World Patient Safety Day 2020 Objectives

Health Worker Safety: A Priority for Patient Safety

WHO observed World Patient Safety Day on 17 September 2020 and launched a global campaign to emphasize the importance of health worker safety as a prerequisite for patient safety. WHO urges all partners and countries to develop national and local campaigns to prioritize and address health worker safety and patient safety.

The campaign aims to mobilize patients, health workers, health leaders, policy-makers, academics, researchers, professional networks, the private sector and health care industry to speak up for health worker safety to improve the safety of health care, and reduce the risk of harm, both to health workers and patients.

Objectives of World Patient Safety Day 2020:

• Raise global awareness about the importance of health worker safety and its interlinkages with patient safety
• Engage multiple stakeholders and adopt multimodal strategies to improve the safety of health workers and patients
• Implement urgent and sustainable actions by all stakeholders which recognize and invest in the safety of health workers, as a priority for patient safety
• Recognize health workers’ dedication, particularly amid the current fight against COVID-19