To learn more, visit the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion's website "National Health Observances At-A-Glance"

January 2010

• Cervical Health Awareness Month
• National Birth Defects Prevention Month
• Glaucoma Awareness Month
• National Radon Action Month
• National Blood Donor Month
• Thyroid Awareness Month

February 2010

• International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month
• AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month
• National Cancer Prevention Month
• American Heart Month
• National Children’s Dental Health Month
• National Wise Health Consumer Month
• (6) Give Kids A Smile Day
• (6) National Wear Red Day 2008
• (7 - 14) Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week
• (14) National Donor Day
• (22 - 28) National Eating Disorders Awareness Week

March 2010

• National Brain Injury Awareness Month
• Mental Retardation Awareness Month
• National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
• National Endometriosis Awareness Month
• National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month
• National Nutrition Month®
• Save Your Vision Month
• Workplace Eye Wellness Month
• (1 - 7) National Problem Gambling Awareness Week
• (2 - 6) National School Breakfast Week
• (13) World Kidney Day
• (15 - 21) National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week
• (24) American Diabetes Alert Day
• (24) World Tuberculosis Day
• (29 - April 4) Root Canal Awareness Week

April 2010

• Alcohol Awareness Month
• Cancer Control Month
• Cesarean Awareness Month
• Counseling Awareness Month
• Foot Health Issues Related to Diabetes Awareness Month
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month
• National Autism Awareness Month
• National Child Abuse Prevention Month
• National Donate Life Month
• Occupational Therapy Month
• Sports Eye Safety Month
• STD Awareness Month
• Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month
• (7) World Health Day
• (8) Sexual Assault Awareness Month Day of Action
• (18) National Healthy Kids Day
• (25 - May 2) National Infant Immunization Week
• (25) World Tai Chi & Qigong Day
• (26 - May 3) SAFE KIDS Week

May 2010

• American Stroke Month
• Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
• Better Sleep Month
• Clean Air Month
• Healthy Vision Month
• Hepatitis Awareness Month
• Lupus Awareness Month
• Lyme Disease Awareness Month
• Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
• Mental Health Month
• Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Month
• National Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month
• National Arthritis Awareness Month
• National Bike Month
• National Cancer Research Month
• National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
• National High Blood Pressure Education Month
• National Neurofibromatosis Month
• National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
• National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
• National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
• Older Americans Month
• Sturge-Weber Awareness Month
• Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Month
• Ultraviolet Awareness Month
• (3 - 9) North American Occupational Safety and Health Week
• (4) Melanoma Monday
• (6 - 12) National Mental Health Counseling Week
• (9) Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Awareness Day
• (10 - 16) National Women's Health Week
• (11 - 17) National Stuttering Awareness Week
• (11 - 15) National Neuropathy Week
• (11) National Women's Check-up Day
• (12) Sex Differences in Health Awareness Day
• (18 - 24) Recreational Water Illness Prevention Week
• (18) HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
• (19) Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Day
• (20) National Employee Health and Fitness Day
• (24 - 30) Older American's Mental Health Week
• (31) World No Tobacco Day

June 2010

• Home Safety Month
• Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month
• National Aphasia Awareness Month
• National Scleroderma Awareness Month
• National Scoliosis Awareness Month
• Vision Research Month
• (1 - July 4) Fireworks Safety Month
• (1 - 7) Sun Safety Week
• (7 - 13) National Headache Awareness Week
• (7) National Cancer Survivors Day
• (15 - 21) National Men's Health Week
• (21 - 27) Helen Keller Deaf - Blind Awareness Week
• (21) National ASK Day
• (27 - July 5) Eye Safety Awareness Week

July 2010

• Hemochromatosis Awareness Month
• International Group B Strep Awareness Month
• UV Safety Month
• Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
• (20 - 24) National Youth Sports Week
• (27 - August 2) Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Week

August 2010

• Cataract Awareness Month
• Children's Eye Health and Safety Month
• National Immunization Awareness Month
• Psoriasis Awareness Month
• Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
• (1) National Minority Donor Awareness Day

September 2010

• America On the Move's Steptember Campaign
• Childhood Cancer Month
• Craniofacial Acceptance Month
• Fruit and Veggies - More Matters Month
• Healthy Aging® Month
• Leukemia & Lymphoma Awareness Month
• National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month
• National Cholesterol Education Month
• National Infant Mortality Awareness Month
• National Pediculosis Prevention Month/ Head Lice Prevention Month
• National Sickle Cell Month
• National Yoga Month
• Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
• Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
• Reye's Syndrome Awareness Month
• Sports and Home Eye Safety Month
• Whole Grains Month
• (6 - 12) National Suicide Prevention Week
• (13) National Celiac Disease Awareness Day
• (21 - 27) America on the Move Week
• (21) World Alzheimer's Day
• (30) World Heart Day

October 2010

• Eye Injury Prevention Month
• Halloween Safety Month
• Healthy Lung Month
• Let's Talk Month
• National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
• National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• National Chiropractic Month
• National Dental Hygiene Month
• National Disability Employment Awareness Month
• National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
• National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
• National Medical Librarians Month
• National Physical Therapy Month
• National Spina Bifida Awareness Month
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month
• (4) Sarcoidosis Awareness Day
• (4 - 10) Fire Prevention Week
• (5 - 11) Get Smart About Antibiotics Week
• (5 - 11) Mental Illness Awareness Week
• (5 - 9) Drive Safely Work Week
• (5) National Child Health Day
• (10) World Mental Health Day
• (12 - 20) Bone and Joint Decade National Action Week
• (13) Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day
• (16) World Food Day
• (18 - 24) Hearing Aid Awareness Week
• (19 - 25) National Drug-Free Work Week
• (20) World Osteoporosis Day
• (22) International Stuttering Awareness Day
• (25 - 31) Interstitial Cystitis Awareness Day
• (28) Lung Health Day

November 2010

• American Diabetes Month
• Diabetic Eye Disease Month
• Jaw Joints - TMJ Awareness Month
• Foot Health Issues Related to Diabetes Awareness Month
• Lung Cancer Awareness Month
• National Adoption Month
• National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month
• National Family Caregivers Month
• National Healthy Skin Month
• National Hospice Palliative Care Month
• Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
• Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month
• (18) Prematurity Awareness Day
• (19) Great American Smokeout
• (22 - 28) Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Awareness Week

December 2010

• Safe Toys and Gifts Month
• (1) World AIDS Day
• (6 - 12) National Handwashing Awareness Week