Awareness Days Calendar

Awareness days are dedicated dates throughout the year that shine a light on important issues, communities, and causes. From global observances like World Prematurity Day to national celebrations such as National Volunteer Week, these days provide a meaningful opportunity to educate and create awareness of important days. 

For not-for-profits, awareness days play a vital role in strengthening impact and connection.

Throughout the year, Miracle Babies will shine a light on some important awareness days on our social media but we honour all awareness days.

Below is the calendar of all Awareness Days along with the relevant information we have on our Nurture E Information Hub.

Awareness Days Calendar

January 

National Birth Defects Awareness Month - Congenital Anomalies - Miracle Babies

February 

Heart Kids Awareness Month - Heart Disease - Miracle Babies

Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week (7-14 Feburary) - Heart Disease - Miracle Babies

Feeding tube Awareness week (1-7 Feburary)  - Tube Feeding - Miracle Babies

Rare Disease Day (28 Feburary) 

March

Multiple Birth Awareness Week - Multiple Births - Miracle Babies

World Down Syndrome Day (21 March) - Down syndrome - Miracle Babies

Say Their Name Day (25 March) - Bereavement - Miracle Babies

Autism Awareness and Acceptance Week - Autism - Miracle Babies

April 

World Autism Day - Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) - Miracle Babies

Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Action Day (19 April)

Volunteer Recognition Day (20 April)

National Infertility Awareness Week

May

Lung Health Awareness Month - Chronic Lung Disease - Miracle Babies

Preeclampsia Awareness Month - Pre-Eclampsia - Miracle Babies

Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month - Parent Mental Health - Miracle Babies

Miracle Month of May 

World Asthma Day - Asthma - Miracle Babies

International Bereaved Mother's Day (5 May) - Mothers and Grief - Miracle Babies

Mother's Day (10 May)

Mental Health Awareness Week - Mental Health - Miracle Babies

International Nurses Day (12 May) - Neonatal Care Team - Miracle Babies

International Kangaroo Care Day (15 May) 

NEC Awareness Day (17 May) - Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) - Miracle Babies

National Volunteer Week

World Human Milk Donation Day (19 May) - Donor Milk - Miracle Babies

Food Allergy Week - Allergies - Miracle Babies

World Pre eclampsia Day (22 May) - Pre-Eclampsia - Miracle Babies

June

Hip Dysplasia Awareness Month - Hip Dysplasia - Miracle Babies

World Club foot Day (3 June) - Club Foot - Miracle Babies

RSV Awareness Week - Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)  - Miracle Babies

Men's Health Week - Parent Mental Health - Miracle Babies

CMV Awareness Month - Congenital cytomegalovirus - Miracle Babies

July 

Strep B Awareness Month - Group B Streptococcus - Miracle Babies

NAIDOC Week - Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander families - Miracle Babies

National Diabetes Week - Gestational diabetes - Miracle Babies

Birth Trauma Awareness Week - Birth Trauma - Miracle Babies

Gastroschisis Awareness Day (30 July) - Gastroschisis - Miracle Babies

August 

World Breastfeeding Week - Breastfeeding - Miracle Babies

National Stroke Week - Childhood Stroke - Miracle Babies

Dental Health Week - Dental Problems - Miracle Babies

Speech Pathology Week - Speech - Miracle Babies

International Neonatal Nurses Day (15 August) 

Bereaved Father's Day - Fathers and Grief - Miracle Babies

September 

Asthma Week - Asthma - Miracle Babies

Father's Day

Women's Health Week - Post Pregnancy Care - Miracle Babies

R U OK Day

National Eye Health Week - Eye Health - Miracle Babies

Neonatal Nurses Week

October 

Sensory Processing Awareness Month - Sensory Processing Disorder - Miracle Babies

International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month - Bereavement - Miracle Babies

Placenta Accreta Awareness Month - Placental Accreta Spectrum Disorders (PAS) - Miracle Babies

Dyslexia Awareness Month - Dyslexia - Miracle Babies

ADHD Awareness Month - ADHD - Miracle Babies 

World Meningitis Day (5 October) - Infections - Miracle Babies

World Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day (6 October) - Cerebral Palsy - Miracle Babies

World Mental Health Day (10 October) - Mental Health - Miracle Babies

International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day (15 October) - Bereavement - Miracle Babies

November

Neonatal November

Perinatal Mental Health Week - Perinatal Mental Health - Anxiety/Depression - Miracle Babies

World Prematurity Day 

International Men's Day (19th November) - Just for Dads - Miracle Babies

December 

International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3 December)

International Volunteers Day (5 December)

Christmas (25 December)