The Awareness Calender for 2021

Even with modern medicine evolving more and more, the strength of human connection is one of the biggest tools that we have to fight health conditions. This is why awareness days, weeks and months are so important. They bring us together, spread knowledge and create support about a certain cause.

Around these periods there are usually also fundraising and educational projects that create empowerment and strength around a whole community. Even the people that surround someone with a health condition.

You have probably heard about the big awareness movements such as Diabetes Awareness Month in November or Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, but there are many more you probably didn’t know about. For example Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month in March or World Mental Health Day on October 10.

To have an overview of all the awareness projects for 2021 we give you an overview below. Put the most important days in your agenda and make sure you wear the awareness merchandise for your cause!

January 2021

• Cervical Health Awareness Month
• Thyroid Awareness Month
• National Glaucoma Awareness Month
• National Winter Sports Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Awareness Month
• National Birth Defects Prevention Month

February 2021

• National American Heart Month
• Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week
• National “Wear Red” Day for women’s heart health
• Heart Failure Awareness Week
• Children’s national Dental Health Month
• Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week     
• African Heritage and Health Week
• World Cancer Day
• National Donor Day
• Eating Disorders Awareness and Screening Week

March 2021

• Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
• National Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month
• National Kidney Month
• National Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month
• National Sleep Awareness Week
• Patient Safety Awareness Week
• World Kidney Day
• World Sleep Day
• Brain Awareness Week (March 15-21)
• World Tuberculosis Day
• American Diabetes Alert Day on March 24th

• Purple Day for epilepsy awareness on March 26th

April 2021

• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month
• World Autism Awareness Day 2021
• National Donate Life Month
• National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month
• Occupational Therapy Month
• Oral Cancer Awareness Month
• Sexual Assault Awareness Month
• STD Awareness Month
• National Minority Cancer Awareness Month
• World Health Day on April 7
• World Meningitis Day on April 24
• World Immunization Week

May 2021

• American Stroke Awareness Month
• Better Hearing and Speech Month
• Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
• Global Employee Health and Fitness Month
• Hepatitis Awareness Month
• Lupus Awareness Month
• Skin Cancer Awareness Month
• Mental Health Month
• National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
• National Stuttering Awareness Week
• Fibromyalgia awareness month  
• Fibromyalgia awareness day on May 12
• Food Allergy Awareness Week
• World Autoimmune Arthritis Day on May 20
• National Senior Health Fitness Day on 26th of May

June 2021

• Brain Awareness Month
• Hernia Awareness Month
• Men’s Health Month
• Scoliosis Awareness Month
• National Cancer Survivors Day on June 7th
• World Sickle Cell Day on June 19th
• PTSD Awareness Day on June 27

July 2021

• Cord Blood Awareness Month
• Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
• World Hepatitis Day on July 28

August 2021

• Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
• National Immunization Awareness Month
• Psoriasis Awareness Month

September 2021

• Migraine Awareness Week 
• Arthritis Awareness Month
• Blood Cancer Awareness Month
• Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
• Healthy Aging Month
• National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
• National Cholesterol Education Month
• National Food Safety Education Month
• National Yoga Awareness Month
• Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
• Pain Awareness Month
• Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Month
• Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
• Sepsis Awareness Month
• Sexual Health Awareness Month
• World Alzheimer’s Month
• National Suicide Prevention Week on Sept. 5–11
• World Suicide Prevention Day on Sept. 10
• World Sepsis Day on Sept. 13
• World Heart Day on Sept. 29
• National Women’s Health and Fitness Day on Sept. 30

October 2021

• Domestic Violence Awareness Month
• Healthy Lung Month
• National ADHD Awareness Month
• National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• National Physical Therapy Month
• Mental Illness Awareness Week
• National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
• World Cerebral Palsy Day on Oct. 6th
• World Mental Health Day on Oct. 10th
• National Health Education Week
• Respiratory Care Week
• World Psoriasis Day on Oct. 29th

November 2021

• Diabetes Awareness Month
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• Bladder Health Month
• Lung Cancer Awareness Month
• Epilepsy Awareness Month
• National Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
• Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
• Antibiotic Awareness Week
• International Survivors of Suicide Day on Nov. 20

December 2021

• World AIDS Day (Dec. 1)
• National Handwashing Awareness Week

Did we miss any important causes that have an awareness day, week or month? Please let us know and we will add it to the calendar!