Objectives:

•Raise global awareness of safety risks in paediatric and newborn care in all health care settings, emphasizing the specific needs of children, families and caregivers.
•Mobilize governments, health care organizations, professional bodies and civil society to implement sustainable strategies for safer care for newborns and children, as part of broader patient safety and quality initiatives.
•Empower parents, caregivers and children in patient safety by promoting education, awareness and active participation in care.
•Advocate for strengthening research on patient safety in paediatric and newborn care.

Speakers:

Ms Sebotse Salvaciah Ngake
Director: Child, Youth & School Health

Dr Sithembile Nqeketo
Reproductive maternal neonatal child and adolescent health National professional officer

Dr Nomlindo Makubalo
EC provincial DCST paediatrician based in Nelson Mandela Bay Health District

Dr Sylvia Cebekhulu
Specialist Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, currently Head of Clinical Unit and Senior Lecturer: Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Prof Angela Dramowski
Professor, Head of Clinical Unit: General Paediatrics, Tygerberg Hospital and Stellenbosch University

Mr Benjamin Khoza
Assistant director -IPC

Dr Sandi Holgate
Senior Specialist Neonatology, Dept of Paediatrics, Tygerberg Hospital and Stellenbosch University

Dr Nirav Patel
Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital and a lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Dr Siobhan Johnstone
Program Manager, Epidemiologist

Dr Mokgadi Mbuyane
Director Quality Assurance and Improvement