JCI Patient Safety Pathways Grand Rounds Webinar - Safe care for non-communicable diseases: safe care for life! (10 September 2026)

Summary

Noncommunicable diseases account for the majority of the global disease burden, and patients often navigate complex care journeys that place them at increased risk of preventable harm. Advancing safer care for these patients is essential to improving outcomes and strengthening health systems worldwide. This Joint Commission International (JCI) Patient Safety Pathways Grand Rounds webinar featured conversation between a panel of global experts on this topic:

• Sir Aziz Sheikh, MBBS, MD - Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Head of Department and Nuffield Professor of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford; Professorial Fellow at Harris Manchester College United Kingdom

• Dr. Alarcos Cieza, MSc, MPH, PhD - Head of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD) Management, Department of NCDs and Mental Health, World Health Organization (WHO) Switzerland

• Dr. Albert W. Wu, MD, MPH - Fred and Juliet Soper Professor of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, United States 

You can access the webinar recording from the link below.

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