24 June marks the start of Self-Care Month, which ends with Self-Care Day on 24 July. This symbolic day was chosen because self-care can be practiced “24 hours a day/7 days a week”.
24 June marks the start of Self-Care Month, which ends with Self-Care Day on 24 July. This symbolic day was chosen because self-care can be practiced “24 hours a day/7 days a week”.
It's six years since WHO released the first global Guideline on self-care interventions for health and well-being, , which has paved the way to link communities, primary care and health systems. Since then, WHO has released many other resources to help countries implement self-care interventions and make healthcare more accessible for all.
During Self-Care Month 2025, WHO will be releasing several more resources including: a Digital adaptation kit on self-monitoring of blood pressure during pregnancy; Spanish versions of the Self-Care Competency Framework Volumes 1, 2 and 3 to help health and care workers support people to self-care; and the Implementation of self-care interventions for health and well-being: guidance for health systems in Spanish. It will also be re-promoting key resources like the Guideline and the free Counselling and prescribing of contraception in pharmacies course on the WHO Academy, which is available in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish.
Self-Care Month is an opportunity to:
raise additional awareness about self-care and self-care interventions;
acknowledge the benefits that they bring to people’s lives and what’s been achieved so far; and
call for renewed commitments and action to expand all health systems to include self-care interventions.
During the month, people around the world will be celebrating self-care practices and interventions and the difference they can make to everyone’s lives.
Find out more about Self-care at the following sites: