World Patient Safety Day 2025 - goals, calls to action and key messages

Summary

World Patient Safety Day 2025 is dedicated to ensuring safe care for every newborn and child, with a special focus on those from birth to nine years old. This year’s slogan, “Patient safety from the start!”, emphasizes the urgent need to act early and consistently to prevent harm throughout childhood, and yield benefits across the life course. 

They have listed out a set of goals, calls to action and key messages. 

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Goals

• Goal 1 Engage children and families
• Goal 2 Enhance medication safety
• Goal 3 Improve diagnostic safety
• Goal 4 Prevent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs)
• Goal 5 Reduce risks for small and sick newborns

Whether you are a nurse, a doctor, a manager, or a patient safety or quality officer, these Goals are for you.

Read more about each goal and how to sign up and be part of the WHO movement for safer care.

Calls to action

WHO has also shared their calls to action and key messages for the following groups:

• Patients and caregivers - Be your child’s safety champion. Stay informed. Stay involved. Speak up.
• School-aged children (6+ years) - Be a patient safety star, speak up for your safety!
• Health practitioners - Deliver care that’s safe and child-centred.
• Health care facility managers - Make safe care the standard for every child, everywhere.
• Policy-makers and health care leaders - Invest in safe care for children. Save lives and resources.
• Teachers, educators and school health staff - Empower children to participate in their health care.
• Civil society organizations and advocacy groups - Raise awareness. Mobilize communities. Demand safe care for every child.

Read more calls to action for each group on the WHO website.