On April 23, 2024, the GSA and the PPAHS will host the next WSC Spotlight – and you are invited to join online for free…
The event has concluded – thank you so much for joining. All sessions are now available to rewatch.
All sessions have been recorded and were released as follows:
S1: Opening Session – September 28, 2022
S2: The Burden of Sepsis, COVID-19, and AMR – October 5, 2022
S3: How to Boost the Implementation of the WHA Sepsis Resolution – October 12, 2022
S4: Learning by Exchange on the Global, National, and Facility Level – October 19, 2022
S5: The Challenges of, and Lessons Learned from the Pandemic – October 26, 2022
S6: Panel – Learning from Successful National Sepsis Initiatives – November 2, 2022
On September 16, 2022, the Global Sepsis Alliance and the Sepsis Stiftung will join forces to host a unique event celebrating a decade of World Sepsis Day – both in person in Berlin, as well as live streamed on this website.
The event is split up into 3 parts – a scientific symposium with renowned speakers from all over the world, an international best-practices panel, and a celebration and fundraising event in the evening.
Welcome Remarks from Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, Patron of the Event
Sepsis kills 11 million people every year, disproportionately affecting young children and other vulnerable populations in low-income countries. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated this burden through viral sepsis and underscored the vital importance of infection prevention and control, vaccination, and clean care to prevent the spread of disease and counter the threat of antimicrobial resistance. The pandemic has also demonstrated the importance of health system readiness, the rapid response through effective policies, the ability to maintain essential health services, accurate and reliable information, and active community engagement. In 2017, WHO Member States meeting at the World Health Assembly adopted a resolution committing to taking measures to prevent, diagnose and treat sepsis as part of efforts to strengthen national health systems. However, implementation of the resolution remains insufficient. WHO remains committed to supporting countries around the world to strengthen their health systems so as to better prevent, identify and manage sepsis, but greater political commitment and investment are needed. In that regard, we welcome the commitment of G7 Health Ministers, in their communique in May this year, to intensify efforts to combat sepsis at home, and support the implementation of the resolution in low- and middle-income countries. As WHO Director-General, I am honored to be the patron of the event, celebrating 10 years of World Sepsis Day, to draw attention to this critical issue, to share best practices, and to support health and care workers, health facility managers, and policymakers globally to take steps to prevent sepsis and save lives.
Welcome Remarks from Your Hosts
It was exactly a decade ago that we organized the inaugural World Sepsis Day. Since then, we have made great progress in our fight against sepsis, and sepsis awareness has markedly risen around the globe. A milestone in this respect was the adoption of the WHA 70.7 Resolution in 2017. However, even today, only a few governments have followed the Resolution’s call to action: Many nations still need to implement concrete measures in their healthcare systems to make sepsis a priority.
In response to this demand, the recent G7 Health Ministers' Communiqué urges governments to “boost the implementation of the WHA Resolution”. In particular, the Communiqué emphasizes the need to “intensify the efforts to strengthen early detection, diagnosis, and therapy of sepsis, and ensure synergy with antimicrobial stewardship and Infection Prevention and Control programs”.
Thus, while celebrating the remarkable progress of sepsis advocacy and clinical systems advancements over the past decade, this event aims at paving the way to make sepsis a global and national health priority. Despite all advances…
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