8 September 2025, at 2:00 -4:30 pm CEST

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) are organizing a global webinar marking World Patient Safety Day 2025 under the slogan “Patient safety from the start!”.

The webinar will bring together patient representatives, health leaders, frontline health workers and international partners to shed light on the preventable harm children face in health care, share experiences and innovations from around the world, launch the campaign materials and World Patient Safety Day 2025 Goals, and mobilize collective action to make care safer for every newborn and child.

Programme highlights include:

• Opening addresses from WHO and PMNCH leadership
• Keynote by WHO Envoy for Patient Safety, Sir Liam Donaldson
• Voices of patients and frontline health workers
• Launch of the WPSD 2025 campaign materials and Goals
• Commentaries from experts and partners
• Closing reflections