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Advocacy Ahead: the next three months, at a glance.

The monthly edition of the AHIS calendar, published the 1st of every month: the awareness moments, guideline releases and enrollment windows in the next three months.

Current edition

October 2026: October to December.

32 awareness moments across seven focus areas, two guideline releases and two enrollment windows, on one page.

Published October 1, 2026. Updated October 5.

Why it matters

One view of every moment ahead.

Awareness moments are spread across hundreds of organizations. Advocacy Ahead brings them into one view, so advocates, health systems, employers and sponsors can plan together.

What's in it

Every month, the same rhythm.

• 1stmonthly
  The 3-Month Patient Advocacy Calendar

  One page covering the next three months, published the 1st of every month.
• 7focus areas
  Awareness moments

  Month-long observances and awareness days and weeks across autoimmune, bone, cardiometabolic, donation and transplant, oncology, rare disease and respiratory.
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  Guideline releases

  Major clinical guideline updates expected in the window, such as the ADA Standards of Care and the GOLD Report.
• U.S.
  Enrollment windows

  Medicare and ACA open enrollment dates and deadlines.

Resources

• Download the October 2026 edition (PDF)

  The 3-Month Patient Advocacy Calendar, October to December 2026.
• See the calendar

  Every awareness moment and event, updated as they're added.

Independence

Not sponsored, by design.

Advocacy Ahead is not sponsored. AHIS produces it independently and selects everything it includes. Awareness months featured in Advocacy Ahead may have their own sponsors, named on each awareness-month site.

How we stay independent

Never miss an edition.

Get Advocacy Ahead on the 1st of every month, or add your awareness moment to the calendar.