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Teema: WHO: C.L.25.2024 (World Patient Safety Day)
Kuupäev: 2024-06-06 14:45
Dear Member States of the World Health Organization,
Please find attached, in the six official languages, C.L.25.2024 regarding
the World Patient Safety Day (17 September).
Best regards,
Department of Governing Bodies
World Health Organization
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Ref.: C.L.25.2024
World Patient Safety Day, 17 September 2024
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) presents his compliments
to Member States and has the honour to inform them that WHO is working with international
and national stakeholders to plan for World Patient Safety Day 2024, which will be observed and
celebrated across the world on 17 September.
World Patient Safety Day was established in May 2019 by the World Health Assembly
through the adoption of resolution WHA72.6 on “Global action on patient safety”. The day is to
be marked annually on 17 September with the aim of increasing public awareness and
engagement, enhancing global understanding, and working towards global solidarity and action
by Member States to promote patient safety. The resolution urges Member States to mark World
Patient Safety Day annually to promote all aspects of patient safety including progress towards
reaching national milestones.
The theme selected for World Patient Safety Day 2024 is “Improving diagnosis for
patient safety” in recognition of the critical importance of correct and timely diagnoses in
providing safe health care. Resolution WHA72.6 and the Global Patient Safety Action Plan
2021–2030 highlight the need for ensuring the safety of diagnostic processes. The global action
plan encourages countries to adopt strategies that reduce diagnostic errors, which often arise
from a combination of cognitive and system factors that impact the recognition of patients’ key
signs and symptoms, and the interpretation and communication of their test results. A diagnostic
error is the failure to establish a correct and timely explanation of a patient’s health problem,
which can include delayed, incorrect, or missed diagnoses, or a failure to communicate that
explanation to the patient. Through the slogan “Get it right, make it safe!”, WHO calls for
concerted efforts to significantly reduce diagnostic errors through multifaceted interventions
rooted in systems thinking, human factors and active engagement of patients, their families,
health workers and health care leaders.
WHO headquarters, WHO regional offices, and WHO country offices will be pleased to
work with Member States to make this day a great success in 2024 by laying a strong foundation
for action to address diagnostic errors. Further information and the campaign announcement are
available at WHO website: https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2024/09/17/default-
calendar/world-patient-safety-day-17-september-2024-improving-diagnosis-for-patient-safety.
The Director-General of the World Health Organization takes this opportunity to renew to
Member States the assurance of his highest consideration.
GENEVA, 6 June 2024