Health and Disability Awareness Days, Weeks, Months

Ian C. Langtree - Writer/Editor for Disabled World (DW)
Published: 2011/04/30 - Updated: 2024/10/20
Publication Type: Awareness, Appreciation
Topic: Disability Awareness - Publications List

Page Content: Synopsis - Introduction - Main

Synopsis: This article provides a comprehensive and well-organized calendar of health and disability awareness dates, including days, weeks, and months dedicated to various medical conditions, social causes, and ethical issues. It serves as a valuable resource for individuals, organizations, educators, and healthcare professionals seeking to plan events, launch campaigns, or raise awareness for specific health topics throughout the year. The calendar covers a wide range of causes, from common illnesses to rare diseases, and includes both national and international observances. By offering this extensive list, the article helps to promote public understanding of various health conditions and supports efforts to increase visibility for important medical and social issues - Disabled World (DW).

Introduction

A national or international awareness day, week, or month is a date usually set by a major organization or government to commemorate a medical research or ethical cause of importance on a national or international level. Throughout the year, organizations support a variety of initiatives to raise awareness and understanding for key health issues around the world.

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Awareness days, weeks, and months engage the public in important health information. Usually awareness dates are health related, and help raise awareness of health conditions, medical illnesses, cancer types etc. Often based around these dates, many charities collect money in the form of donations and fund-raising. There are also organizations and foundations around the world that declare both national and international observances, although these are not always as widely recognized.

We hope this calendar will be of use to teachers, organizations, and persons seeking planning resources, launch dates, events, and charity donation campaigns, across a wide range of categories and event types.

Awareness ribbons have also become popular symbols of causes and illness conditions over recent years. Like awareness bracelets, the use of various colored folded ribbons is designed to raise public awareness to health, medical conditions, disability, and other issues. We currently have over 80 different ribbon colors and designs listed that denote awareness for hundreds of conditions.

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Awareness Dates for January

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Awareness Dates for February

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Awareness Dates for March

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Awareness Dates for April

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Awareness Dates for October

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Awareness Dates for November

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Awareness Dates for December

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Note: If you know of a discrepancy, or other recognized awareness programs and dates you would like to see added to the list, please Contact us with as many details as you can provide, so we can list the date(s) in our observance calendar.

Related Information

Author Credentials: Ian was born and grew up in Australia. Since then, he has traveled and lived in numerous locations and currently resides in Montreal, Canada. Ian is the founder, a writer, and editor in chief for Disabled World. Ian believes in the Social Model of Disability, a belief developed by disabled people in the 1970s. The social model changes the focus away from people's impairments and towards removing barriers that disabled people face daily. To learn more about Ian's background, expertise, and achievements, .

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Citing and References

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Cite This Page: Disabled World. (2011, April 30 - Last revised: 2024, October 20). Health and Disability Awareness Days, Weeks, Months. Disabled World (DW). Retrieved April 25, 2025 from www.disabled-world.com/disability/awareness/awareness-dates.php

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