Session Programme

Parallel session
*Hub

Monday, 19 April 2010

Session PS29/room 2

Partnering Globally for Safer Care

Chair: Didier Pittet, Director Infection Control Programme, Geneva University Hospitals and University of Geneva; External Lead, Global Patient Safety Challenge, World Health Organization, Switzerland

Patient safety is critical for effective health systems in both developed and developing countries, as no country has yet solved the entirety of its patient safety issues. Clearly, there is a need to partner globally for safer care. This session offers an in-depth look at patient safety action at the global, regional, and country levels. In particular will be articulated the crucial steps in securing political commitment for patient safety. Use of 12 key patient safety action areas as an entry point to improve systems in the African Region will provide a case study and key WHO programmes on patient safety will be introduced. Finally, experiences from African countries will be given the floor and leadership of the Geneva University Hospitals in patient safety highlighted.

African Partnerships for Patient Safety: Enhancing Patient Safety Across Continents

Shams Syed, Programme Manager, African Partnerships for Patient Safety, World Health Organization, Patient Safety, IER, Switzerland

Reducing Healthcare-Associated Infection Worldwide: Lessons Learned from the WHO First Global Patient Safety Challenge

Benedetta Allegranzi, Deputy Lead, 'Clean Care is Safer Care', World Health Organization, Patient Safety, IER, Switzerland

Injection Safety: A Key Component to Achieving Primary Healthcare

Selma Khemassi, Injection Safety & Related Infection Control, Safe Injection Global Network, (SIGN) Secretariat, HSS/EHT/DIM, World Health Organization, Switzerland

Crisis of Ignorance or Inaction: Lessons Learned from a Study on Healthcare Waste Management Practices Nigeria

Emmanuel Okechukwu, President, Action Family Foundation, Nigeria

APPS-Senegal: The Story So Far

Ndèye Méry Dia Badiane, APPS focal point, Senegal (via videoconference)

APPS-Cameroon: The Story So Far

Vincent Djientcheu, APPS focal point, Cameroon

APPS-Mali: The Story So Far

Loséni Bengaly, APPS focal point, Mali (via videoconference)

Closing Remarks

Bernard Gruson, Chief Executive Officer, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland