WPSD 2021
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Message from the WPA Chair
Patient Safety and Quality Committee
The World Patient Alliance established the Patient Safety and Quality Committee to focus on promoting better quality and safer practices in health care around the globe. The members of the committee, below, were selected for their experience and commitment to this goal.
In 2021, WPA conducted the largest WPSD campaign globally with over 800 events organized all over the world. Read more about it below!
World Patient Safety Day Campaign: Safe Maternal and Newborn Care
World Patient Safety Day (WPSD) is observed globally on September 17 every year. The objectives of WPSD are to increase public awareness and engagement, enhance global understanding, and work towards global solidarity and action by all stakeholders to improve patient safety. The theme of WPSD 2021 was “Safe Maternal and Newborn Care” and all stakeholders were urged to “act now for safe and respectful childbirth!”. Maternal and child mortality is one of the major health issues of the current times. Every day we lose 810 women due to pregnancy-related complications, 6,700 newborns lose their lives, and there are 5,400 stillbirths globally. The tragedy is that most of these deaths are avoidable through the provision of safe care.
WPA conducted the largest WPSD campaign globally as over 800 events were organized all over the world. This newsletter presents highlights of these events.
India | Nepal | Lebanon | North Macedonia | Greece | Mali | Uganda | Ghana | Pakistan | Malawai | Cameroon | United States of America
WPSD Regional Webinar Series
WPA organized a regional webinar Series in the month of September 2021, some of which are described here.
Euro Regional Webinar
Euro Regional Webinar
Euro Regional Webinar
Euro Regional Webinar
WPSD Activities & Events
In addition to offering webinars, many WPA organizations held seminars and other events highlighting the impact of unsafe practices, particularly in maternal and child health. An important element of the sessions was to energize participants to take action within their communities to redress safety failures.
Here are some of the activities that took place this year.
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