International Self-Care Day

International Self-Care Day is an annual awareness campaign held across the world on July 24.

It was created to remind people that self-care is important for improving the quality of life, preventing many health conditions, and managing chronic illnesses.

According to the WHO definition, it encompasses what people do for themselves to establish and maintain health, and to prevent and deal with illnesses, including aspects such as general and personal hygiene, healthy eating, lifestyle (physical activity, leisure), socio-economic factors (cultural beliefs, income level), environmental factors (social habits, living conditions) and self-medication.

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