Wear Red” Day (first Friday of February) | |
| March | National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month |
| National Endometriosis Awareness Month | |
| National Kidney Month | |
| Multiple Sclerosis Education Month (promoted by the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation and others) | |
| National Nutrition Month | |
| Save Your Vision Month | |
| Sleep Awareness Month (promoted by the National Sleep Foundation) | |
| Trisomy Awareness Month | |
| Workplace Eye Wellness Month | |
| Patient Safety Awareness Week (first full week of March) | |
| National Sleep Awareness Week (the week before daylight savings switch) | |
| Brain Awareness Week (second full week of March) | |
| National Poison Prevention Week (third full week of March) | |
| April | Alcohol Awareness Month |
| National Autism Awareness Month | |
| National Child Abuse Prevention Month | |
| National Donate Life Month | |
| National Facial Protection Month | |
| Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Month | |
| National Minority Health Month | |
| Occupational Therapy Month | |
| National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month | |
| STI Awareness Month | |
| Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month | |
| Sports Eye Safety Awareness Month | |
| Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month | |
| National Public Health Week (first full week of April) | |
| Minority Cancer Awareness Week (second full week of April) | |
| National Infertility Awareness Week (last full week of April) | |
| Every Kid Healthy Week (last full week of April) | |
| World Immunization Week (last week of April) | |
| National Infant Immunization Week (generally last week of April) | |
| Air Quality Awareness Week (last week of April) | |
| May | American Stroke Awareness Month (promoted by the National Stroke Association) |
| Arthritis Awareness Month | |
| National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month | |
| Better Hearing and Speech Month | |
| National Celiac Disease Awareness Month | |
| Children’s Mental Health Week | |
| Clean Air Month | |
| Global Employee Health and Fitness Month | |
| Healthy Vision Month | |
| Hepatitis Awareness Month | |
| Lupus Awareness Month (promoted by the Lupus Foundation of America) | |
| National Mediterranean Diet Month | |
| Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month | |
| Mental Health Month | |
| National High Blood Pressure Education Month | |
| Older Americans Month | |
| National Physical Fitness and Sports Month | |
| National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month | |
| Preecalmpsia Awareness Month | |
| Ultraviolet Awareness Month | |
| Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week (first full week of May) | |
| Food Allergy Awareness Week (second full week of May) | |
| National Women’s Health Week (begins on Mother’s Day) | |
| National Alcohol- and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Awareness Week (begins on Mother’s Day) | |
| National Neuropathy Awareness Week (second full week of May) | |
| National Senior Health Fitness Day (last Wednesday of May) | |
| June | Cataract Awareness Month |
| Fireworks Safety Month (through July 4) | |
| Hernia Awareness Month | |
| Men’s Health Month | |
| Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month | |
| National Aphasia Awareness Month | |
| National Congenital Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month | |
| National Safety Month | |
| National Scleroderma Awareness Month | |
| Scoliosis Awareness Month (promoted by National Scoliosis Foundation and others) | |
| Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week | |
| Men’s Health Week (second week of June) | |
| National Cancer Survivors Day (first Sunday of June) | |
| July | Cord Blood Awareness Month |
| International Group B Strep Throat Awareness Month | |
| Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month | |
| National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness & Prevention Month | |
| August | Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month |
| National Breastfeeding Month | |
| National Immunization Awareness Month | |
| Psoriasis Awareness Month | |
| World Breastfeeding Week (first week of August) | |
| National Health Center Week (second full week of August) | |
| September | National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month |
| Childhood Cancer Awareness Month | |
| National Food Safety Education Month | |
| Fruit and Veggies-More Matters Month | |
| Healthy Aging Month | |
| National ITP Awareness Month | |
| Blood Cancer Awareness Month (promoted by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society) | |
| National Cholesterol Education Month | |
| Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month | |
| National Pediculosis Prevention Month/Head Lice Prevention Month | |
| Prostate Cancer Awareness Month | |
| National Recovery Month | |
| National Sickle Cell Month | |
| National Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month | |
| National Yoga Awareness Month | |
| Newborn Screening Awarenss Month | |
| Whole Grains Month | |
| World Alzheimer’s Month | |
| Sepsis Awareness Month | |
| National Suicide Prevention Week | |
| World Suicide Prevention Day (10) | |
| World Sepsis Day (13) | |
| October | National Breast Cancer Awareness |
| National Down Syndrome Awareness Month | |
| Eye Injury Prevention Month | |
| Health Literacy Month | |
| Healthy Lung Month | |
| Home Eye Safety Month | |
| National Physical Therapy Month | |
| SIDS Awareness Month | |
| Spina Bifida Awareness Month (promoted by the Spina Bifida Association) | |
| Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month | |
| Domestic Violence Awareness Month | |
| Mental Illness Awareness Week (first full week of October) | |
| Bone and Joint Health National Awareness Week (12-20) | |
| National Health Education Week (third full week of October) | |
| International Infection Prevention Week (third full week of October) | |
| Respiratory Care Week (last full week of October) | |
| Red Ribbon Week (last week of October) | |
| World Mental Health Day (10) | |
| Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day (15) | |
| November | National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month |
| American Diabetes Month | |
| COPD Awareness Month | |
| Diabetic Eye Disease Month | |
| National Family Caregivers Month | |
| National Healthy Skin Month | |
| National Hospice Palliative Care Month | |
| Lung Cancer Awareness Month | |
| Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month | |
| National Stomach Cancer Awareness Month | |
| Prematurity Awareness Month | |
| GERD Awareness Week (Thanksgiving week) | |
| Great American Smokeout (third Thursday of November) | |
| World Prematurity Day (17) | |
| December | Safe Toys and Gifts Month |
| National Influenza Vaccination Week (first full week of December) | |
| World AIDS Day (1) | |
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