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Content ArticleThis report by the World Health Organization (WHO) identifies major global gaps in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services. It outlines that: one third of health care facilities do not have what is needed to clean hands where care is provided one in four facilities have no water services 10% have no sanitation services. This means that 1.8 billion people use facilities that lack basic water services and 800 million use facilities with no toilets. Across the world’s 47 least-developed countries, the problem is even greater, with half of health care facilities lacking basic water services. In addition, the extent of the problem remains hidden because major gaps in data persist, especially on environmental cleaning. The report describes the global and national responses to the 2019 World Health Assembly resolution on WASH in health care facilities. More than 70% of countries have conducted related situation analyses, 86% have updated and are implementing standards and 60% are working to incrementally improve infrastructure and operation and maintenance of WASH services. Case studies from 30 countries demonstrate that progress is being propelled by strong national leadership and coordination, use of data to direct resources and action, and the mutual benefits of empowering health workers and communities to develop solutions together. The report includes four recommendations to all countries and partners to accelerate investments and improvements in WASH services in health care facilities: Implement costed national roadmaps with appropriate financing. Monitor and regularly review progress in improving WASH services, practices and the enabling environment. Develop capacities of the health workforce to sustain WASH services and promote and practice good hygiene. Integrate WASH into regular health sector planning, budgeting and programming to deliver quality services, including Covid-19 response and recovery efforts.
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Content ArticleOn Saturday 17 September 2022, the fourth annual World Patient Safety Day took place, established as a day to call for global solidarity and concerted action to improve patient safety. Medication safety was chosen as the focused for World Patient Safety Day 2022 due to the substantial burden of medication-related harm at all levels of care. In this report, the World Health Organization (WHO) provides an overview of activities in the countries that observed World Patient Safety Day 2022 to make this event.
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Content ArticleMinisters, high-level representatives and distinguished experts from all over the world gathered in Montreux on 23 and 24 February 2023 for the 5th Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety. They discussed achievements, challenges, priorities and necessary points of action. The summit marked another key milestone for global developments in patient safety. The Ministers and other participants reaffirmed that patient harm in health care is an urgent public health issue, pertinent to countries of all income settings and geographies and therefore a shared global challenge. Patient safety is essential for the achievement of universal health coverage and global health security. Read the Montreux Charter on Patient Safety launched at the Summit.
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Content ArticleThe number of patients who die from post-surgical complications in low- and middle-income countries is shockingly high. In Africa alone, more than 600,000 people die each year after surgery, mostly from causes that are relatively easy to treat. This blog by Pierre Barker, Chief Scientific Officer at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) looks at a method for reducing post-surgical death called the '5Rs for rescue': Risk stratification Recognise deterioration Respond Reassess Reflect/Redesign He describes how the IHI will test how to support the reliable implementation of the '5Rs for Rescue', which aims to reduce mortality by 25%.
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Content ArticleA shortage of nurses across the world, including in countries that provide nurses for international recruitment, has created a global health emergency, according to the latest report from the International Council of Nurses. The report, Recover to Rebuild: Investing in the Nursing Workforce for Health System Effectiveness, lays out the devastating impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had on nurses around the world. It urges that investment in a well-supported global nursing workforce is needed if health systems around the world are to recover and be rebuilt effectively. It also warned against reliance on the “quick fix” of international recruitment instead of investing in nursing education, as this was contributing to staff shortages even in countries with a long tradition of educating nurses to work in higher income countries. The report, co-authored by the organisation's chief executive, Howard Catton, and nursing workforce policy expert Professor James Buchan, includes the findings of workforce surveys from more than 25 countries, including the UK, as well as other research.
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Content ArticleIn January 2023, Newmarket Strategy and BD, a global medical technology company, were part of a delegation of UK health leaders travelling to the global healthcare conference Arab Health in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The purpose of the visit was to learn more about Connected Medication Management (CMM) and the role it can play in solving some of the most pressing challenges faced by health systems today. Connected Medication Management is a technology-driven approach to medication management that uses digital and automation technologies. It aims to optimise medication use by reducing medication errors to improve patient safety, whilst delivering productivity gains for the NHS. It also frees up nursing and other clinical staff to provide more patient care.
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Content ArticleThe Beryl Institute is seeking feedback on its proposed new global experience measure. The aim is to create a simple, clear experience measure set that ensures global accessibility and applicability, and supports tangible action. This survey aims to help the steering group assess the value and importance of their proposed set of questions. They would like to hear the perspectives of: patient, family members and care partners healthcare/experience leaders The survey should take less than five minutes to complete.
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Content ArticleMonthly publications from the Joint Commission that outlines an incident, topic or trend in healthcare that could compromise patient safety.
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Content ArticleResearchers writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine say that while UK life expectancy has increased in absolute terms over recent decades, other, similar countries are experiencing larger increases. In 1952, when Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne, the UK had one of the longest life expectancies in the world, ranking seventh globally behind countries such as Norway, Sweden and Denmark. In 2021 the UK was ranked 29th. The researchers show the rankings of the G7 countries at each decade from 1950 to 2020. The G7 is a collection of countries with advanced economies (UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the U.S.) that represent about half of global economic output.
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Patient Safety 5th Global Ministerial Summit 2023
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in WHO
The World Health Organization's 5th Global Ministerial Summit took place on the 23 and 24 February and was an opportunity for experts from across the world to send clear messages to ministers globally, and for ministers to respond with their pledges about what they were going to do to improve patient safety. Watch the opening and read the outcomes and documents from the Summit, -
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OECD work on patient safety
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in International patient safety
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries. While healthcare quality is improving across many OECD members countries, patient safety remains a central policy concern. The OECD has worked for several years with countries to identify and promote strategies to support cross-national sharing and learning of patient safety. The OECD collaborate with the World Health Organization and other key international bodies concerned with improving patient safety globally. This brochure highlights key areas of OECD work on patient safety. -
Content ArticleIn this blog, TranspariMED Founder Till Bruckner reviews The Truth Pill: The Myth of Drug Regulation in India, a new book that looks at problems with the medications regulatory system in India. The book's authors, Dinesh S. Thakur and Prashant Reddy T, draw on in-depth legal and regulatory analyses, numerous case studies and responses to hundreds of Freedom of Information requests to document glaring gaps in India’s legal framework and severe shortcomings in regulatory oversight and enforcement.
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Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in WHO
The Bulletin of the World Health Organization is a fully open-access monthly journal of public health with a special focus on low and middle-income countries. -
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Every day in 2020, approximately 800 women died from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth - meaning that a woman dies around every two minutes. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 3.1 is to reduce maternal mortality to less than 70 maternal deaths per 100 000 live births by 2030. This report presents internationally comparable global, regional and country-level estimates and trends for maternal mortality between 2000 and 2020. -
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WHO: Introducing the Patient Safety Friendly Hospital Initiative
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in WHO
The Patient Safety Friendly Hospital Initiative (PSFHI) aims to address the burden of unsafe care in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. It helps institutions in countries of the Region to launch comprehensive patient safety programmes, with assistance from the World Health Organization (WHO). -
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Racism poses public health threat to millions worldwide, finds report
Patient Safety Learning posted a news article in News
Racism is a “profound” and “insidious” driver of health inequalities worldwide and poses a public health threat to millions of people, according to a global review. Racism, xenophobia and discrimination are “fundamental influences” on health globally but have been overlooked by health researchers, policymakers and practitioners, the series published in the Lancet suggests. Inaccurate and unfounded assumptions about genetic differences between races also continue to shape health outcomes through research, policy and practice, the review of evidence and studies found. “Racism and xenophobia exist in every modern society and have profound effects on the health of disadvantaged people,” said the lead author, Prof Delan Devakumar of University College London. “Until racism and xenophobia are universally recognised as significant drivers of determinants of health, the root causes of discrimination will remain in the shadows and continue to cause and exacerbate health inequities.” Read full story Source: The Guardian, 8 December 2022 -
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Measles now an 'imminent' global threat due to pandemic, say WHO and CDC
Patient Safety Learning posted a news article in News
There is now an "imminent threat" of measles spreading in every region of the world, the World Health Organisation and the US public health agency has said. In a joint report, the health organisations said there had been a fall in vaccines against measles and less surveillance of the disease during the COVID pandemic. Measles is one of the most contagious human viruses but is almost entirely preventable through vaccination, though it requires 95% vaccine coverage to prevent outbreaks. A record high of nearly 40 million children missed a dose last year because of hurdles created by the pandemic, according to the report by the WHO and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This has left millions of children susceptible to the disease. "We are at a crossroads," Patrick O'Connor, the WHO's measles lead, said. "It is going to be a very challenging 12-24 months trying to mitigate this." Read full story Source: Sky News, 24 November 2022 -
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This blog is written in time for the WHO's World Immunisation Week. It explores vaccination programmes, in particular that for COVID-19 – it's uptake, both in the UK and globally, and the negative impact the pandemic has had on vaccination programmes for other diseases. -
Content ArticleThe Ipsos Global Health Service Monitor is an annual study that explores the biggest health challenges facing people today and how well-equipped people think their country’s healthcare services are to tackle them. It ran the survey in 30 countries between 30 August and 3 September 2021. The survey found that public perceptions of healthcare services have not been adversely affected by the pandemic, according to our 30-country survey. Britons are generally happy with the quality of healthcare but are acutely aware of the challenges facing healthcare services.
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Content ArticleThis systematic analysis in The Lancet used data covering 471 million individual records from systematic literature reviews, hospital systems, surveillance systems and other sources. The authors, an international research collective called the Antimicrobial Resistance Collaborators, used this data to estimate deaths and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) that have come about as a result of bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR). They estimated that, in 2019, 1.27 million deaths were directly attributable to AMR, with the three primary infections involved being lower respiratory and thorax infections, bloodstream infections and intra-abdominal infections. Their analysis shows that AMR death rates were highest in some lower- and middle-income countries, making AMR not only a major health problem globally, but a particularly serious problem for some of the poorest countries in the world.
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EventWorld Patient Safety Day 2023 will be observed on 17 September under the theme “Engaging patients for patient safety", in recognition of the crucial role patients, families and caregivers play in the safety of health care. Evidence shows that when patients are treated as partners in their care, significant gains are made in safety, patient satisfaction and health outcomes. By becoming active members of the healthcare team, patients can contribute to the safety of their care and that of the health care system as a whole. World Patient Safety Day serves as a reminder that patient safety is a shared responsibility, highlighting the profound impact of patient engagement in forging a safer and more compassionate healthcare landscape worldwide. WPA is organising a webinar on patient engagement. Join the webinar and learn from patient safety champions and leading patient advocates on "Patient Engagement in Patient Safety Around the World". Register
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EventuntilThe WHO Asia-Pacific Patient Safety (APPS) Network has been established to provide a robust platform for patient safety practitioners and experts from the region to share practices, approaches, resources, ideas, experiences and opportunities in patient safety; to support building high reliability health care in the Asia-Pacific region. APPS Network is aligned to Global Patient Safety Action Plan (GPSAP) 2021 to 2030, with the aim to eliminate avoidable harm in healthcare, in order to scale up its implementation and facilitate real-time discussions on patient safety issues in the Asia-Pacific, to collectively work on possible patient safety solutions. The webinar will feature speakers from the Asia-Pacific region who will share on “Patient Safety Actions in the Asia-Pacific” and strategic approaches on how APPS can support collective efforts towards avoidable harm in healthcare. Register
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Health20 Summit
Patient Safety Learning posted an event in Community Calendar
untilH20 Summit 2023: Geopolitical Order at a Turning Point and Implications on the Future of Health4All – The Power of Cohesiveness in the G20 & G7 G20 and G7 policymakers, government ministers, multilateral organisations, the global health community, the private sector, economists and investors, civil society and academia, will join discussions to build upon the recommendations of the G7 Leaders Declaration and ensure cohesiveness and assess the G20 Presidency priorities ahead of this year’s G20 Health-, Finance Ministerial and Leaders’ meetings. The Summit will be opened by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the WHO and Baroness Patricia Scotland, Secretary General of the Commonwealth with further speakers to be announced shortly. Day 1 Will focus on the role of global health in times of multipolar crises and the need for more proactive cohesiveness between the G20 and G7. The report “The Roadmap to Sustainable Finance in Health,” will be launched during the H20 and participants will highlight the misalignment between the health and finance community. They will discuss the trends in sustainable financing in health and assess the need to redesign the Global Health Architecture, given the multi-faceted challenges that impact Health4All including climate change, geopolitical turmoil, social exclusion and migration. Day 2 Will take stock of current political initiatives within the G20+ and their impact on rising challenges, such as antimicrobial resistance. Further panels will discuss the opportunities to improve Health4All by harnessing AI solutions. Panellists will also evaluate the risks on this path, potentially manifesting or increasing inequitable access to healthcare and innovation, triggered, amongst others, by social exclusion. Finally, participants will discuss the impact of the gender divide on healthcare and external risks such as climate change. Register -
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The Global Patient Experience Event
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untilELEVATE PX is a gathering bringing together the voices of the global community committed to transforming the human experience in healthcare. ELEVATE PX is a dynamic, interactive event connecting the community for learning, support and the sharing of ideas to positively impact the experience in healthcare organisations around the world. Hear inspiring patient, family and leadership perspectives. All keynotes will be live-streamed for virtual participants. Further information and registration -
EventuntilJoin a moderated panel discussion with IQVIA leaders following the release of the IQVIA Institute’s annual global trend report on The Global Use of Medicines 2023. The webinar will look closely at: Global outlook drivers The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on medicine use, market growth, and vaccines and therapeutics. Total global market size and growth in spending and defined daily doses. Innovation from the R&D pipeline, including the number of and type of expected drug launches. Therapy area market size and growth. Highlights from key regions globally Market size and elements of growth 2023-27. Therapy area highlights. Health system drivers of medicine demand and spending. Major uncertainties and the wild cards to watch. Register
