World Patient Safety Day (WPSD) is one of the 11 days that member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) have mandated as official global public health days. WPSD has been observed since 2019, following the adoption by the seventy-second World Health Assembly (WHA) of the resolution on “Global action on patient safety” (WHA72.6). This resolution was a critical milestone that united leaders, health workers, scientists, patients and patient advocates from around the world under the common objective of making patient safety the foundation of health systems.
Improving Diagnosis for Patient Safety: A Global Imperative for Health Systems | United Nations