African Partnerships for Patient Safety
“Only by working together can we address this public health issue, strengthen health systems and make the delivery of health care safe for every patient in Africa, every time.”
Dr Marie-Paule Kieny, Assistant Director-General – Innovation, Information, Evidence and Research, WHO
Partnerships unite for safer health care
Partnerships bring learning, adaptability, skill sharing and momentum for improvements.
APPS facilitates action for improvement
APPS supports a range of actions to strengthen health systems, assist in building local capacity and reduce medical error and patient harm.
APPS catalyses systems for safer health care
The programme is building momentum for action on patient safety across Africa.
African Partnerships for Patient Safety (APPS) is a WHO Patient Safety Programme building sustainable patient safety partnerships between hospitals in countries of the WHO African Region and hospitals in other regions.
APPS is concerned with advocating for patient safety as a precondition of health care in the African Region and catalyzing a range of actions that will strengthen health systems, assist in building local capacity and help reduce medical error and patient harm. The programme acts as a channel for patient safety improvements that can spread across countries, uniting patient safety efforts.
