Rare Dream: One In Ten Thousand (World Sleep Day China 2023)

Also: 蓝鲸罕见病专项基金世界睡眠日 2023

For World Sleep Day 2023 the Blue Whale Rare Disease Special Fund of the Shanghai Charity Foundation ran a year-long campaign in China aimed at narcolepsy, which is often diagnosed late. It staged an art exhibition of narcolepsy patients' dreams, painted by artists and patients, held a day of live-streamed lessons by sleep experts, and launched Kuaishou, Weibo and WeChat accounts that recast sleep terms as everyday topics.

Years: 2023
Country: China
Topic: Sleep
Asks people to: Recognize Reduce stigma Seek help
Strategy: Stigma reduction User generated content
Channel: Events Social (organic)
Audience: General public
Chinese public, patients with rare sleep disorders and their families, school-age children's parents

Evidence

NoneUnknown

Sponsor (who paid)

Blue Whale Rare Disease Special Fund Foundation, creator
Shanghai Charity Foundation Foundation, parent foundation

Credits (who made it)

Not recorded yet.

Related campaigns

World Sleep Day 2008–now

Sources

China 2023: Blue Whale Rare Disease Special Fund | Shanghai Charity Foundation (World Sleep Day) sponsor · 2023

Research notes

Created 2026-10-24 by an AI research pass for #103 (E1); not reviewed by a person. Single source: the fund's World Sleep Day delegate page (English). Supported by Dr Fang Han (World Sleep Society). No reach or outcome data. Chinese name of the exhibition not confirmed. Page says fewer than 6,000 narcolepsy cases are registered in major Chinese sleep centres, two-thirds school-age (not used on the card). To verify: 2023; 18 experts from 15 centres; 16 sleep topics; 3 platforms; fund founded 2021.

Record cases/cn-blue-whale-rare-dream-narcolepsy.json, updated 2026-10-24· Link to this campaign