{"id":234608,"date":"2026-01-01T11:44:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T11:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldpatientsalliance.org\/staging\/events\/latin-america-regional-webinar\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T11:44:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T11:44:39","slug":"latin-america-regional-webinar","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/worldpatientsalliance.org\/staging\/allevents\/latin-america-regional-webinar\/","title":{"rendered":"Latin America Regional Webinar"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style>\n<section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-3742113 kc_row\">\n<div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\">\n<div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\">\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-882504 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"kc-col-container\">\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-483299 kc_shortcode kc_single_image\">\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldpatientsalliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WPSD-2021-LatAm.png\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>    <\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-1122426 kc_text_block\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-221318 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldpatientsalliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WPSD-Latin-America-Webinar.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"569\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldpatientsalliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WPSD-Latin-America-Webinar.png 895w, https:\/\/www.worldpatientsalliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WPSD-Latin-America-Webinar-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.worldpatientsalliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WPSD-Latin-America-Webinar-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/www.worldpatientsalliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WPSD-Latin-America-Webinar-500x263.png 500w, https:\/\/www.worldpatientsalliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WPSD-Latin-America-Webinar-800x420.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Spanish-language WPSD webinar for Latin America was held on September 9 at 12:00 CDMX time, Mexico. The webinar was<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-221317\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldpatientsalliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WPSA-LatAm-webinar.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldpatientsalliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WPSA-LatAm-webinar.png 662w, https:\/\/www.worldpatientsalliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WPSA-LatAm-webinar-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.worldpatientsalliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WPSA-LatAm-webinar-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.worldpatientsalliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WPSA-LatAm-webinar-500x500.png 500w, https:\/\/www.worldpatientsalliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WPSA-LatAm-webinar-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/www.worldpatientsalliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WPSA-LatAm-webinar-60x60.png 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>organized by Helen Haskell and hosted and moderated by WPA board member Karla Ruiz de Castilla and the Peruvian NGO Esperantra. Technical support was ably provided by Haris Khalid of WPA and Alessandra Tarrillo of Esperantra.\u00a0 More than 100 patient advocates and organizations from throughout Latin America registered for the webinar.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers covered a wide range of topics in patient safety. Patient advocate Evangelina Vazquez Curiel of Mexico spoke movingly about the 2021 theme of World Patient Safety Day, Maternal and Child Safety. Attorney Randall Madrigal Madrigal of Costa Rica provided much important information on patient safety as a human right. Dr. Edita Falco de Torres of Uruguay, a surgeon and improvement expert, addressed human factors and quality improvement in medicine. Professor of Pharmacy Angela Caro Rojas from Colombia, a noted leader in pharmacovigilance, spoke about medication safety and leadership in patient advocacy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The 2021 Latin American WPSD webinar is available for viewing on the WPA YouTube channel:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ESPERANTRA-WPA: Conferencia completa por el D\u00eda Mundial de la Seguridad del paciente\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DxwR5uxynFg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldpatientsalliance.org\/wpsd-2021-newsletter\/\">Back to WPSD Special Edition Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Spanish-language WPSD webinar for Latin America was held on September 9 at 12:00 CDMX time, Mexico. 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