'Combating Sepsis: Global and National Strategies' – Session at the World Health Summit on October 24, 2021
Update October 26: The session is now available to rewatch on YouTube, embedded above.
Original article:
The upcoming World Health Summit will devote one session to discussing global and national strategies to combat sepsis. Said session will take place on October 24 at 14:00h CEST directly on Zoom (Zoom link) and will be hosted by our very own Abdulelah Alhawsawi. Besides Flavia Machado and Konrad Reinhart – both members of our Executive Committee – it will feature Janet Diaz from the World Health Organization, Carolin Fleischmann-Struzek from the Jena University Hospital, as well as Jean-Marc Cavaillon from the Institut Pasteur.
This session will provide new insights on the role of the immune system in sepsis and the potential of novel immunomodulatory therapeutic approaches, as well as offering an update on the burden of sepsis and an overview on the effectiveness of quality improvement strategies for sepsis prevention and care at the national and healthcare facility level. It will outline the challenges to fight sepsis in resource-limited settings and the lessons learned from the current pandemic for the fight against infections and sepsis by other pathogens.
About WHS
World Health Summit is one of the leading international forums for global health. Every October, WHS draws international experts from academia, politics, the private sector, and civil society to Berlin. During the three-day summit, stakeholders and decision-makers from 100 countries and every field in healthcare work together to find solutions to global health challenges and set the agenda for a healthier future.
This year, there will be over 300 speakers from 100 nations across 50 sessions. Digital participation is free and possible without prior registration.
Disclaimer: The World Health Summit is organized at the Charité University Hospital, Europe's largest university hospital, which also hosts the Global Sepsis Alliance. The GSA was directly involved in planning the session described above. The GSA and its members are not receiving monetary compensation from the WHS.