WHO campaign

 

World Patient Safety Day, 17 September 2025

"Safe care for every newborn and every child"

 

World Patient Safety Day is one of the World Health Organization's (WHO) global health days. It was established for September 17 in 2019 by the 72nd World Health Assembly at the initiative of the German Coalition for Patient Safety(APS) and has been celebrated annually since then.

World Patient Safety Day is a milestone in promoting global health and safety. It is firmly rooted in the philosophy of medicine – "first do no harm." Its goals are to increase public awareness and engagement, improve global understanding, and promote global solidarity and action by WHO Member States to promote patient safety. The WHO is strengthening these efforts through its Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021-2030.

 

The 2025 Focus Theme – Child Health

 

Each year, the WHO selects a new focus theme for World Patient Safety Day to specifically highlight an area of patient safety that requires urgent and focused action.

This year's WHO theme for World Patient Safety Day is "Safe care for every newborn and every child."

Accordingly, the APS is focusing its annual event, which traditionally takes place on September 17, on safe care for children – under the slogan "Patient safety from childhood – an investment for life."

 

 

 

 

Geneva landmark lit up in orange to mark World Patient Safety Day