UPMC supports and provides health care for all conditions, illnesses, and medical needs. All health observances are important. Although we cannot recognize all of them through the UPMC colors, we work to represent as many as possible through the chosen color.
Why Blue and Green in April?
For the month of April, UPMC has turned our sign at U.S. Steel Tower blue and green in honor of National Donate Life Month.
We would also like to recognize:
- Alcohol Awareness Month (Red).
- Autism Awareness Month (Blue).
- Black Maternal Health Week – April 11-17 (Blue).
- Child Abuse Prevention Month (Blue).
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month (Periwinkle).
- National Minority Health Month.
- National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month (Purple).
- Oral Cancer Awareness Month (Red and White).
- Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month (Purple).
- Parkinson’s Awareness Month (Grey).
- Spark the Night – April 11(Blue).
- STI Awareness Month (Green).
- Stress Awareness Month (Green).
- Testicular Cancer Awareness Month.
- World Immunization Week – April 24-30.
- World Health Day – April 7 (White and Blue).
- World Hemophilia Day – April 17 (Red).
