Health Observances

Highlights the importance of promoting a healthy dental lifestyle at an early age.

Find out the dates and background to American Heart Month

Find out the dates, history and traditions of International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation 

Over 65 million people around the world live with epilepsy.

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Self-injury Awareness Day

National Nutrition Month takes place in March each year to highlight the importance of healthy eating.

Being on our electronic devices too much can be bad for our health. This day is to encourage to take some digital downtime.

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Multiple Personality Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day

This health awareness day in the UK has been observed since 1984 and takes place on the second Wednesday in March.

Kick Butts Day involves more than 1,000 events in schools and communities across the United States and even around the world.

Find out the dates, history and traditions of World Bipolar Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Walking Day

This day marks the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organisation in 1948.

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Healthcare Decisions Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of World Malaria Day

Almost 3 million workers die each year from occupational accidents and work related diseases.

Melanoma Monday encourages early detection through screening. It is observed in May, which is National Skin Cancer Awareness Month.

Organized by the Global Initiative for Asthma to improve asthma awareness and care around the world.

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Women’s Checkup Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Day for Helping the Disabled

National Smile Month is a charity campaign all about championing the benefits of having good oral health and promoting the value of a healthy smile.

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National HIV Vaccine Awareness Day

An opportunity to learn more about the illness and challenge the stigma around mental ill health.

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Senior Health & Fitness Day

FEvery year, there are dozens of preventable worker deaths and thousands more workers become ill from extreme heat or humid conditions.

Each year focuses upon a particular digestive disease and/or disorder in order to increase general public awareness of prevention, prevalence, diagnosis, management and treatment of the disease and/or disorder.

The WHO Tobacco Free Initiative is committed to raising awareness of the threat posed by the global tobacco epidemic and of the steps that can be taken to reduce tobacco use and save lives.

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Save Your Hearing Day

ALS Awareness Month is a campaign to spread awareness of and raise funds for research for a cure for ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease)

In 2017, the Global Clubfoot Initiative has launched a bold strategy with a vision of a world where every child born with clubfoot can walk and run free from disability.

Pests can have a devastating effect on human populations by destroying food sources.

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Gardening Exercise Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of International Albinism Awareness Day 

World Blood Donor Day is observed to raise awareness for the need of blood, blood products, and the need for safe blood.

An awareness day for the situation of children in African, and on the need for continuing improvement in education.

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Eat Your Vegetables Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Eat Your Beans Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of World Zoonoses Day.

World Hepatitis Day is observed annually on July 28th to generate an opportunity to step up national and international efforts on hepatitis.

Find out the dates, history and background to Happiness Happens Month

Highlights healthy eating and active lifestyles for every age group from infant to teens.