In May 2019, the 72nd World Health Assembly endorsed the establishment of World Patient Safety Day to be observed annually on 17 September. The objective of World Patient Safety Day is to raise global awareness about patient safety and encourage global solidarity and action. [...] 

PIPSQC is pleased to share the recent publication by the WHO, entitled "Improving the quality of health services: tools and resources." [...] 

PIPSQC is pleased to share the recent publication in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, entitled "Paediatricians and the Sustainable Development Goals." [...]

PIPSQC is pleased to share the recent publication in JAMA, entitled "Current and Future Challenges for Children Across the World." [...]

PIPSQC is pleased to share the recent publication by The Lancet Global Health Commission on High-Quality Health Systems in the SDG Era (HQSS Commission) entitled "High-quality health systems in the Sustainable Development Goals era: time for a revolution." The article presents the findings of the Commission's analysis on the quality of care available to people in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) across health needs included in the SDGs. [...]

PIPSQC is pleased to share the new report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, "Crossing the Global Quality Chasm: Improving Health Care Worldwide." [...]

PIPSQC is pleased to share that the recent McMaster Children's Hospital Pediatric Grand Rounds Presentation by Hooker Distinguished Visiting Professor, Dr. Peter Lachman (CEO of ISQua and PIPSQC Chair), is now available online:

- 'Developing a safety and quality movement for the future - from theory to action' (June 7, 2018) - Slide Presentation
- 'Developing a safety and quality movement for the future - from theory to action' (June 7, 2018) - Video Recording [...]

PIPSQC is pleased to share that the meeting materials from the Third Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety in Tokyo (April 13-14, 2018) have been published online.

Summit presentations and proceedings are available for download at:
http://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/seisakunitsuite/bunya/0000204000.html [...]

PIPSQC is pleased to share that the WHO has just launched "Standards for improving the quality of care for children and young adolescents in health facilities" at a meeting organized by the Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (Quality of Care Network) and WHO, in partnership with USAID, and hosted by the Uganda Government. [...]

PIPSQC is pleased to share that the World Health Organization (WHO) has recently launched their updated patient safety website, available at the following links:

WHO Programmes - Patient Safety:
http://www.who.int/patientsafety/en/

WHO Health Topics - Patient Safety:
http://www.who.int/topics/patient_safety/en/ [...]