Take care of health workers

ALL patients, patient advocates and carers should be committed to prioritising patient safety and make healthcare safer.
This means that all governments should recognise patient safety as a priority in their health programmes, making it a key component for strengthening healthcare systems to achieve Universal Health Coverage.
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted huge challenges health workers are facing globally.
Working in stressful environments exacerbates safety risks for health workers, including being infected and contributing to outbreaks in the health care facility.
Having limited access to personal protective equipment and safe control measures, and inducing errors which can potentially harm patients and health workers.
In many countries, health workers are at high risks of infections, violence, accidents, stigma, illness and death.

Handsen Chikowore
London