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Countries and territories committed to address health care-associated infection

African Region
Over 30 countries in the region committed to addressing health care-associated infection during a ministerial signing event
3 September 2008 - Yaoundé, Cameroon

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Australia
Committed to address health care-associated infection at the event "A Year of Cleaner and Safer Care"
10 November 2006 - Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

More information | Statement [pdf 264kb]

Bahrain
Committed to address health care-associated infection at the launch of the Global Patient Safety Challenge
13 October 2005 - WHO HQ, Geneva, Switzerland

Statement [pdf 244kb]

Bangladesh
Inauguration of the Global Patient Safety Challenge 2005-2006 "Clean Care is Safer Care"
17 September 2006 - Dhaka, Bangladesh

More information | Statement [pdf 293kb]

Belgium
Committed to address health care-associated infection at the event "A Year of Cleaner and Safer Care"
10 November 2006 - Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

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Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation and Tajikistan
Country group inauguration of the Global Patient Safety Challenge 2005-2006: Clean Care is Safer Care
3 July 2006 - Moscow, Russia

More information | Belarus [pdf 559kb] | Georgia [pdf 323kb] | Kazakhstan [pdf 322kb] | Kyrgyzstan [pdf 380kb] | Moldova [pdf 488kb] | Russia [pdf 513kb] | Tajikistan [pdf 683kb]

Bhutan
Committed to address health care-associated infection at the event "A Year of Cleaner and Safer Care"
10 November 2006 - Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

More information | Statement [pdf 441kb]

Bulgaria
Committed to address health care-associated infection at the event "A Year of Cleaner and Safer Care"
10 November 2006 - Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

More information | Statement - English [pdf 264kb] | Bulgarian [pdf 451kb]

Canada
Committed to addressing health care-associated infection 20 October 2006 - Vancouver, Canada
More information | Statement - English [pdf 158kb] | Statement - French [pdf 227kb]

Caribbean States
Country group launch event: of "Clean Care is Safer Care"
29 September 2007 - Washington D.C. , USA

More information | Anguilla (British territory) [pdf 101kb] | Antigua and Barbuda [pdf 119kb] | Barbados [pdf 131kb] | Belize [pdf 135kb] | British Virgin Islands [pdf 102kb] | Cayman Islands [pdf 71kb] | Dominica [pdf 98kb] | Guyana [pdf 120kb] | Jamaica [pdf 98kb] | St. Kitts and Nevis [pdf 87kb] | St. Lucia [pdf 104kb] | St. Vincent and the Grenadines [pdf 100kb] | Suriname [pdf 122kb] | Trinidad and Tobago [pdf 437kb]

China launches the First Global Patient Safety Challenge "Clean Care is Safer Care"
27 November 2007 - Beijing, China
More information | Statement (CN) [pdf 261kb] | Statement (EN) [pdf 339kb]

Colombia
Committed to address health care-associated infection
4 December 2007 - Bogota, Colombia

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Costa Rica
Committed to address health care-associated infection at the event "A Year of Cleaner and Safer Care"
10 November 2006 - Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

More information | Statement [pdf 379kb]

Republic of Croatia
Minister of Health and Social Welfare signs statement pledging to support health care-associated infection
5 February 2009 - Zagreb, Croatia

Statement [pdf 495kb]

Denmark
Inauguration of the Global Patient Safety Challenge "Clean Care is Safer Care"
16 April 2007 - Copenhagen, Denmark

More information | Statement [pdf 595kb]

Egypt
Regional workshop on patient safety and infection control and national inauguration of "Clean Care is Safer Care"
6-8 May 2008 - Cairo, Egypt

More information | Statement [pdf 79kb]

England
Committed to address health care-associated infection at the launch of the Global Patient Safety Challenge
13 October 2005 - WHO HQ, Geneva, Switzerland


Finland
Committed to address health care-associated infection at the event "A Year of Cleaner and Safer Care"
10 November 2006 - Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

More information | Statement [pdf 363kb]

France
Committed to address health care-associated infection at a signing ceremony for Clean Care is Safer Care
5 May 2009 - Paris, France

More information | Statement [pdf 63kb]

Germany
Committed to address health care-associated infection at the event "A Year of Cleaner and Safer Care"
10 November 2006 - Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

More information | Statement [pdf 349kb]

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Committed to address health care-associated infection at the launch of the Global Patient Safety Challenge
13 October 2005 - WHO HQ, Geneva, Switzerland

Statement [pdf 432kb]

Iceland
Inauguration of the Global Patient Safety Challenge "Clean Care is Safer Care"
8 February 2007 - Reykjavik, Iceland

More information | Statement [pdf 161kb]

India
Meeting on the affirmation of India's commitment to "Clean Care is Safer Care"
14 July 2006 - New Delhi, India

More information
Statement [pdf 277kb]

Indonesia
Affirmation of Indonesia's commitment to address health care-associated infection
17 July 2007 - Jakarta, Indonesia

More information | Statement [pdf 303kb]

Ireland
Global Patient Safety Challenge programme of the World Alliance for Patient Safety
2 December 2005 - Dublin, Ireland

More information | Statement [pdf 359kb]

Islamic Republic of Iran
Launch of the First Global Patient Safety Challenge "Clean Care is Safer Care"
7 May 2007 - Tehran, Iran

More information | Statement [pdf 67kb]

Italy
Committed to address health care-associated infection at the launch of the Global Patient Safety Challenge
13 October 2005 - WHO HQ, Geneva, Switzerland

Statement [pdf 294kb]

Jordan
Inauguration of the Global Patient Safety Challenge "Clean Care is Safer Care"
16 August 2007 - Amman, Jordan

More information | Statement - English [pdf 109kb] | Statement - Arabic [pdf 74kb]

Kenya
Committed to address health care-associated infection at the event "A Year of Cleaner and Safer Care"
10 November 2006 - Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

More information | Statement [pdf 296kb]

Kuwait
Committed to address health care-associated infection
22 October2007- Kuwait

More information | Statement [pdf 1.11Mb]

Luxembourg
Committed to address health care-associated infection at the event "A Year of Cleaner and Safer Care"
10 November 2006 - Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

More information | Statement [pdf 374kb]

Malaysia
Meeting on the affirmation of Malaysia's Commitment to the WHO Global Patient Safety Challenge 2006
15 May 2006 - Putrajaya, Malaysia

More information | Statement [pdf 576kb]

Mali
Inauguration of the Global Patient Safety Challenge "Clean Care is Safer Care"
18 January 2007 - Bamako, Mali

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Malta
Launch of the Global Patient Safety Challenge
30 November 2006, Valletta, Malta

More information | Statement [pdf 3.15Mb]

MERCOSUR countries
Group launch for Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay and Uruguay
30 November 2007 - Montevideo, Uruguay

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Mexico
Mexico hosts country group launch event: of "Clean Care is Safer Care": Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama
21 September 2007 - Mexico City , Mexico

More information | Country Group Statement [pdf 166kb]

Mongolia
National workshop on patient safety and infection control and inauguration of "Clean Care is Safer Care"
10 May 2007 - Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

More information | Statement [pdf 145kb]

Mozambique
Committed to address health care-associated infection on 28 March 2008
Statement [pdf 176kb]

The Netherlands
Committed to address health care-associated infection at the launch of the Global Patient Safety Challenge
13 October 2005 - WHO HQ, Geneva, Switzerland

Statement [pdf 332kb]

Northern Ireland
Global Patient Safety Challenge special event at the "Changing the culture" conference
13 March 2006 - Belfast, Ireland

More information | Statement [pdf 124kb]

Norway
Committed to address health care-associated infection
31 October 2007 - Oslo, Norway

More information | Statement [pdf 234kb]

Oman
Launch of the Global Patient Safety Challenge 2005-2006
4 December2006 - Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

More information | Statement [pdf 272kb]

Pakistan
Launch of the First Global Patient Safety Challenge "Clean Care is Safer Care" 29 October 2007 - Islamabad, Pakistan
More information | Statement [pdf 103kb]

Peru
Committed to address health care-associated infection
21 May 2008 - Lima, Peru

Statement [pdf 30kb]

The Philippines
Committed to address health care-associated infection at the launch of the Global Patient Safety Challenge
Statement [pdf 345kb]

Portugal
Committed to address health care-associated infection on 8 October 2008.
Statement [pdf 428kb]
Event programme [pdf 133kb]

Qatar
Committed to address health care-associated infection at the event "Conference on Patient Safety: Infection Control"
2 September 2007 - Abu Dhabi, UAE

More information | Statement [pdf 323kb]

Rwanda
Launch of the First Global Patient Safety Challenge "Clean Care is Safer Care"
10 December 2007 - Kigali, Rwanda

More information

Saudi Arabia
Committed to address health care-associated infection at the launch of the Global Patient Safety Challenge
13 October 2005 - WHO HQ, Geneva, Switzerland

Statement [pdf 269kb]

Scotland
Committed to address health care-associated infection at the launch of the Global Patient Safety Challenge
13 October 2005 - WHO HQ, Geneva, Switzerland

Statement [pdf 230kb]

Senegal
Launch of the First Global Patient Safety Challenge "Clean Care is Safer Care"
29 May 2008 - Dakar, Senegal

Statement [pdf 590kb]

Serbia
Launch of the First Global Patient Safety Challenge "Clean Care is Safer Care"
3 April 2008 - Belgrade, Serbia

More information | Statement (page 1) [jpg 815kb] | Statement (page 2) [jpg 582kb]

Singapore
Committed to address health care-associated infection at the event "A Year of Cleaner and Safer Care"
10 November 2006 - Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

More information | Statement [pdf 397kb]

Slovenia
Commited to address health care-associated infections
6 June 2006 - Ljubljana, Slovenia

More information | Statement [pdf 272kb]

Spain
Launch of the Global Patient Safety Challenge
15 November 2006 - Madrid, Spain

More information | Statement [pdf 247kb]

Sudan
Committed to address health care-associated infection at the event "A Year of Cleaner and Safer Care"
10 November 2006 - Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

More information

Sweden
The Minister for Health & Social Affairs committed to address health care-associated infection on 21 April 2009.

Statement [pdf 62kb]

Switzerland
Committed to address health care-associated infection at the launch of the Global Patient Safety Challenge
13 October 2005 - WHO HQ, Geneva, Switzerland

Statement [pdf 65kb]

Uganda
Committed to address health care-associated infection at the event "A Year of Cleaner and Safer Care"
10 November 2006 - Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

More information | Statement [pdf 262kb]

Thailand
Inauguration of the Global Patient Safety Challenge "Clean Care is Safer Care"
20 June 2007 - Bangkok, Thailand

More information | Statement (English) [pdf 1.04Mb] | Statement (Thai) [pdf 1.13Mb]

UAE signing their Clean Care statement
The United Arab Emirates
Launch of the Global Patient Safety Challenge 2005-2006
17 September 2006 - Dubai, UAE

More information | Statement [pdf 289kb]

United States of America
Committed to address health care-associated infection at the event "A Year of Cleaner and Safer Care"
10 November 2006 - Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

More information | Statement [pdf 255kb]

Viet Nam
Committed to address health care-associated infection on 20 April 2009 at a ceremony at the Ministry of Health.

Yemen
Committed to address health care-associated infection on 25 May 2008.
Statement [pdf 653kb]


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