A year of reasons to start the conversation.
Awareness days give you a natural moment to raise a health topic with your team without it feeling like a lecture. Here is the 2026 calendar, taken from the National Department of Health, so you can plan your toolbox talks and wellness days around it.
Health awareness
Twelve months, one plan.
Month-long themes sit at the top of each month as tags, with the dated days below. Dates follow the National Department of Health 2026 Health Awareness Calendar. Pick the few that match the risks your people actually face, rather than trying to mark them all.
- 4World Braille Day
- 19 to 25Cervical Cancer Prevention Week
- 25World Leprosy Day
- 30World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day
- 3 to 7Pregnancy Awareness Week
- 3 to 7STIs and Condom Week
- 4World Cancer Day
- 9International Epilepsy Day
- 10 to 16National Epilepsy Week
- 20Healthy Lifestyle Awareness Day
- 3World Hearing Day
- 4World Obesity Day
- 8International Women's Day
- 9 to 15World Glaucoma Week
- 12World Kidney Day
- 20World Head Injury Awareness Day
- 21 to 25World Optometry Week
- 24World TB Day
- 2World Autism Awareness Day
- 7World Health Day
- 17World Haemophilia Day
- 24 to 30African Vaccination Week
- 25World Malaria Day
- 5World Hand Hygiene Day
- 5 to 9National Burns Awareness Week
- 10Global Move for Health Day
- 12International Nurses Day
- 12 to 18World Salt Awareness Week
- 17World Hypertension Day
- 21Global Accessibility Awareness Day
- 31World No Tobacco Day
- 1 to 7World Heart Rhythm Week
- 5World Environment Day
- 7World Food Safety Day
- 14World Blood Donor Day
- 16Youth Day
- 22 to 27SANCA Drug Awareness Week
- 26International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
- 1 to 5Corporate Wellness Week
- 11World Population Day
- 18Nelson Mandela International Day
- 28World Hepatitis Day
- 1 to 7World Breastfeeding Week
- 1 to 7Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease Awareness Week
- 9National Women's Day
- 12International Youth Day
- 20World Mosquito Day
- 31African Traditional Medicine Day
- 1 to 5National Kidney Awareness Week
- 10World Suicide Prevention Day
- 17World Patient Safety Day
- 21World Alzheimer's Day
- 26World Environmental Health Day
- 28World Rabies Day
- 29World Heart Day
- 8World Sight Day
- 9 to 15National Nutrition Week
- 10World Mental Health Day
- 12World Arthritis Day
- 12 to 20World Bone and Joint Week
- 15Global Handwashing Day
- 16World Food Day
- 16World Spine Day
- 16World Restart a Heart Day
- 17World Trauma Day
- 19 to 25Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
- 20World Osteoporosis Day
- 27World Occupational Therapy Day
- 29World Stroke Day
- 8World Radiography Day
- 13World Quality Day
- 14World Diabetes Day
- 18 to 24World Antimicrobial Awareness Week
- 19World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day
- 25 Nov to 10 Dec16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children
- 1World AIDS Day
- 3International Day of Persons with Disabilities
- 10International Human Rights Day
- 12Universal Health Coverage Day
Pick a few, and do them properly.
An awareness day works when it connects to the work. A hearing day means more on a noisy plant floor, a heart day lands harder with a team that sits behind the wheel all day. Choose three or four that match your risk profile and build them into the year.
Browse the awareness packs.
Ready-to-use packs for the health days that matter most. Open one for the overview, symptoms to watch for, screening guidance and how to support your workforce.
Talk to us about running screening on site alongside your awareness day, so the conversation leads somewhere.
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