GSCF World Congress: The Long Road To Self-Care

The opening keynote of the Global Self-Care Federation's World Congress 2022 in Cape Town, South Africa, featured the World Health Organization's Bente Mikkelsen and the association's chair-elect Manoj Raghunandanan.

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• Source: Global Self-Care Federation

“Today is truly the moment for self-care,” began Bente Mikkelsen, director of noncommunicable diseases at the World Health Organization, opening the 2022 Global Self-Care Federation World Congress in Cape Town, South Africa.“There are now more self-care tools and innovation than ever before.”

However, self-care is still having to battle against constraints, particularly in the wake of the pandemic. “The journey to self-care...

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