Health Calendar Awareness Days
As a partner and an advocate for health development, PHISA Foundation regards the health promoting projects as the foundation and a potentially effective vehicle for health education and mobilization of communities.
2025 Health Awareness Calendar
SunSmart Skin Cancer Awareness Month
Jan 04
World Braille Day
Jan 28
World Leprosy Day
Healthy Lifestyle Awareness Month
Reproductive Health Month
Feb 03 – Feb 07
Pregnancy Awareness Day
STI/Condom Week
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination 1st round
World Cancer Day
Feb 10
International Epilepsy Day
Feb 10 – Feb 16
National Epilepsy Week
Healthy Lifestyle Awareness Day
TB Awareness Month
Mar 03
World Hearing Day
World Birth Defects Day
World Obesity Day
Mar 08
International Women’s Day
Mar 09 – Mar 15
World Glaucoma Week
Mar 12
World Glaucoma Day
Mar 13
World Kidney Day
Mar 20
World Head Injury Awareness Day
Mar 21
Human Rights Day
World Down Syndrome Day
Mar 24
World TB Day
Health Awareness Month
Apr 02
World Autism Awareness Day
Apr 07
World Health Day
Apr 17
World Haemophilia Day
Apr 24 – Apr 30
African Vaccination Week
Apr 25
World malaria Day
Anti-tobacco Month
Burns Awareness Month
International Multiple Sclerosis Month
May 04 – May 10
Hospice week
May 05
World Hand Hygiene Day
International Midwives Day
May 05 – May 09
May 08
May 10
May 12 – May 18
May 12
International Nurses Day
May 15 – Jun 15
May 17
May 25 – Jun 01
May 28
May 31
Anti-tobacco Month
Burns Awareness Month
International Multiple Sclerosis Month
Jun 01
International Children’s Day
National Cancer Survivors Day
Jun 02 – Jun 08
Jun 05
Jun 07
Jun 14
Jun 15
Jun 16
Youth Day
Jun 22 – Jun 27
Jun 25
Jun 26
International Day against Drug Abuse and illicit Trafficking
Mental Illness Awareness Month
Jul 01 – Jul 05
Jul 11
Jul 18
Jul 28
Bone Marrow Stem Cell Donation and Leukaemia Awareness Month (15 Aug - 15 Oct)
National Women’s Month
Organ & tissue Donor Month
Child Health Month
Aug 01 – Aug 07
World Breastfeeding Week
Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease Awareness Week
Aug 04 – Sep 28
Aug 09
Aug 12
Aug 26 – Aug 31
Aug 31
Albinism Awareness Month
Bone Marrow Stem Cell Donation and Leukaemia Awareness Month (15 Aug - 15 Oct)
Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Eye Care Awareness Month (20 Sep -17 Oct)
Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Month
Heart Awareness Month
National Month of Deaf People
National Oral Health Month
Pharmacy Month
Sep 01 – Sep 05
Sep 10
Sep 14
National Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Day
Sep 17
World Patient Safety Day
Sep 19
World Sunflower Day
Sep 21
World Alzheimer’s Day
Sep 22 – Sep 28
World Retina Week
Sep 25
World Pharmacist Day
Sep 26
World Environmental Health Day
World Contraception Day
Sep 28
World Environmental Health Day
World Contraception Day
Sep 29
World Heart Day
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Month
Bone Marrow Stem Cell
Donation and Leukaemia Awareness Month (15 Aug - 15 Oct)
Eye Care Awareness Month (21 Sep -18 Oct)
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Mental Health Awareness Month
Oct 01
International Day of Older Persons
Oct 09 – Oct 15
National Nutrition Week
Oct 09
World Sight Day
Oct 10
World Mental Health Day
Oct 11
Oct 12
World Arthritis Day
Oct 12 – Oct 18
National Case Management Week
Oct 12 – Oct 20
World Bone and Joint Week
Oct 13
International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
Oct 13 – Oct 19
School Health Week
Oct 15
Global Handwashing Day
Oct 16
World Spine Day World
Restart a Heart Day
Oct 17
Internl Day for the Eradication of Poverty
National Emergency Medical Services Day
Oct 20
Internl Day for the Eradication of Poverty National Emergency Medical Services Day
Oct 21
Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders Prevention Day
Oct 24
World Polio Day
Oct 28 – Nov 03
National Stroke Week
Oct 29
World Stroke Day
Oct 30
Africa Food and Nutrition Security Day
Quality Month
Red Ribbon Month
Disability Rights Awareness Month (3 Nov – 3 Dec)
Nov 01
National Children’s Day
Nov 06
SACD Malaria Day
Nov 08
World Radiography Day
Nov 13 – Nov 15
Rotary Family Health Day Campaign
Nov 13
World Quality Day
Nov 14
World Diabetes Day
Nov 17
World Prematurity Day
Nov 18 – Nov 24
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week
Nov 25
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Nov 25 – Dec 10
16 Days of Activism for no Violence Against Women and Children
Prevention of Injuries Month
SunSmart Skin Cancer Awareness Month
(1 Dec – 31 Jan)
Dec 01
World AIDS Day
Dec 03
International Day of Persons with Disability
Dec 05
International Volunteer Day
Dec 10
International Human Rights Day
Dec 12
Universal Health Coverage Day