World Patient Safety Day 2025“Safe care for every newborn and every child”
World Patient Safety Day 2025
“Safe care for every newborn and every child”
This year, the theme is “Safe care for every newborn and every child”, with the slogan “Patient safety from the start!” recognizing the vulnerability of this age group to risks and harm caused by unsafe care.
World Health Organization , World Patients Alliance , SASNET-GHANA and partners call for urgent action to eliminate avoidable harm in paediatric and newborn care, building on the efforts of previous campaigns on ‘safe childbirth’, ‘prioritizing patient safety’, ‘health worker safety’, ‘medication safety’, ‘patient and family engagement’ and ‘diagnostic safety’. World Patient Safety Day 2025 aims to drive meaningful improvements and reaffirm every child’s right to safe and quality care.
Objectives of World Patient Safety Day 2025
- Raise global awareness of safety risks in paediatric and newborn care in all health care settings, emphasizing the specific needs of children, families and caregivers.
- Mobilize governments, health care organizations, professional bodies and civil society to implement sustainable strategies for safer care for newborns and children, as part of broader patient safety and quality initiatives.
- Empower parents, caregivers and children in patient safety by promoting education, awareness and active participation in care.
- Advocate for strengthening research on patient safety in paediatric and newborn care.
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