Stay on top of awareness days and months with our awareness calendar. This is a list of national and international awareness events, mostly international as awareness events can vary from country to country.
This list is put together to the best of our knowledge and with lots of searching so, I hope that all dates are correct. If not, please feel free to correct me so I can update the list. Please note that no particular awareness day or month has been intentionally left off this list. If we’ve missed any awareness days or months, please also let us know so the list can be updated. Otherwise, you can start shopping to show your support here.
January
Cervical Health Awareness Month
National Glaucoma Awareness Month
Thyroid Awareness Month
2nd: World Introvert Day
4th: World Braille Day
12th: Kiss a Ginger Day
21st: National Hug Day
27th: World Leprosy Day
February
Childhood Heart Disease Awareness Month
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Low Vision Awareness Month
4th: World Cancer Day
4-8th: Feeding Tube Awareness Week
11th: International Epilepsy Day
15th: International Angleman Day
17th: Random Acts of Kindness Day
20th: World Day of Social Justice
25-3rd March: Eating Disorders Awareness and Screening Week
28th: World Rare Disease Day
March
Epilepsy Awareness Month
Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month
1st: International Wheelchair Day / Self Injury/Harm Awareness Day (SIAD) / Endometriosis Awareness Day
3rd: World Better Hearing Day
8th: International Womens Day
10th: World Glaucoma Week
11-17th: Brain Awareness Week
14th: World Kidney Day
15th: World Sleep Day / Red Nose Day
18th: Global Recycling Day
21st: World Down Syndrome Day / Harmony Day
24th: World Tuberculosis Day
26th: Purple Day – Epilepsy Awareness
30th: World Bipolar Day
April
Autism Awareness Month
Diversity Month
Parkinson’s Awareness Month
Alcohol Awareness Month
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month
Occupational Therapy Month
Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
International Cesarean Awareness Month
National Pet Month
Limb Loss Awareness Month
2nd: World Autism Awareness Day
7th: World Cerebral Palsy Day / World Health Day
10th: World Siblings Day
11th: World Parkinson’s Day
13th: International Functional Neurological Disease(FND) Awareness Day
17th: World Haemophilia Day
23rd: International Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) Awareness Day
24th: World Meningitis Day
29th: Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week
May
Lung Health Awareness Month
Arthritis Awareness Month
Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month
Zombie Awareness Month
Ehlers Danlos Awareness Month
2nd: World Asthma Day
10th: World Lupus Day
12th: World ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
15th: International Day of Families / World Meditation Day
20th: World Autoimmune Arthritis Day
21st: World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
27th: Prader Willi Awareness Day
30th: World Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Day
June
Bowel Cancer Awareness Month
Scoliosis Awareness Month
Men’s Health Awareness Month
Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Awareness Month
Pride Month
1st: International Children’s Day
2nd: Cancer Survivors Day
7th: Tourette’s Awareness Day
9th: Transverse Myelitis Awareness Day
10-16th: Men’s Health Awareness Week
13th: International Albinism Awareness Day
14th: World Blood Donor Day
15th: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
16th: Rare Chromosome Disorder Awareness Week
18th: Autistic Pride Day
19th: World Sickle Cell Day
20th: World Refugee Day
21st: World Humanist Day / Global MND Awareness Day
25-30th: Helen Keller Week (International Deaf-Blind Awareness Week)
27th: PTSD Awareness Day
July
Psychosocial Disability Awareness Month
Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
Sarcoma Awareness Month
28th: World Hepatitis Day
30th: International Day of Friendship / World Friendship Day
August
MedicAlert Awareness Month
Psoriasis Awareness Month
Gastroparesis Awareness Month
1-6th: World Breastfeeding Week
13th: International Left Handers Awareness Day
31st: International Bacon Day
September
Albinism Awareness Month
Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Month
Dementia Awareness Month
International Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
Blood Cancer Awareness Month
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Pain Awareness Month
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Awareness Month
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Awareness Month
Hydrocephalus Awareness Month
5th: World Spinal Cord Injury Day
9th: World Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Day
10th: World Suicide Prevention Day
15th: Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week / World Lymphoma Day
21st: World Alzheimer’s Day
23rd: International Day of Sign Languages
23-30th: International Week of the Deaf
25th: International Ataxia Awareness Day
26th: World Retina Day
29th: World Heart Day
October
Down Syndrome Awareness Month
Mental Health Awareness Month
Eye Care Awareness Month
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Carer’s Month
Spina Bifida Awareness Month
Lupus Awareness Month
ADHA Awareness Month
Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
1st: International Day of Older Persons
4th: World Dyslexia Day
6th: World Cerebral Palsy Day
10th: World Mental Health Day / World Sight Day
14th: Carers Week / Invisible Disabilities Week
15th: World White Cane Day
20th: World Osteoporosis Day
22nd: International Stuttering Awareness Day
23rd: SUDEP Awareness Day
29th: World Stroke Day / World Psoriasis
November
Disability Rights Awareness Month
Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
Adoption Awareness Month
Movember
4th: International Stress Awareness Week
13th: World Kindness Day
14th: World Diabetes Day
19th: International Mens Day
23rd: International Survivors of Suicide Day
December
1st: World AIDS Day
3rd: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
5th: International Volunteers Day
10th: International Human Rights Day
20th: Human Solidarity Day
