Demanding Safe Care
For every patient, every time, across the world
World Patient Safety Day, observed annually on September 17th, aims to raise global awareness about patient safety and call for solidarity and united action by all countries and international partners to reduce patient harm.
- Annually on September 17th
- Raising awareness about unsafe care, patient safety, and medical error
- Three million global citizens die preventably
Health care today is not safe.
We can and must change this!
Millions of patients are harmed and die due to unsafe care every year. We have a global vision of ZERO preventable harm and death by 2030.
We invite you to “Unite for Safe Care.” Whether you are a patient, advocate, health worker or leader, or just a concerned citizen. Together we are working to ensure patient and health worker safety in every nation on earth.
Every day is World Patient Safety Day. Whether you’re reading this in January, June or November, you can take actions throughout the year to help improve patient safety.