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• World Patient Safety Day is observed annually on 17 September, established by the World Health Assembly in 2019 to raise global awareness, increase public engagement, and encourage united action to improve patient safety and reduce harm in healthcare.

• The theme for this year is "Safe care for every newborn and every child," with a special focus on children from birth to nine years old.
• The slogan is "Patient safety from the start!" emphasizing the importance of ensuring safe, quality healthcare from early childhood to prevent lifelong harm.
• This day calls for urgent action and global collaboration by parents, caregivers, health practitioners, and communities to prevent avoidable harm in pediatric care, recognizing the specific healthcare needs and vulnerabilities of newborns and young children.
• The goal is to promote safe healthcare systems, better training, family engagement, and research to improve child health outcomes worldwide.

World Patient Safety Day 2025 serves as a global initiative to promote safer healthcare practices, focus on newborn and child safety, advocating action from all healthcare stakeholders to prevent harm and improve outcomes for the most vulnerable patients.

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