Angola at fifth global summit on patient safety 2023

 Luanda - Angola participates in the 5th Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety to take place on 23 – 24 February, 2023 in Montreux, Switzerland.

In a press release sent to ANGOP on Monday, the Permanent Mission of Angola to the United Nations, in Geneva, adds that the event will provide an excellent opportunity to revive and reinforce the joint commitment to the global safety of patients.

The Summit 2023 will follow overarching slogan «Less harm better care – from resolution to implementation».

The event, which did not take place in February 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, will also serve to revive the strong momentum created by previous summits, as well as how to bring ministers and experts from around the world together to identify concrete solutions for enhancing patient safety.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), so-called "adverse events" caused by lack of patient safety are among the ten most frequent causes of death and disability worldwide.

The WHO also considers that a significant proportion of adverse events caused by poor patient safety are preventable.

The WHO adds, on the other hand, that considerable progress has been made, worldwide, to promote patient safety, namely with the success of previous ministerial summits or the adoption of the "Global action plan on patient safety, in 2021.

Indeed, despite widespread awareness and widely known measures to enhance patient safety, implementation is often inadequate or even non-existent, so it is recognized that the time has come to start closing this implementation gap.