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Patient safety advocate with Mothers Against Medical Error

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Bristol Myers has reported a death in its clinical trials of an experimental cell therapy for autoimmune diseases, potentially adding to safety concerns about a promising new class of treatments. https://t.co/U6L1bkETOX

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Many surgical interventions are little better than placebo https://t.co/GBuNUy6tbs

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Nurse, 33, Diagnosed Her Own Breast Cancer After Doctor Dismissed Symptoms and Inconclusive Scan https://t.co/dLBAZccyfZ via @TODAYshow

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Resident physicians may lose some of their most important work hour protections https://t.co/hMxOt1EeEx via @statnews

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'I was blamed for my baby's death now NHS needs to change' https://t.co/WqNUgTmk9J

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Disgraced plastic surgeon who went to prison for role in patient’s death surrenders Arizona medical license https://t.co/EF5maDF9CI

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"I was warned about this by people opposing the [MAID] law that told me, 'We see your motivation is good, but you will see, once you open the door you will not close it and it will open wider.' And this is what happened," former Que Premier Couillard https://t.co/hoWy1ctfdo

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Opinion | Please ACGME, Leave Our Work Hour Protections Alone https://t.co/VAWs51HmxW

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Inquest told toddler Pippa White's sepsis and pneumonia death preventable - ABC News @DrSimonCraig https://t.co/ZAaKtj5HYc

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Coroner finds death of Pippa White at Orange hospital 'wholly preventable' - ABC News @ptsafetyaction https://t.co/l4QmU02jaw

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𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐫, 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧-𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞.
𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑃𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑆𝑎𝑓𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝐷𝑎𝑦 2026, @whoeurope 𝑖𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐿𝑢𝑐𝑖𝑒 𝐿𝑎𝑠̌𝑡𝑖́𝑘𝑜𝑣𝑎́ 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝐶𝑧𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐾𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑜𝑠 𝐶ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑐𝑒, 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝑷𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝑨𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆.
𝑃𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ 𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑠, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑎𝑝𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒𝑟, 𝑐𝑜𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛-𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑑.
𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝑳𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑲𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒐𝒔’ 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝑾𝑯𝑶/𝑬𝒖𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆: https://t.co/XyYfpv81lc
𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐂𝐃𝐬. 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞!
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𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 | 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫

On 𝟏𝟕 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, the 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 will join the 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔.

Jolanta Bilinska, Founding Director and Treasurer of the World Patients Alliance, will bring the patient perspective to the discussion, speaking on:

“𝐿𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑁𝐶𝐷𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑁𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑎𝑓𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑅𝑖𝑠𝑘𝑠 𝐴𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑢𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑒.”

Her contribution will highlight why patient safety must remain central throughout the NCD care journey, from prevention and early detection to diagnosis, treatment, follow-up and long-term care.

The webinar will bring together experts and patient representatives to explore patient safety risks linked to NCDs and multimorbidity, approaches to safer and higher-quality care, and the importance of patient perspectives in strengthening health systems.

𝟏𝟕 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
11:00–12:30 EEST | 10:00–11:30 CEST | 13:00–14:30 Pakistan Time (UTC+5)

𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞: 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧

𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆: https://t.co/pkAVYCUzU4

Join the conversation and help advance safe care for noncommunicable diseases and safe care for life.

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Ebola outbreak spreads to new province as confirmed cases in Congo rise above 7,000 | LBC https://t.co/MGs3eQeX3s

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Richard Branson's wife Joan died from 'massive' blood clot after doctor 'failed to prescribe her medication' | LBC https://t.co/zmmwNbR5DD

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Nashville Man Sues Vanderbilt After Colonoscopy Left Him Fearing HIV @muskiephd https://t.co/bV4CF66SUj

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The largely hidden force helping drive America’s craze for weight-loss drugs https://t.co/HC31tJ4zKU

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Another Heart Drug Fails, Shocking Cardiologists.
Doctors were hopeful the drug, which was being tested in a large clinical trial by Novartis, was going to be a powerful new tool to fight heart disease. https://t.co/koIEatbLvA

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Nation's largest nurses union to protest Palantir in 8 cities https://t.co/veNugTlLO1

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IDSA-led panel calls for new strategies to improve sepsis outcomes | CIDRAP @ptsafetyaction https://t.co/51vNs4md2T

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Medicare’s Paying Less for Cataract Surgery. Eye Doctors Are Turning to Lucrative Lasers. - KFF Health News @ptsafetyaction https://t.co/nkBWoyQCyv