Patient Safety Week

World Patient Safety Day – established by the World Health Assembly and is observed annually on 17 September. Under the patronage of her Excellency, Dr Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari, Minister of Public Health, the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) is organising the 7th Qatar Patient Safety Week. Objectives of this are to enhance global understanding of patient safety, increase public engagement in health care safety, and promote global action to prevent and reduce avoidable harm in health care. Each year, a new theme is selected “Safe maternal and newborn care”

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