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NEW RESEARCH: Governments Can Support Better Access, More Efficient Healthcare Through Promotion of Self-Care

NEW RESEARCH: Governments Can Support Better Access, More Efficient Healthcare Through Promotion of Self-Care

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Global Self-Care Federation (GSCF) has today launched the second edition of the Self-Care Readiness Index, examining how self-care policies are being implemented across the world. The first and second editions of the Index, together covering 20 countries, demonstrate very clearly that there is a widespread [...]

Groundbreaking Global Research Shows the True Value of Self-Care

Groundbreaking Global Research Shows the True Value of Self-Care

GENEVA, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — At the beginning of WHO Self-Care Month, the Global Social and Economic Value of Self-Care study, released today in full by the Global Self-Care Federation, demonstrates that current self-care practices deliver significant economic savings and quality-of-life improvements: savings of nearly $120 billion each year for global healthcare systems and, therefore, national [...]

Consumer Health Sector Commits to Industry-Wide Environmental Charter

Consumer Health Sector Commits to Industry-Wide Environmental Charter

GENEVA, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) —  The Global Self-Care Federation (GSCF) has today announced the launch of the Charter for Environmentally Sustainable Self-Care, the first global commitment from the consumer health industry to drive sustainable self-care. The Charter aims to reduce the impact of self-care products on the environment, while ensuring better health outcomes, product safety and [...]

First-Ever Self-Care Index Assesses Global Readiness to Boost Health System Resilience

First-Ever Self-Care Index Assesses Global Readiness to Boost Health System Resilience

Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The Global Self-Care Federation (GSCF) today announces the launch of a pioneering report for self-care, the Self-Care Readiness Index, developed with the support of the World Health Organization (WHO). The Index identifies four self-care enablers, which offer health systems action-oriented ways to empower individuals, create better health outcomes, and improve health [...]