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Heritage Months and Special Observances
January
Martin Luther King Jr Day
https://www.nationalservice.gov/mlkday
February
https://africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/
National Cancer Prevention Month
March
Women’s History Month
https://womenshistorymonth.gov/
National Development Disabilities Awareness Month
http://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/0,5885,7-339-71550_2941_4868_4897-66588--,00.html
April
Arab American Heritage Month
https://mesa.umich.edu/article/arab-heritage-month
National Minority Health Month
National Minority Health Month article
https://www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/nmhm17/
May
Stroke Awareness Month
https://millionhearts.hhs.gov/news-media/events/stroke-bp-month.html
National High Blood Pressure Month
Asian American/ Pacific Islander Heritage Month
https://asianpacificheritage.gov/
National Women's Health Week
https://www.womenshealth.gov/nwhw
June
https://www.cdc.gov/men/nmhw/index.htm
Caribbean American Heritage Month
July
National Minority Mental Health Month
https://www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/omh/content.aspx?ID=9447
August
National Immunization Awareness Month
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/events/niam.html
September
National Infant Mortality Awareness Month
https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/omh/content.aspx?lvl=2&lvlid=12&ID=8139
National Sickle Cell Month
https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/directorscorner/messages/national-sickle-cell-awareness-month-nhlbi
National Cholesterol Education Month
https://www.cdc.gov/cholesterol/cholesterol_education_month.htm
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/dcpc/resources/features/prostatecancer/index.htm
National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15th - October 15th)
https://www.hispanicheritagemonth.gov/
October
Filipino-American History Month
Health Literacy Month
https://www.healthtradition.com/october-is-health-literacy-month/
November
National Native American & Alaska Native Heritage Month (November)
https://nativeamericanheritagemonth.gov/about/
American Diabetes Month (November)
https://healthfinder.gov/NHO/NovemberToolkit.aspx
December
World AIDS Day