Four African organisations are hosting a duo of webinars for World Patient Safety Week.

 

The first webinar will be held on Tuesday, 14th September from 16:00 - 17:30 GMT on the topic 'What Frontline Workers must know and do?'.

 

Elom Otchi will present on 'Health System Causes of AEs among Obstetric Clients in a Tertiary Facility in Ghana'. This will be followed by a panel discussion on the experiences and insights from patients, with speakers from Ghana, Kenya and South Africa. The session will close with a presentation by Mary Adam on 'Coping withCovid19: Developing a Rapid-cycle Frontline Quality-improvement in Rural Kenya'.

 

The second webinar will be held on Thursday, 16th September from 16:00 - 17:30 GMT on the topic 'What Healthcare Leaders must know and do?'.

 

Lydia Okutoyi will present on 'Improving Medical Error Reporting in Africa: A scoping review'. This will be followed by a panel discussion on the Role of Leadership in Healthcare Institutions to facilitate Quality and Patient Safety, with speakers from Ghana, Kenya, and Sierra Leone.

 

To register for these webinars, please visit: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwud--sqzspHNWPK9AUl0eTwtJGteQMf6-A

 

The sponsoring organisations are COHSASA, AfIHQSA, ACQUIRE, PSA.