WORLD SLEEP DAY 2024

World Sleep Day, March 15, 2024, Sleep Equity for Global Health.

WORLD SLEEP DAY

‘Sleep Equity for Global Health’ is this year’s World Sleep Day theme.

As a World Sleep Day delegate this year, I will be sharing some slides that I have created, using the responses to my questions that I asked members of the Living With Narcolepsy in Australia Facebook Group.

We aim to raise awareness of the importance of sleep for physical and mental health, as well as the challenges faced by people who live with narcolepsy in Australia.

Please help us to raise awareness for World Sleep Day, March 15th, 2024.

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