Dr. Jashi Meets United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Health Director in New York

Mariam Jashi, CEO of the Global Sepsis Alliance, discussed current and future collaborations with Mandeep Dhaliwal, Director of the HIV, Health and Development Group of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and Roy Small, UNDP Policy Specialist.

On behalf of the Global Sepsis Alliance and its Founding President Prof. Konrad Reinhart, Dr. Jashi expressed special gratitude to Mr. Achim Steiner - UNDP Administrator and Vice Chair of the UN Sustainable Development Group. Over the years, Mr. Steiner has supported GSA in its advocacy efforts, highlighting the critical role of a stronger global sepsis response in achieving the health-related SDGs and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Mariam Jashi presented to Mandeep Dhalawal the latest estimates of the global burden of sepsis, with 48.9 million cases and 13.7 million deaths each year. She also summarized the progress, achievements, remaining challenges, and the way forward to make the fight against sepsis the next global health success story.

The UNDP Director and the GSA CEO agreed to continue dialogue and closer collaboration to position sepsis higher on the global health and development agenda, including through the 2030 Multi-Year Strategic Plan (to be launched in May 2024) and high-level side events on the margins of the 79th UN General Assembly and the 2024 High-Level Meeting on AMR.

With UNDP's strengthened health portfolio at the global, regional, and national levels, the Global Sepsis Alliance looks forward to this new phase of partnership and accelerating progress towards the health-related SDGs through reinvigorated global action on sepsis.