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Primary health care Primary health care (PHC) addresses the majority of a person’s health needs throughout their lifetime This includes physical, mental and social well-being and it is people-centred rather than disease-centred PHC is a whole-of-society approach that includes health promotion, disease prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care
Medication Without Harm - World Health Organization (WHO) The 5 Moments for Medication Safety is a patient engagement tool developed to support the implementation of the third WHO Global Patient Safety Challenge: Medication Without Harm The tool focuses on 5 key moments where action by the patient or caregiver can reduce the risk of harm associated with the use of medication s This tool aims to engage and empower patients to be involved in their
World Patient Safety Day 2025 This year, the theme is “Safe care for every newborn and every child”, with the slogan “Patient safety from the start!”, recognizing the vulnerability of this age group to risks and harm caused by unsafe care
Infection prevention and control GLOBAL Infection prevention and control effects all aspects of health care, including hand hygiene, surgical site infections, injection safety, antimicrobial resistance and how hospitals operate during and outside of emergencies
Safe management of wastes from health-care activities, 2nd ed. This handbook – the result of extensive international consultation and collaboration – provides comprehensive guidance on safe, efficient, and environmentally sound methods for the handling and disposal of health-care wastes in normal situations and emergencies Future issues such as climate change and the changing patterns of diseases and their impacts on health-care waste management are
Patient safety - World Health Organization (WHO) WHO fact sheet on patient safety, including key facts, common sources of patient harm, factors leading to patient harm, system approach to patient safety, and WHO response
Health-care waste - World Health Organization (WHO) The major sources of health-care waste are: hospitals and other health facilities laboratories and research centres mortuary and autopsy centres animal research and testing laboratories blood banks and collection services nursing homes for the elderly
Quality of care - World Health Organization (WHO) Quality of care is the degree to which health services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes It is based on evidence-based professional knowledge and is critical for achieving universal health coverage
Principles and steps of an outbreak investigation •Active case finding •Additional laboratories not part of national surveillance systems •Public and private hospitals or primary healthcare centers •People at risk: school children, nursing homes, mass gatherings •Invitation lists, reservation lists, guest lists Step 4: Identify cases and obtain information