GSA Welcomes and Contributes to WHO Work on Sepsis Guidance

The Global Sepsis Alliance welcomes the recent release of the World Health Organization webpage on the clinical management of sepsis and the ongoing work on the WHO Guidelines on Sepsis. Said website was released by the WHO Department of Integrated Health Services (IHS) in January 2024.

GSA commends the leadership and the team of the WHO IHS Department for the work on the new WHO Guidelines on Clinical Management of Sepsis, which are planned to be launched by the end of 2024.

The guidelines will respond to the call by the 2017 World Health Assembly Resolution (WHA 70.7) to develop WHO guidance on the prevention and management of sepsis. The new recommendations will support UN Member States in the development and implementation of national programs for the clinical management of sepsis in adults and children. The Guidelines will be intended for healthcare professionals, policymakers, expert advisers, and technical/program staff at organizations involved in the early identification and clinical management of pediatric and adult patients with sepsis.

Sepsis continues to affect at least 48.9 million children, women, and men every year and remains associated with 1 in every 5  deaths worldwide. Most of these deaths are preventable through effective prevention, early identification, and clinical management of this medical emergency, including effective AMR stewardship.

Therefore, the Global Sepsis Alliances and its Regional Sepsis Alliances look forward to closer collaboration with WHO Geneva Headquarters and respective Regional Offices in assisting with the dissemination of the new WHO Guidelines on the clinical management of sepsis and for the advancement of national and global policies and program capacities in prevention, timely detection, and treatment of sepsis.