The 2026 healthcare observances calendar brings together key medical awareness days, weeks, and months across a wide range of conditions and specialties. It’s designed to help digital marketing professionals plan content more intentionally, stay consistent, and build a stronger marketing strategy. The healthcare observances calendar is a useful tool for social media mangers throughout the year. Use it to create relevant, timely content when people are already paying attention.
Awareness plays an important role in healthcare and wellness communication. It helps people recognize symptoms earlier, understand conditions more clearly, and feel less alone in what they’re going through. It also opens the door for support, meaningful conversations, and continued research that leads to better medical care over time.
2026 Healthcare Observances Calendar
January 2026
Awareness Months
- Cervical Health Awareness Month
- Glaucoma Awareness Month
- International Quality of Life Month
- National Birth Defects Awareness/Prevention Month
- National Blood Donor Month
- National Radon Action Month
- National Winter Sports Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month
- Stalking Awareness Month
- Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month
- Thyroid Awareness Month
Awareness Weeks
- January 5–11: Folic Acid Awareness Week
- January 12–18: National CRNA Week
- January 18–24: Activity Professionals Week
Awareness Days
- January 4: World Braille Day
- January 12: National Pharmacist Day
- January 21: National IV Nurse Day
- January 23: Maternal Health Awareness Day
- January 30: World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day
February 2026
Awareness Months
- Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) / Low Vision Awareness Month
- American Heart Month
- Cholangiocarcinoma Awareness Month
- Gallbladder and Bile Duct Cancer Awareness Month
- International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month
- Marfan Syndrome Awareness Month
- National Cancer Prevention Month
- National Children’s Dental Health Month
- National Self-Check Month
- Teen Dating Violence Prevention Month
Awareness Weeks
- February 1–7: Patient Recognition Week
- February 1–7: African Heritage & Health Week
- February 2–6: Ambulatory Care Nurses Week
- February 2–8: Peri Anesthesia Nurse Awareness Week
- February 3–9: Tinnitus Awareness Week
- February 7–14: Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week
- February 7–15: Cardiovascular Professionals Appreciation Week
- February 8–14: Cardiac Rehabilitation Week
- February 8–14: Heart Failure Awareness Week
- February 8–14: Sepsis Survivor Week
- February 9–15: Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week
- February 14–21: National Condom Week
- February 16–20: National Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant Week
- February 23–March 1: National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
Awareness Days
- February 1: World Aspergillosis Day
- February 2: Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Day
- February 4: World Cancer Day
- February 6: Give Kids a Smile Day
- February 6: National Wear Red Day
- February 6: Time to Talk Day
- February 7: National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
- February 9: National Toothache Day
- February 12: International Epilepsy Day
- February 14: National Donor Day
- February 14: National Impotence Day
- February 18: Critical Care Transport Nurses Day
- February 20: National Caregivers Day
- February 22: National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day
- February 22: Recreational Sports & Fitness Day
- February 22: World Encephalitis Day
- February 27: National Protein Day
- February 28: International Repetitive Strain Injury Awareness Day
- February 28: Rare Disease Day
March 2026
Awareness Months
- Autoimmune Awareness Month
- Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month
- Brain Injury Awareness Month
- Brain Tumor Awareness Month (UK only)
- Deep-Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Awareness Month
- Malignant Hyperthermia Awareness Month
- Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
- Myeloma Action Month
- National Athletic Training Month
- National Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month
- National Cheerleading Safety Month
- National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
- National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
- National Endometriosis Awareness Month
- National Kidney Month
- National Nutrition Month
- National Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month
- Problem Gambling Awareness Month
- Save Your Vision Month
- Trisomy Awareness Month
- Women’s History Month
- Workplace Eye Wellness Month
Awareness Weeks
- March 1–6: National Aplastic Anemia & MDS Awareness Week
- March 8–14: Patient Safety Awareness Week
- March 8–14: National Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week
- March 8–14: National Sleep Awareness Week
- March 15–21: GI Nurses & Associates Week
- March 15–21: National Poison Prevention Week
- March 16–22: Brain Awareness Week
- March 16–22: National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week
- March 30–April 6: World Autism Acceptance Week
Awareness Days
- March 1: International Wheelchair Day
- March 2: World Teen Mental Wellness Day
- March 3: World Birth Defects Day
- March 3: World Hearing Day
- March 4: International HPV Awareness Day
- March 4: World Obesity Day
- March 5: Dissociative Identity Disorder Awareness Day
- March 5: National Hospitalist Day
- March 10: National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
- March 12: World Kidney Day
- March 13: World Sleep Day
- March 19: Certified Nurses Day
- March 20: National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
- March 20: World Oral Health Day
- March 21: World Down Syndrome Day
- March 24: World Tuberculosis Day
- March 24: American Diabetes Alert Day
- March 26: Epilepsy Awareness Day (Purple Day)
- March 30: National Doctors’ Day
- March 30: World Bipolar Day
April 2026
Awareness Months
- Adenomyosis Awareness Month
- Alcohol Awareness Month
- Autism Acceptance Month
- Distracted Driving Awareness Month
- Global Child Nutrition Month
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month
- Medicaid Awareness Month
- National Autism Acceptance Month
- National Cancer Control Month
- National Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Month
- National Child Abuse Prevention Month
- National Donate Life Month
- National Facial Protection Month
- National Foot Health Awareness Month
- National Interprofessional Healthcare Month
- National Minority Health Month
- National Primary Immunodeficiency Awareness Month
- National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month
- National Stress Awareness Month
- Occupational Therapy Month
- Oral Cancer Awareness Month
- Parkinson’s Awareness Month
- Rosacea Awareness Month
- Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month
- Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Awareness Month
- Sjögren’s Awareness Month
- Sports Eye Safety Month
- Testicular Cancer Awareness Month
- Women’s Eye Health & Safety Month
Awareness Weeks
- April 5–11: Occupational Health Nurses Week
- April 5–11: Patient Access Week
- April 6–12: National Public Health Week
- April 11–17: Black Maternal Health Week
- April 13–17: National Surgical Assistant Week
- April 15–22: Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week
- April 19–25: Medical Laboratory Professionals Week
- April 19–25: National Infertility Awareness Week
- April 19–25: National Pediatric Transplant Week
- April 19–25: Pediatric Sepsis Week
- April 20–24: Every Kid Healthy Week
- April 20–27: National Infant Immunization Week
- April 24–30: World Immunization Week
- April 27–May 1: National Youth Violence Prevention Week
- April 27–May 1: Patient Experience Week
Awareness Days
- April 1: Take Down Tobacco Day
- April 2: World Autism Awareness Day
- April 6: Bohring-Opitz Syndrome Awareness Day
- April 7: SAAM Day of Action
- April 7: World Health Day
- April 10: National Donate Life Blue & Green Day
- April 10: National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
- April 11: World Parkinson’s Day
- April 12: Radiology Nurses Day
- April 14: World Chagas Disease Day
- April 16: National Healthcare Decisions Day
- April 17: World Hemophilia Day
- April 19: Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Action Day
- April 25: National DNA Day
- April 25: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
- April 25: World Malaria Day
- April 28: APOL1-Mediated Kidney Disease (AMKD) Awareness Day
- April 28: World Day for Safety and Health at Work
- April 29: Undiagnosed Diseases Day
May 2026
Awareness Months
- Alport Awareness Month
- ALS Awareness Month
- Arthritis Awareness Month
- Better Hearing and Speech Month
- Better Sleep Month
- Bladder Cancer Awareness Month
- Blood Clot Awareness Month
- Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month
- Brain Cancer Awareness Month
- Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes Awareness Month
- Food Allergy Awareness Month
- Global Employee Health and Fitness Month
- Healthy Vision Month
- Hepatitis Awareness Month
- High Blood Pressure Awareness Month
- Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month
- Lupus Awareness Month
- Lyme Disease Awareness Month
- Maternal Mental Health Month
- Mental Health Awareness Month
- National Asthma and Allergies Awareness Month
- National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
- National Critical Care Awareness and Recognition Month
- National High Blood Pressure Education Month
- National Melanoma / Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
- National Nurses Month
- National Osteoporosis Awareness Month
- National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
- National Speech-Language-Hearing Month
- National Stroke Awareness Month
- National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
- National Teen Self-Esteem Month
- National Women’s Health Month
- Necrotizing Fasciitis Awareness Month
- Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month
- Older Americans Month
- Oncology Nursing Month
- Preeclampsia Awareness Month
- Skin Cancer Prevention Awareness Month
- Tourette’s Awareness Month
Awareness Weeks
- May 1–7: National Physical Education and Sport Week
- May 3–9: Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week
- May 4–8: Air Quality Awareness Week
- May 4–9: North American Occupational Safety and Health Week
- May 6–12: National Nurses Week
- May 10–16: Food Allergy Awareness Week
- May 10–16: Maternal Sepsis Week
- May 10–16: National Stuttering Awareness Week
- May 10–16: National Hospital Week
- May 10–16: National Skilled Nursing Care Week
- May 10–16: National Women’s Health Week
- May 10–16: Neuroscience Nurses Week
Awareness Days
- May 2: International Scurvy Awareness Day
- May 3: World Ankylosing Spondylitis Day
- May 5: World Hand Hygiene Day
- May 5: World Asthma Day
- May 5: World Pulmonary Hypertension Day
- May 6: International No Diet Day
- May 6: National School Nurse Day
- May 6: World Maternal Mental Health Day
- May 7: Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day
- May 8: National Student Nurses Day
- May 8: World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
- May 8: World Ovarian Cancer Day
- May 9: International Cornelia de Lange Syndrome (CdLS) Awareness Day
- May 10: National Lipid Day
- May 10: World Lupus Day
- May 11: National Women’s Checkup Day
- May 12: International Nurses Day
- May 12: International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases
- May 12: ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day
- May 15: Hyperemesis Gravidarum Awareness Day
- May 17: World Hypertension Day
- May 18: HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
- May 18: World AIDS Vaccine Day
- May 19: Hepatitis Testing Day
- May 19: National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
- May 19: World IBD Day
- May 20: World Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Arthritis Day
- May 22: World Preeclampsia Day
- May 23: Medical Coder Day
- May 24: World Schizophrenia Day
- May 25: Don’t Fry Day
- May 25: World Thyroid Day
- May 27: National Senior Health and Fitness Day
- May 29: World Digestive Health Day
- May 29: National Heat Awareness Day
- May 30: World Multiple Sclerosis Day
- May 31: World No Tobacco Day
June 2026
Awareness Months
- Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month
- Cataract Awareness Month
- Men’s Health Month
- Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month
- National Aphasia Awareness Month
- National Congenital Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month
- National Employee Wellness Month
- National Migraine and Headache Awareness Month
- National Safety Month
- National Scoliosis Awareness Month
- National Scleroderma Awareness Month
- Pride Month
- Professional Wellness Month
- PTSD Awareness Month
- Scleroderma Awareness Month
Awareness Weeks
- June 1–7: National CPR and AED Awareness Week
- June 8–14: Men’s Health Week
- June 11–17: Certified Nursing Assistant Week
- June 15–21: World Continence Week
- June 21–27: Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week
Awareness Days
- June 2: National Healthcare Recruiter Recognition Day
- June 7: National Cancer Survivors Day
- June 8: World Brain Tumor Day
- June 8: Rare Chromosome Disorder Awareness Day
- June 13: Family Health and Fitness Day
- June 14: World Blood Donor Day
- June 15: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
- June 19: World Sickle Cell Day
- June 21: Global MND Awareness Day
- June 21: International Day of Yoga
- June 25: World Vitiligo Day
- June 26: International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
- June 27: National HIV Testing Day
- June 27: National PTSD Awareness Day
- June 27: National Sunglasses Day
July 2026
Awareness Months
- Cord Blood Awareness Month
- Group B Strep Awareness Month
- Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
- National Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month
- National Hemochromatosis Awareness Month
- National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
- Sarcoma Awareness Month
- UV Safety Month
Awareness Days
- July 10: Chronic Disease Awareness Day
- July 11: World Population Day
- July 22: World Brain Day
- July 23: World Sjögren’s Day
- July 28: World Hepatitis Day
August 2026
Awareness Months
- Autoinflammatory Awareness Month
- Children’s Eye Health and Safety Awareness Month
- Digestive Tract Paralysis Awareness Month
- Gastroparesis Awareness Month
- National Breastfeeding Month
- National Eye Exam Month
- National Immunization Awareness Month
- National Minority Donor Awareness Month
- Psoriasis Action Month
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
- Summer Sun Safety Month
Awareness Weeks
- August 1–7: World Breastfeeding Week
- August 2–8: National Health Center Week
- August 10–16: OSHA Safe + Sound Week
- August 17–21: Contact Lens Health Week
- August 23–29: Health Unit Coordinator Recognition Week
Awareness Days
- August 1: National Minority Donor Awareness Day
- August 1: World Lung Cancer Day
- August 3: CLOVES Syndrome Awareness Day
- August 18: World Breast Cancer Research Day
- August 19: World Humanitarian Day
- August 23: Health Unit Coordinator Appreciation Day
- August 30: National Grief Awareness Day
- August 31: International Overdose Awareness Day
September 2026
Awareness Months
- Baby Safety Month
- Blood Cancer Awareness Month
- Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
- Food Safety Education Month
- Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month
- Healthy Aging Month
- ITP Awareness Month
- National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month
- National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
- National Cholesterol Education Month
- National Fruits and Veggies Month
- National Pediculosis (Head Lice) Prevention Month
- National ITP (Platelet Disorder) Awareness Month
- National Recovery Month
- National Sickle Cell Awareness Month
- National Vascular Disease Awareness Month
- National Yoga Awareness Month
- Newborn Screening Awareness Month
- Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
- Pain Awareness Month
- Peripheral Artery Disease Awareness Month
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Awareness Month
- Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
- Reye’s Syndrome Awareness Month
- Sepsis Awareness Month
- Sexual Health Awareness Month
- Sports Eye Safety Month
- Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
- Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month
- Urology Awareness Month
- World Alzheimer’s Month
Awareness Weeks
- September 1–7: National Clinical Nurse Specialist Recognition Week
- September 6–12: National Suicide Prevention Week
- September 6–12: Vascular Nurses Week
- September 8–14: Sexual Health Week
- September 12–18: Neonatal Nurses Week
- September 13–19: National Assisted Living Week
- September 13–19: National Folic Acid Awareness Week
- September 14–18: Fungal Disease Awareness Week
- September 14–18: Malnutrition Awareness Week
- September 15–21: World Mitochondrial Disease Week
- September 15–21: National Farm Safety and Health Week
- September 20–26: National Rehabilitation Awareness Week
- September 21–25: Fall Prevention Awareness Week
Awareness Days
- September 4: World Sexual Health Day
- September 7: World Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Day
- September 8: Health Empowerment Day
- September 8: World Physical Therapy Day
- September 9: International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day
- September 10: World Suicide Prevention Day
- September 13: National Celiac Disease Awareness Day
- September 13: World Sepsis Day
- September 15: World Lymphoma Awareness Day
- September 16: Get Ready for Flu Day
- September 17: World Patient Safety Day
- September 18: National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day
- September 19: Aortic Dissection Awareness Day
- September 19: National Concussion Awareness Day
- September 20: Usher Syndrome Awareness Day
- September 21: World Alzheimer’s Day
- September 22: Falls Prevention Awareness Day
- September 22: Get Ready Day
- September 25: World Lung Day
- September 25: International Ataxia Awareness Day
- September 25: World Pharmacists Day
- September 26: Mesothelioma Awareness Day
- September 26: World Contraception Day
- September 28: World Rabies Day
- September 29: World Heart Day
- September 30: National Women’s Health and Fitness Day
October 2026
Awareness Months
- American Pharmacists Month
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Awareness Month
- Contact Lens Safety Month
- Domestic Violence Awareness Month
- Down Syndrome Awareness Month
- Eye Injury Prevention Month
- Health Literacy Month
- Healthy Lung Month
- Home Eye Safety Awareness Month
- Liver Cancer Awareness Month
- Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month
- National ADHD Awareness Month
- National Audiology Awareness Month
- National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- National Bullying Prevention Month
- National Dental Hygiene Month
- National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
- National Medical Librarians Month
- National Orthodontic Health Month
- National Physical Therapy Month
- National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month
- Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
- Prenatal-onset GBS Disease Recognition Month
- Raynaud’s Awareness Month
- Spina Bifida Awareness Month
- Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month
Awareness Weeks
- October 4–10: Mental Illness Awareness Week
- October 4–10: National Primary Care Week
- October 6–12: National Physician Assistant Week
- October 12–20: Bone and Joint Action Week
- October 18–24: International Infection Prevention Week
- October 18–24: National Healthcare Quality Week
- October 18–24: National Pharmacy Week
- October 18–24: Respiratory Care Week
- October 19–23: Medical Assistants Recognition Week
- October 19–23: National Health Education Week
- October 23–31: Red Ribbon Week
Awareness Days
- October 1: International Day of Older Persons
- October 5: World Meningitis Day
- October 6: World Cerebral Palsy Day
- October 6: Child Health Day
- October 7: Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day
- October 8: National Depression Screening Day
- October 8: World Sight Day
- October 10: World Mental Health Day
- October 11: International Day of the Girl
- October 11: World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
- October 13: Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day
- October 14: Emergency Nurses Day
- October 15: Global Handwashing Day
- October 15: National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
- October 15: World Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day
- October 16: Restart a Heart Day
- October 16: World Food Day
- October 16: World Spine Day
- October 16: SUDEP Action Day
- October 17: National Mammography Day
- October 19: World Pediatric Bone and Joint Day
- October 20: World Osteoporosis Day
- October 21: National Check Your Meds Day
- October 22: International Stuttering Awareness Day
- October 24: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
- October 29: World Psoriasis Day
- October 30: World Hypophosphatasia Day
November 2026
Awareness Months
- American Diabetes Month
- Bladder Health Month
- COPD Awareness Month
- Diabetic Eye Disease Month
- Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
- Lung Cancer Awareness Month
- National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month
- National Diabetes Month
- National Epilepsy Awareness Month
- National Family Caregivers Month
- National Healthy Skin Month
- National Hospice and Palliative Care Month
- National Marrow Awareness Month
- National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
- Prematurity Awareness Month
- Pulmonary Hypertension Month
- Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
Awareness Weeks
- November 5–11: National Diabetes Education Week
- November 8–14: National Nurse Practitioner Week
- November 8–14: National Radiologic Technology Week
- November 18–24: U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week
- November 22–28: Gastroesophageal Reflux GERD Awareness Week
Awareness Days
- November 8: International Day of Radiography
- November 9: National Diabetes Heart Connection Day
- November 10: World Keratoconus Day
- November 11: CTEPH Awareness Day
- November 12: World Pneumonia Day
- November 14: World Diabetes Day
- November 17: World Prematurity Day
- November 19: World COPD Awareness Day
- November 19: Great American Smokeout
- November 20: World Pancreatic Cancer Day
- November 22: International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day
- November 25: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
- November 26: National Family Health History Day
December 2026
Awareness Months
- International Sharps Injury Prevention Month
- National Impaired Driving Prevention Month
- National Safe Toys and Gifts Month
Awareness Weeks
- December 1–7: Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week
- December 6–12: National Handwashing Awareness Week
- December 7–11: National Influenza Vaccination Week
Awareness Days
- December 1: World AIDS Day
- December 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
How to Use Healthcare Observances in Your Social Media Content Calendar
Healthcare observances include days, weeks, and months dedicated to specific healthcare and medical conditions. These awareness events provide a steady rhythm for sharing meaningful, relevant information throughout the year. They create opportunities to highlight important topics, support patients and families, and contribute to broader conversations happening across the healthcare community.
Having a clear view of these observances in one place makes it easier to plan ahead, stay consistent, and show up with content that feels timely and thoughtful.
Your website also plays an important role in how your content performs. From user experience to accessibility and mobile performance, design can directly impact engagement and conversions. Learn more in Healthcare Web Design Trends in 2026.
As you plan your content, it’s helpful to understand how social platforms are evolving. Staying aligned with current trends can improve visibility and engagement. Learn more in Top 10 Social Media Trends Shaping 2026.
If you need help planning and executing your healthcare content calendar, contact us today!