(March 28, 2025) – Month-Long Observances
- Alcohol Awareness Month
- Autism Awareness Month (National)
- Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Month (National)
- Child Abuse Prevention Month (National)
- Counseling Awareness Month
- Defeat Diabetes Month
- Donate Life Month (National)
- Facial Protection Month (National)
- Foot Health Awareness Month
- Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Month
- Healthcare Thought Leadership and Innovation Month
- Humor Month (National)
- Interprofessional Healthcare Month (National)
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month
- Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month (National)
- March for Babies
- Medicaid Awareness Month
- Minority Health Month (National)
- Occupational Therapy Month
- Oral Cancer Awareness Month
- Parkinson's Awareness Month
- Rosacea Awareness Month
- Sarcoidosis Awareness Month (National)
- Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
- Sexually Transmitted Infections Awareness Month
- Sports Eye Safety Month
- Stress Awareness Month
- Testicular Cancer Awareness Month
- Women's Eye Health and Safety Month
- Workplace Violence Prevention Awareness Month
Week-Long Observances
- April 7-11 – Cancer Registrars Week (National)
- April 7-13 – Public Health Week (National)
- April 11-17 – Black Maternal Health Week
- April 13-19 – Oral, Head, and Neck Cancer Awareness Week
- April 20-26 – Immunization Week (World), Infertility Awareness Week (National), Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, Neurodiagnostic Week, Pediatric Sepsis Week, Pediatric Transplant Week (National)
- April 21-15 – Every Kid Healthy Week
- April 21-25 – Health Information Professionals Week, Medical Laboratory Professionals Week,
- April 21-28 – Infant Immunization Week (National)
- April 28-May 4 – Patient Experience Week
Recognition Days | Events
- April 2 – Autism Awareness Day (World)
- April 3 – Alcohol Screening Day (National)
- April 4 – Infection Preventionist Day (International)
- April 7 – Health Day (World)
- April 10 – Youth HIV and AIDS Awareness Day (National)
- April 16 – Healthcare Decisions Day Annual (National), Transplant Nurses Day
- April 17 – Hemophilia Day (World)
- April 25 – DNA Day, Malaria Day (World)
- April 26 – Prescription Drug Take Back Day (National)
- April 28 – Day for Safety and Health at Work (World)
- April 30 – APOL1-Mediated Kidney Disease (AMKD) Awareness Day
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