(Feb. 28, 2025) – Month-Long Observances
- Athletic Training Month (National)
- Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month
- Brain Injury Awareness Month
- Breathe Better, Sleep Better Month
- Child Life Month
- Clap4Health
- Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month (National)
- Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month (National)
- Endometriosis Awareness Month (National)
- Kidney Month (National)
- Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month
- Myleoma Action Month
- Nutrition Month®(National)
- Save Your Vision Month
- Social Work Month
- Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness (National)
- Trisomy Awareness Month
- Workplace Eye Wellness Month
Week-Long Observances
- March 2-8 – Bone Marrow Failure Awareness Week
- March 3-7 – Dental Assistants Recognition Week™
- March 9-15 – Patient Safety Awareness Week, Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week (National), and Sleep Awareness Week (National)
- March 10-16 – Brain Awareness Week
- March 12-15 – Medical Genetics Awareness Week
- March 16-22 – Poison Prevention Week (National)
- March 17-21 – Health Care HR Week and LGBTQ Health Awareness Week (National)
- March 17-23 – Drug and Alcohol Facts Week (National)
Recognition Days | Events
- March 1 – Baby Sleep Day
- March 3 – Birth Defects Day (World)
- March 10 – Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (National)
- March 12 – Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day
- March 13 – Kidney Day (World)
- March 14 – Sleep Day (World)
- March 18 – Health Workforce Well-Being Day
- March 20 – Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (National) and Oral Health Day (World)
- March 21 – Down Syndrome Day (World)
- March 24 – Tuberculosis Day (World)
- March 25 – Diabetes Alert Day (American)
- March 26 – Epilepsy Awareness – Purple Day
- March 30 – Bipolar Day (World) and Doctors' Day (National)
The Kansas Hospital Association and the Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development are pleased to bring you the 2025 Calendar of Health Observances & Recognition Days. Yet another example of our commitment to providing health care strategists with practical, timely resources, this calendar is designed to help you plan your community health events, internal and external communications, social media campaigns and more. The calendar is easy to navigate, interactive and features more than 230 health observances and recognition days. Don't miss out on receiving calendar updates from SHSMD sponsor Baldwin Publishing. Not only do they provide you with a Health Observance Guide with ALL the content you need to post every day for the following month, they also give access to healthy recipes, cooking videos, branded cookbooks, recipe calendars, wellness content and solutions.
--Jan Fenwick