2022 DOH PROGRAMS

▪ National Deworming Month

▪ Schistosomiasis Awareness & Mass Drug Administration Month
▪ Liver Cancer and Viral Hepatitis and Prevention Month
JANUARY ▪ ZERO Waste Month
▪ Autism Consciousness Week (3rd Week)
▪ Goiter Awareness Week (4th Week)
▪ World Leprosy Day (Last Sunday)
▪ National Cancer Awareness Month
▪ Philippine Heart Month
▪ Oral Health Month
▪ National Health Insurance Month
▪ National Down Syndrome Consciousness Month
▪ World Cancer Day (Feb 4)
FEBRUARY
▪ Mental Retardation Week (Feb 14-20)
▪ International Childhood Cancer Day (Feb 15)
▪ Awareness Week for the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation (2nd
Week)
▪ Leprosy Control Week (Last Week)
▪ National Rare Disease Week (Last Week)
▪ Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
▪ Rabies Awareness Month
▪ Women's Week (1st Week)
MARCH ▪ Philippines Digestive Health Week (2nd Week)
▪ International Ear Care (Mar 3)
▪ National Women's Day (Mar 8)
▪ World TB Day (Mar 24)
▪ National Hemophilia Awareness Month
▪ World Health Worker Week (1st Week)
▪ World Immunization Week (Last Week)
APRIL
▪ Head and Neck Consciousness Week (Last Week)
▪ World Health Day (Apr 7)
▪ World Malaria Day (Apr 25)
▪ Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
▪ Hypertension Awareness Month
▪ Road Safety Month
▪ Health Worker's Day (May 7)
MAY ▪ Safe Motherhood Week (2nd Week)
▪ International Thyroid Awareness Week (Last Week)
▪ AIDS Candlelight Memorial Day (3rd Sunday)
▪ World Thyroid Day (May 25)
▪ World No Tobacco Day (May 31)
▪ Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
JUNE ▪ National Cancer Survivor Day
▪ Scoliosis Awareness Month
 ▪ Dengue Awareness Month
▪ National Kidney Month
▪ National No Smoking Month
▪ National Safe Kids Week (3rd Week)
▪ National Poison Prevention Week (4th Week)
▪ National Organ and Blood Donation Awareness Week (Last Week)
▪ World Blood Donor Day (Jun 14)
▪ ASEAN Dengue Day (Jun 15)
▪ DOH Anniversary (Jun 23)
▪ International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (Jun
26)
▪ National Deworming Month
▪ National Blood Donors Month
▪ Nutrition Month
▪ National Disaster Resilience Month
▪ Filariasis Mass Drug Administration Month
▪ National Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
JULY ▪ (CPR) Day (Jul 17)
▪ World Day Against Trafficking in Persons (Jul 30)
▪ National Disability Prevention and
▪ Rehabilitation Week (3rd Week)
▪ National Allergy Day (Jul 8)
▪ World Population Day (Jul 11)
▪ Diabetes Awareness Week (4th Week)
▪ Family Planning Month
▪ ASEAN Month
▪ Sight Saving Month
▪ National Lung Month
▪ National Adolescent Immunization Month
▪ National Breastfeeding Awareness Month
▪ Mother-Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative Week (1st Week)
▪ Family Planning Day (Aug 1)
AUGUST
▪ White Cane Day (Aug 1)
▪ World Breastfeeding Week (Aug 1-7)
▪ National Hospital Week (Aug 6-12)
▪ Philippine National Research System Week (2nd Week)
▪ Asthma Week (2nd Week)
▪ Linggong Kabataan (Aug 12)
▪ International Youth Day (Aug 12)
▪ National TB Day (Aug 19)
▪ Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
▪ World Leukemia Awareness Month
▪ Generics Awareness Month
SEPTEMBER
▪ Blood Diseases Month
▪ National Epilepsy Awareness Week (1st Week)
▪ Obesity Prevention Awareness Week (1st Week)
 ▪ Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Week (3rd Week)
▪ National Thyroid Cancer Awareness Week (4th Week)
▪ World Suicide Prevention Day (Sep 10)
▪ World Patient Safety Day (Sep 17)
▪ Cerebral Palsy Awareness Week (Sep 16-22)
▪ World Environmental Health Day (Sep 26)
▪ World Rabies Day (Sep 28)
▪ Breast Cancer Awareness Month 1-D
▪ National Newborn Screening Week (1st Week)
▪ Filipino Elderly Week (1st Week)
▪ National Mental Health Week (2nd Week)
▪ Bone and Joint Awareness Week (3rd Week)
▪ National Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Awareness Week
OCTOBER (3rd Week)
▪ Health Education Week (3rd Week)
▪ Food Safety Awareness Week (Last Week)
▪ World Sight Day (2nd Thursday)
▪ World Mental Health Day (Oct 10)
▪ Global Handwashing Day (Oct 15)
▪ World Psoriasis Day (0ct 29)
▪ Lung Cancer Awareness Month
▪ National Children's Month
▪ Filariasis Awareness Month
▪ Traditional and Alternative Health Care Month
▪ Malaria Awareness Month
▪ National Skin Disease Detection and Prevention Week (2nd Week)
▪ Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Week (3rd Week)
▪ National Consciousness Week Against Counterfeit Medicine (3rd
Week)
▪ National Biotechnology Week (3rd Week)
NOVEMBER
▪ National Food Fortification Day (Nov 7)
▪ World Diabetes Day (Nov 14)
▪ World Prematurity Day (Nov 17)
▪ World Toilet Day (Nov 19)
▪ Population and Development Week (Nov 23-29)
▪ Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Day (3rd
Wednesday)
▪ World Day of Remembrance of Road Traffic Victims (3rd Sunday)
▪ National Consciousness Day for the Elimination of VAWC (Nov 25)
▪ 18 Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women (Nov 25-Dec 12)
▪ Firecrackers Injury Prevention Month
▪ World AIDS Day (Dec 1)
DECEMBER ▪ International Day of Persons with Disabilities (Dec 3)
▪ Ear, Nose, and Throat Consciousness Week (Dec 3-9)
▪ National Health Emergency Preparedness Day (Dec 6)