World Patient Safety Day

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World Patient Safety Day
Observed by	All Member States of the World Health Organization
Date	17 September
Next time	17 September 2025 (2025-09-17)
Frequency	annual
Related to	WHO global health campaigns

World Patient Safety Day (WPSD), observed annually on 17 September, aims to raise global awareness about patient safety and call for solidarity and united action by all countries and international partners to reduce patient harm.^[1] Patient safety focuses on preventing and reducing risks, errors and harm that happen to patients during the provision of health care.^[2]

World Patient Safety Day is one of 11 official global public health campaigns marked by the World Health Organization (WHO), along with World Tuberculosis Day, World Health Day, World Chagas Disease Day, World Malaria Day, World Immunization Week, World No Tobacco Day, World Blood Donor Day, World Hepatitis Day, World Antimicrobial Awareness Week or World AMR (Anti-Microbial Resistant) Awareness Week,^[3] and World AIDS Day.^[4]