2023 Days of Remembrance
January
Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
Glaucoma Awareness Month
National Birth Defects Awareness Month
National Blood Donor Month
Thyroid Awareness Month
National Activity Professionals Week – Jan. 22-28
World Leprosy Week – Jan. 29 – Feb. 4
World Braille Day – Jan. 4
National Marketing Day – Jan. 11
National Pharmacist Day – Jan. 12
National IV Nurse Day – Jan. 25
National Activity Professionals Day – Jan. 27
World Leprosy Day – Jan. 29
February
AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month
American Heart Month
National Children’s Dental Health Month
Wise Health Care Consumer Month
Patient Recognition Week – Feb. 1 – 7
Pride in Foodservice Week – Feb. 6 -10
Peri-Anesthesia Nurse Week – Feb. 6 – 12
Phlebotomist Recognition Week – Feb. 13-17
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Week – Feb. 13-19
Cardiovascular Professionals Week. Feb . 14 – 20
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week – Feb. 23- Mar. 1
Wear Red Day – Feb. 3
National Women Physician Day – Feb. 3
International Epilepsy Day – Feb. 13
National Caregivers Day – Feb. 17
March
American Red Cross Month
Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month
Brain Injury Awareness Month
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
National Athletic Training Month
National Nutrition Month
National Social Work Month
National Aplastic Anemia and MDS Awareness Week – Mar. 1 – 6
Endometriosis Awareness Week – Mar. 3 – 9
Dental Assistant Recognition Week – Mar. 5 – 11
National School Social Work Week – Mar. 5 – 11
MS Awareness Week – Mar. 12 – 18
Patient Safety Awareness Week – Mar. 12 – 18
Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week – Mar. 12 – 18
Healthcare HR Professionals Week – Mar. 15 – 19
National Poison Prevention Week – Mar. 19 – 25
Baby Sleep Day – Mar. 1
Employee Appreciation Day – Mar. 3
Brain Injury Awareness Day – Mar. 4
National Dentist Day – Mar. 6
Nutrition and Dietetics Technician, Registered Day – Mar. 9
Certified Nurses Day – Mar. 19
World Social Work Day – Mar. 21
World Tuberculosis Day – Mar. 24
National Doctors Day – Mar. 30
Anesthesia Tech Day – Mar. 31
April
Autism Awareness Month
Cesarean Awareness Month
Child Abuse Awareness Month
Defeat Diabetes Month
IBS Awareness Month
National Alcohol Awareness Month
National Donate Life Month
National Volunteer Month
Occupational Therapy Month
Parkinson’s Awareness Month
Primary Immunodeficiency Awareness Month
Sarcoidosis Awareness Month
National Cancer Registrars Week – Apr. 3 – 7
National Public Health Week – Apr. 3 – 9
Patient Access Week – Apr. 3 – 9
National Volunteer Week – Apr. 16-22
National Osteopathic Medicine Week – Apr. 17 – 23
Health Information Professionals Week – Apr. 18-24
Administrative Professionals Week – Apr. 22 – 28
Transplant Nurses Week – Apr. 24 – May 1
National Infant Immunization Week – Apr. 24 – May 1
Medical Laboratory Professionals Week – Apr. 30 – May 6
Autism Awareness Day – Apr. 2
World Health Day – Apr. 7
National Alcohol Screening Day – Apr. 7
World Parkinson’s Day – Apr. 11
World Hemophilia Day – Apr. 17
Administrative Professionals Day – Apr. 26
Sarcoidosis Awareness Day – Apr. 30
May
Arthritis Awareness Month
Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
Better Sleep Month
Better Speech and Hearing Month
Celiac Disease Awareness Month
Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
Global Employee Health and Fitness Month
Healthy Vision Month
Hepatitis Awareness Month
High Blood Pressure Education Month
Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month
Lupus Awareness Month
Lyme Disease Awareness Month
Melanoma Skin Cancer Month
Mental Health Awareness Month
Neurofibromatosis Month
National Cancer Research Month
National Critical Care Awareness Month
National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
National Stroke Awareness Month
Oncology Nursing Month
National Nurses Week – May 6 – 12
National Hospital Week – May 7 – 13
North American Occupational Safety and Health Week – May 7 – 13
Healthcare Technology Management Week – May 14 – 20
Healthcare Documentation Integrity Week – May 14 – 20
National Skilled Nursing Care Week – May 14 – 20
National Women’s Health Week – May 14 – 20
Neuroscience Nurses Week – May 14 – 20
National EMS Week – May 21 – 27
Melanoma Monday – May 1
World Hand Hygiene Day – May 5
National Nurses Day – May 6
World Lupus Day – May 10
National Employee Health and Fitness Day – May 17
Neurofibromatosis Day – May 17
National Speech Pathologist Day – May 18
Critical Care Wear Blue Day – May 19
National Accounts Receivable Appreciation Day – May 19
International Human Resources Day – May 20
World No Tobacco Day – May 31
June
Cataract Awareness Month
Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month
National Aphasia Awareness Month
National Men’s Health Month
National Migraine and Headache Awareness Month
National PTSD Awareness Month
National Safety Month
National Scleroderma Awareness Month
National Scoliosis Awareness Month
Men’s Health Week – June 12-18
National Nursing Assistant Week – June 15 – 21
Healthcare Risk Management Week – June 19-23
Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week – June 25 – July 1
National Cancer Survivors Day – June 4
National Career Nursing Assistant Day – June 14
World Blood Donor Day – June 14
World Sickle Cell Awareness Day – June 19
National HIV Testing Day – June 27
National PTSD Awareness Day – June 27
July
Cord Blood Awareness Month
UV Safety Awareness Month
National Therapeutic Recreation Week – July 9 – 15
World Plastic Surgery Day – July 15
National Intern Day – July 27
System Administrator Appreciation Day – July 28
World Hepatitis Day – July 28
August
Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
MedicAlert Awareness Month
National Eye Exam Month
National Immunization Awareness Month
Psoriasis Awareness Month
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
World Breastfeeding Week – Aug. 1 – 7
National Health Center Week – Aug. 6 – 12
National Minority Donor Awareness Day – Aug. 1
Health Unit Coordinator Day – Aug. 23
September
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month
Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month
National Cholesterol Education Month
National Infant Mortality Awareness Month
National Recovery Month
National Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month
Pain Awareness Month
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month
Reye’s Syndrome Awareness Month
Sepsis Awareness Month
Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month
Vascular Nurses Week – Sept. 3 -9
Environmental Services Week – Sept. 10 -16
National Assisted Living Week – Sept. 10 – 16
Nursing Professional Development Week – Sept. 10 -16
Neonatal Nurses Week – Sept. 11 – 17
International Clean Hands Week – Sept. 17 – 23
National Surgical Technologists Week – Sept. 17 – 23
World Physical Therapy Day – Sept. 8
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day – Sept. 9
World Suicide Prevention Day – Sept. 10
Programmers Day – Sept. 13
Neonatal Nurses Day – Sept. 15
National Working Parents Day – Sept. 16
IT Professionals Day – Sept. 19
National Addiction Professionals Day – Sept. 20
World Alzheimer’s Day – Sept. 21
Business Women’s Day – Sept. 22
International Ataxia Awareness Day – Sept. 25
National Food Service Employees Day – Sept. 25
World Pharmacist Day – Sept. 25
Human Resource Professional Day – Sept. 26
World Heart Day – Sept. 29
October
American Pharmacists Month
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Clergy Appreciation Month
Down Syndrome Awareness Month
Health Literacy Month
Healthy Lung Month
Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month
National Bullying Prevention Month
National Chiropractic Health Month
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
National Liver Awareness Month
National Orthodontic Health Month
National Physical Therapy Month
National Spina Bifida Awareness Month
Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
SIDS Awareness Month
Healthcare Supply Chain Week – Oct. 1 – 7
Mental Illness Awareness Week – Oct. 1 – 7
Customer Service Week – Oct. 2 – 6
National Physician Assistant Week – Oct. 6 – 12
Emergency Nurses Week – Oct. 8 – 14
Sterile Processing Professionals Week – Oct. 8 – 14
Dialysis Technician Recognition Week – Oct. 9 – 13
International Infection Prevention Week – Oct, 15 – 21
National Pharmacy Week – Oct. 15 – 21
National Healthcare Facilities & Engineering Week – Oct. 22 – 28
National Respiratory Care Week – Oct. 22 – 28
Red Ribbon Week – Oct. 23 – 31
National Depression Screening Day – Oct. 5
World Cerebral Palsy Day – Oct. 6
World Mental Health Day – Oct. 10
National Emergency Nurses Day – Oct. 11
Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day – Oct. 13
Boss’s Day – Oct. 16
World Spine Day – Oct. 16
National Pharmacy Technician Day – Oct. 17
National Medical Assistants Day – Oct. 18
National Mammography Day – Oct. 20
World Osteoporosis Day – Oct. 20
International Stuttering Awareness Day – Oct. 22
World Occupational Therapy Day – Oct. 27
November
American Diabetes Month
COPD Awareness Month
Diabetic Eye Disease Month
Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Mouth Cancer Action Month
National Adoption Awareness Month
National Epilepsy Month
National Family Caregivers Month
National Healthy Skin Month
National Hospice and Palliative Care Month
National Marrow Awareness Month
Prematurity Awareness Month
Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month
Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
National Allied Health Week – Nov. 5 – 11
National Diabetes Education Week – Nov. 5 – 11
National Patient Transport Week – Nov. 5 – 11
National Radiologic Technology Week – Nov. 5 – 11
Nurse Practitioner Week – Nov. 12 – 18
Perioperative Nurse Week – Nov. 12 – 18
GERD Awareness Week – Nov. 19 – 25
World Radiography Day – Nov. 8
International Accounting Day – Nov. 10
World Pneumonia Day – Nov. 12
Operating Room Nurse Day – Nov. 14
World Diabetes Day – Nov. 14
National Education Support Professionals Day – Nov. 15
Great American Smokeout – Nov. 16
World COPD Day – Nov. 17
Computer Security Day – Nov. 30
December
Give the Gift of Sight Month
National Hand Washing Awareness Week – Dec. 3 – 9
National Influenza Vaccination Week – Dec. 3 – 9
World AIDS Day – Dec. 1
International Day of Persons with Disabilities – Dec. 3
International Volunteer Day – Dec. 5