17th September 2021 marks the observance of 3rd World Patient Safety Day.
- The theme of World Patient Safety Day 2021 is “Safe maternal and newborn care”.
Background:
i.The 72nd World Health Assembly(WHA) adopted the resolution WHA72.6 – “Global action on patient safety” on 28th May 2019 and proclaimed September 17th of every year as the World Patient Safety Day.
ii.The first-ever World Patient Safety Day was observed on 17th September 2019.
World Patient Safety Day 2021:
The campaign slogan of 2021 is “Act now for safe and respectful childbirth!” which calls the stakeholders to speed up the actions to ensure safe and respectful childbirth.
Objective:
- To create awareness on the issues of maternal and newborn safety, especially during childbirth.
- To engage the stakeholders and adopt effective and innovative strategies to improve maternal and newborn safety.
- To call for sustainable actions by all stakeholders to scale up efforts and ensure safe maternal and newborn care.
- Advocate the adoption of best practices to prevent avoidable risks and harm to all women and newborns during childbirth.
Key points:
Every day more than 810 women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth and more than 6700 newborns die every day which accounts for 47% of all under 5 deaths.
About World Health Organisation(WHO):
Director-General– Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus(Ethiopia)
Headquarters- Geneva, Switzerland
Founded on 7 April 1948