Eye Health Awareness Calendar: 2024

Eye care experts and vision health advocates schedule national observance months, weeks and days throughout the year to: 

• Bring awareness to specific eye conditions.

• Promote important eye safety habits.

• Encourage people to prioritize their vision care with regular eye exams.

Staying informed about ways to keep your eyes healthy will help keep your vision clear in the coming year. Here are some of the most important dates for vision and eye care awareness in 2024: 

January

• Braille Literacy Month

• Glaucoma Awareness Month

• World Braille Day: January 4, 2024

February

• Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Awareness Month 

• Low Vision Awareness Month

• Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) Awareness Week: February 26 – March 3, 2024

March

• Save Your Vision Month

• Workplace Eye Wellness Month

• World Glaucoma Week: March 10-16, 2024

• World Optometry Week: March 17-23, 2024

• World Optometry Day: March 23, 2024

April

• Sjögren’s Awareness Month

• Sports Eye Safety Month

• Women’s Eye Health And Safety Month

• International Guide Dog Day: April 24, 2024

May

• Healthy Vision Month

• Sun Awareness Week: May 6-12, 2024

• Global Accessibility Awareness Day: May 16, 2024

June

• Cataract Awareness Month

• Fireworks Eye Safety Month

• National Eyewear Day: June 6, 2024

• International Albinism Awareness Day: June 13, 2024

• DeafBlind Awareness Week: June 25 – July 1, 2024

• National Sunglasses Day: June 27, 2024

• Fireworks Safety Week: June 28 – July 4, 2024

July

• Disability Pride Month

• Dry Eye Awareness Month

• UV Eye Safety Month

• World Sjögren's Day: July 23, 2024

August

• Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month

• National Eye Exam Month

• Contact Lens Health Week: August 19-23, 2024

September

• Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) Awareness Month

• Healthy Aging Month

• National Service Dog Month

• Inflammatory Eye Disease Awareness Week: September 16-22, 2024

October

• Blindness Awareness Month

• Blind Equality Achievement Month

• Contact Lens Safety Month

• Eye Injury Prevention Month

• World Sight Day: October 10, 2024

• White Cane Awareness Day: October 15, 2024

November

• Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness Month

• Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) Awareness Week: November 18-24, 2024

December

• Give the Gift of Sight Month

• Safe Toys and Celebrations Month

• Geographic Atrophy Awareness Week: December 2-8, 2024

• International Day of Persons with Disabilities: December 3, 2024

Page published on Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Page updated on Tuesday, March 12, 2024