2nd WSC - Opening Session 'Sepsis - Still a Global Health Threat' Now Available and Feedback Survey

The opening session of the 2nd World Sepsis Congress, ‘Sepsis - Still a Global Health Threat’ is now available on demand on YouTube (embedded above) and as a Podcast on Apple Podcasts (iTunes link). It is chaired by Simon Finfer from Australia and features the following presentations and speakers:

  • Opening Remarks – Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization

  • The Approach of G7 / G20 Member States to Improve Global Health – Helge Braun, Chancellery Minister, Germany

  • Role and Perspective of the European Union – Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Brussels

  • Sepsis and the UN Sustainable Development Goals – Naoko Yamamoto, Assistant Director-General, World Health Organization

  • Sepsis and AMR – Need for a Joint Global Strategy – Jeremy Farrar, Director, Wellcome Trust, UK

  • Challenges and Opportunities to Fight Sepsis in Africa – Mamoun Homeida, Minister of Health Khartoum, Sudan

  • The New York State Approach to Fight Sepsis – Marcus Friedrich, Chief Medical Officer, New York State Department of Health, US

  • Opportunities and Challenges of the WHO Resolution – Konrad Reinhart, Chair Global Sepsis Alliance, Germany

 

Sessions are released weekly on Thursdays. The next session is ‘Antimicrobial Therapy and Source Control I’, on September 27th, 2018.

 

We strive to make World Sepsis Congress better from year to year. To help us improve it, we would very much like to hear your feedback for the 2nd World Sepsis Congress. Please participate in this 3-min survey.

 

The 2nd WSC is brought to you free of charge by the Global Sepsis Alliance, fostering our aspiration to bring knowledge about sepsis to all parts of the world. If you enjoyed it, please consider making a donation.

Marvin Zick