MAY 2023 – National Health Observances

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MAY 2023 OBSERVANCES

  • Arthritis Awareness Month
  • Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
  • Better Sleep Month
  • Better Speech and Hearing Month
  • Celiac Disease Awareness Month
  • Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
  • Global Employee Health and Fitness Month
  • Healthy Vision Month
  • Hepatitis Awareness Month
  • High Blood Pressure Education Month
  • Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month
  • Lupus Awareness Month
  • Lyme Disease Awareness Month
  • Melanoma Skin Cancer Month
  • Mental Health Awareness Month
  • Neurofibromatosis Month
  • National Cancer Research Month
  • National Critical Care Awareness Month
  • National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
  • National Stroke Awareness Month
  • Oncology Nursing Month
  • National Nurses Week – May 6 – 12
  • National Hospital Week – May 7 – 13
  • North American Occupational Safety and Health Week – May 7 – 13
  • Healthcare Technology Management Week   – May 14 – 20
  • Healthcare Documentation Integrity Week – May 14 – 20
  • National Skilled Nursing Care Week – May 14 – 20
  • National Women’s Health Week – May 14 – 20
  • Neuroscience Nurses Week – May 14 – 20
  • National EMS Week – May 21 – 27
  • Melanoma Monday – May 1
  • World Hand Hygiene Day – May 5
  • National Nurses Day – May 6
  • World Lupus Day – May 10
  • National Employee Health and Fitness Day – May 17
  • Neurofibromatosis Day – May 17
  • National Speech Pathologist Day – May 18
  • Critical Care Wear Blue Day – May 19
  • National Accounts Receivable Appreciation Day – May 19
  • International Human Resources Day – May 20
  • Emergency Medical Services Day – May 21
  • National Medical Coders Day – May 23
  • World No Tobacco Day – May 31


compliments of www.health.gov; healthfinder.gov; hrbanana.com and www.cdc.gov
(please check these sites for further information)


“Source: National Health Observances, National Health Information Center, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.”



19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?  20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s. – 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (KJV)


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