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The World Sleep Day is an annual event organized by the World Sleep Day Committee of the World Association of Sleep Medicine (WASM) since 2008. It is aimed to celebrate the benefits of good and healthy sleep and to draw society attention to the burden of sleep problems and their medicine, education and social aspects; to promote sleep disorders prevention and management.

Through the World Sleep Day the WASM tries to raise awareness of sleep disorders and their better understanding and preventability, and to reduce the burden of sleep problems on society that constitute a global epidemic and threaten health and quality of life for as much as 45% of the world's population.

The World Sleep Day is held annually on the third Friday of March with the exception of the first World Sleep Day that was held on 14 March 2008. Events involving discussions, presentations of educational materials and exhibitions take place around the world and online.

On Friday, March 14, 2014, World Sleep Day will be celebrated all over the globe.

This year's theme is "Restful Sleep, Easy Breathing, Healthy Body," a three-in-one message highlighting the preventable risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea.