About World Sleep Day 2009

The World Sleep Day, an annual event started in 2008, is intended to be a celebration of sleep and a call to action on many fronts related to sleep including education, social issues and driving. The World Sleep Day Committee declare that “disorders of sleep are preventable and treatable medical conditions in every country of the world”. The event is sponsored by the World Association of Sleep Medicine (WASM) and many local groups in different countries throughout the world.

World Sleep Day 2009 takes place on Friday, 20 March 2009.

For more information please visit www.worldsleepday.org.