Health Awareness Days for 2022

Here is a list of health awareness days, weeks, and months for 2022 put together for us by the beautiful blogger Barbara who blogs at Back Pain Blog UK. Barbara is a prolific health blogger who writes an article almost each and every day about a variety of health topics including Fibromyalgia, Alternative Therapies, Chronic Pain, and Back Pain.

So here, all in one place, is everything you need to know about health awareness for each month in 2022.

Please keep in mind that many of the links go to worldwide awareness campaign sites and that others may take you to UK sites as Barbara is based in the UK. Your country may have different sites available for these days and in some cases different dates or even months.

JANUARY…

DRY JANUARY – 1^st - 31^st January 

LOVE YOUR LIVER MONTH – 1^ST – 31^ST January

INTERNATIONAL PAGET’S AWARENESS DAY – 11^th January

CERVICAL CANCER PREVENTION WEEK – 17^TH – 23^TH January

NATIONAL BLOOD DONOR MONTH – 1^ST- 31^st January

GOOD CARE MONTH 1^st - 31^st January

BLUE MONDAY – 17^th January

NATIONAL HUG DAY – 21^st January

FEBRUARY…

CONGENITAL HEART DEFECT AWARENESS DAY –  14^th February

TINNITUS AWARENESS WEEK – 7^th – 13^th February

NATIONAL HEART MONTH 1^st- 28^th February

RARE DISEASE DAY – 28^th February

WORLD CANCER DAY – 4^th February

TIME TO TALK DAY – 3rd February

EATING DISORDERS AWARENESS WEEK - 28^th February – 6^th March

 

MARCH…

PROSTRATE CANCER AWARENESS MONTH – 1^st – 31^st March

OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS MONTH – 1^st – 31^st March

BRAIN AWARENESS WEEK – 14^th – 20^th  March

NO SMOKING DAY – 9^th March

WORLD SLEEP DAY – 19^th March

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF HAPPINESS – 20^th March

WORLD ORAL HEALTH DAY – 20^th March

 

APRIL…

BOWEL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH – 1^st – 30^th April

STRESS AWARENESS MONTH – 1^st – 30^th April

WALK TO WORKDAY – 1st April

EARTH DAY – 22^nd April

WORLD HEALTH DAY – 7^TH April

MS AWARENESS WEEK – 18^TH – 24^TH April

IBS AWARENESS MONTH – 1^ST – 30^TH April

 

MAY…

SPINAL CORD INJURY AWARENESS DAY – 14^th May

WORLD ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS DAY - 7^th May

WORLD RED CROSS DAY - 8^th May

INTERNATIONAL ME AWARENESS DAY – 12^th May

ACTION ON STROKE MONTH – 1^st – 31^st May

WORLD FIBROMYALGIA AWARENESS DAY -  12^th May

WORLD FIBROMYALGIA AWARENESS MONTH – May

SPONDYLOARTHRITIS (SpA) AWARENESS MONTH - May

NATIONAL OSTEOPOROSIS MONTH – 1^ST – 31^st May

DEAF AWARENESS WEEK – 4th – 9^th May

WORLD LUPUS DAY – 10^th May

ARTHRITIS CARE AWARENESS WEEK – 14^th – 21^st May

INTERNATIONAL NURSES DAY – 12^th May

ACTION ON STROKE MONTH – 1^ST – 31^st May

MENTAL HEALTH WEEK – 13^th – 20^th May

WORLD MS AWARENESS DAY – 30^th May

 

JUNE…

MEN'S HEALTH WEEK – 13^th – 19^th June

SCOLIOSIS AWARENESS DAY – 1^st  June

SCOLIOSIS AWARENESS MONTH – 1^st June – 30^th June

NATIONAL CARERS WEEK – 7^th - 13^th June

WORLD BLOOD DONOR DAY – 14^th June

DIABETES AWARENESS WEEK – 10^th - 17^th June

 JULY…

SARCOMA AWARENESS MONTH – 1^st July - 31^st July

SAMARITANS AWARENESS MONTH – 1^st July - 31^st July

GLAD TO CARE WEEK – 5^th July – 11^th July

 

AUGUST…

CYCLE TO WORK DAY – 15^th  August

CBD AWARENESS DAY 8^th August

 

SEPTEMBER…

WORLD SUICIDE PREVENTION DAY – 10^th September

PAIN AWARENESS MONTH – 1^st – 30^th September

MIGRAINE AWARENESS WEEK – 5^th – 11^th September

RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AWARENESS WEEK – 13^th – 19^th September

KNOW YOUR NUMBER AWARENESS WEEK – 6^th  – 12^th  September

WORLD LYMPHOMA DAY – 15^th September

EUROPEAN MOBILITY AWARENESS WEEK – 16^th – 23^rd  September

BALANCE AWARENESS WEEK – 12^th – 18^th  September

ORGAN DONATION AWARENESS WEEK – 20^th – 26^th September

WORLD REFLEXOLOGY WEEK – 20^th – 26^th September

WORLD ALZHEIMERS DAY – 21^st September

WORLD HEART DAY – 29^th September

CLEAN AIR DAY – 7^th September

 

OCTOBER…

BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH – 1^st – 31^st October

NATIONAL CHOLESTEROL MONTH – 1^st – 31^st October

LUPUS AWARENESS MONTH – 1^st – 31^st October

BACKCARE AWARENESS WEEK – 3rd – 7^th  October

NATIONAL BONE AND JOINT WEEK – 12^th – 20^th October

WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY – 10^th October

WORLD SPINE DAY – 16^th October

RESTART & HEART DAY – 16^th  October

WORLD OSTEOPOROSIS DAY – 20^th October

BREAST CANCER NOW WEAR IT PINK DAY – 23^rd October

WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY – 10^th October

 

NOVEMBER…

LUNG CANCER AWARENESS MONTH – 1^st – 31^st November

PANCREATIC CANCER AWARENESS MONTH – 1^st – 31^st November

WHITE RIBBON DAY – 25^th November

WORLD DIABETES DAY – 14^th November

DISABILITY HISTORY MONTH – 18^th November – 18^th December

WORLD COPD DAY - 18^th November

DECEMBER…

WORLD AIDS DAY – 1^st December

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES – 3^rd December

INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEERS DAY – 5^th December

HUMAN RIGHTS DAY – 10^th December

 Many thanks to Barbara at 

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