"launched during the 6th Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety
<https://psschile.minsal.cl/?lang=en> in Chile on April 18, 2024. Patient
safety rights charter (who.int)
<https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240093249>
"As we celebrate this significant accomplishment, I invite you to promote,
adopt and implement the Charter. Your active engagement in bringing these
principles to life is crucial for our collective success.
This year's World Health Day
<https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-health-day/2024> theme is *'My Health,
My Right*'. The Patient Safety Rights Charter provides a unique opportunity
to champion the rights of every individual to safe health care and the
centrality of patient safety in realizing the right to health as we advance
towards universal health coverage."
"Overview
"The Patient safety rights charter is a key resource intended to support
the implementation of the Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021–2030:
Towards eliminating avoidable harm in health care. The Charter aims to
outline patients’ rights in the context of safety and promotes the
upholding of these rights, as established by international human rights
standards, for everyone, everywhere, at all times."
Right to timely, effective and appropriate care
Right to safe health care processes and practices
Right to qualified and competent health workers
Right to safe medical products and their safe and rational use
Right to safe and secure health care facilities
Right to dignity, respect, non-discrimination, privacy and confidentiality
Right to information, education and supported decision making
Right to access to medical records
Right to be heard and fair resolution
Right to patient and family engagement
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