Delegate: Hungarian Sleep Association
Affiliation: G. Németh György president
Short Bio: Hungarian Sleep Association
It is the leading organization engaged in the dissemination of sleep-related scientific knowledge and education in Hungary. Its founders and members are institutions and experts with outstanding achievements in the fields of health culture, sleep-related healing, the dissemination of scientific knowledge, education and training in Hungary. Initiated and organized by them, a new form of sleep-related health knowledge dissemination was started in Hungary fifteen years ago, and with the help of the international relations system, they are dedicated to extensively raising knowledge about sleep culture. Based on European standards, they have developed new methods for measuring the quality of sleep, they conduct sleep quality surveys in Hungary, and have devised occupational health and occupational fitness screening methods with a new approach, focusing on the prevention of workplace and traffic accidents caused by falling asleep. Doctors and medical professionals of the association work as a team. The association is built on broad social openness and on the joint efforts of those who wish to and are able to contribute to the improvement of sleep culture both in their life and in their work. In the beginning, as partners of the World Association of Sleep Medicine and World Sleep Society, they introduced World Sleep Day in Hungary, organizing high-quality events for this day every year, and have created a broad social basis for this important field related to health care and lifestyle. A broad professional social base has been established by sleep specialists, sleep industry contributors and the general public to help people sleep better.
Activity: About the activities of the Hungarian Sleep Association
They involved the highest-ranking representatives of the government responsible for health, academic centers, universities, hospitals, clinics, the press, and major economic players engaged in sleep-related activities. They have established a rating system and awards for those outstanding in strengthening sleep culture, and as part of their Sleepfriendly Program, they perform the qualification of companies, hotels and sleep industry products every year. The awards “Sleepfriendly Hotel”, “Sleepfriendly Company” and “Sleepfriendly Product” represent prestigious recognition of excellence awarded by the Hungarian Sleep Association. They contribute to the international daylight saving time program of the European Union and the Hungarian government, and help the public with their expertise and providing education.
They have an independent website (www.napialvas.hu), publish an independent newspaper – New Medical (orvosihirek.hu), and have published the Hungarian Sleep Book, the second edition of which will be presented to the members of the profession and the press at the World Sleep Day 2024 (introductory speech written by Mr. Allen O’Bryan). At the request of the World Sleep Society, they carry out the coordination activity for the countries of the region for Central and Eastern Europe. They have started training sleep specialists as part of the education activities, and they control and organize the Hungarian sleep culture movement through numerous lectures and events. Their executive, the President of the Hungarian Sleep Association: György G. Németh is an honorary associate professor who has been involved in this work for 15 years as a founder. He is a university lecturer, health-sleep journalist, editor-in-chief and sleep communication specialist, director of the Budapest Sleep Center.
Location: Budapest
Date of Activity: 2004-2024
Submitted by: G. Németh György president
