Yesterday, September 13th, was World Sepsis Day. Countless events all over the world raised awareness for sepsis, the most preventable cause of death worldwide. Thank you so much for participating.

Like in the previous years, we will summarize all events on the 2018 WSD Event Poster - submission is now open.

Please note that you can only upload one picture per event, so make sure to choose the best/the most representative one.

Since the poster will eventually be printed, we require a certain picture quality. If the form gives you an error message that the picture is too small, please make sure you get the original file off the camera or smartphone, without compressing it. Please don’t submit pictures you have received through WhatsApp, as it compresses pictures beyond recognition.

Please use only the provided form to submit your events - we can’t use pictures that are emailed to us or sent through social media.

We plan to complete the poster by November, and we will make it available for download, as well as sent out printed copies, which you will be able to ‘order’ free of charge as soon as the poster is completed.

Please point your colleagues and friends to our website to submit their events, especially if you know that they did an event for World Sepsis Day.

Today is World Sepsis Day - countless events in all parts of the world raise awareness for sepsis today.
There are events for medical professionals, sport activities, photo exhibitions, pink picnics, gala events, dinners, public events such as open houses in hospitals and healthcare facilities, and of course online events and campaigns on social media.

We would like to encourage you to join local WSD Events or participate in the global awareness campaigns taking place online:

Video: “What Is Sepsis? (sepsis explained in 3 minutes)”

Learn what sepsis is, and how to identify and diagnose it in this 3-min video - please share it with your loved ones, family, close friends, and colleagues.

Besides English, this video is also available in Spanish, French, Italian, Turkish, and German (YouTube links). 

NEW WSD Infographics

On Tuesday, we launched the new WSD Infographics, which you can download here.
They range from symptoms, sources, prevention, risk groups, to physiology, post-sepsis symptoms, and much more. You can use them on social media or anywhere else on the internet, or even print them.

Show Your Support on Social Media

You can use the following posts on social media to help raise awareness for sepsis. All of them are 280 characters or less and work best with a WSD Infographic:

• #Sepsis is not only a medical emergency, but also a global health crisis, affecting up to 30 000 000 people a year - September 13th is #WorldSepsisDay. Join us in raising awareness for sepsis - awareness saves lives! #stopsepsis #savelives #wsd18

• September 13th is #WorldSepsisDay! Sepsis is the final common pathway to death from most infectious diseases worldwide - these are the most common #sources of #sepsis.

• September 13th is #WorldSepsisDay! While everybody can get #sepsis, certain people are at an even higher risk. Join us in raising awareness for sepsis - awareness saves lives! #stopsepsis #savelives #wsd18

• September 13th is #WorldSepsisDay! #Sepsis is a medical emergency and must be treated immediately - if you see 2 or more symptoms, act immediately. #stopsepsis #savelives #wsd18

• September 13th is #WorldSepsisDay! #Sepsis is the most preventable cause of death worldwide. It can be prevented by vaccination, sanitation, and AWARENESS. Everything depends on you! Join us and #stopsepsis #savelives #wsd18

• September 13th is #WorldSepsisDay! Sepsis does not end at hospital discharge - many #sepsis survivors face lifelong consequences. Join us to raise awareness! #stopsepsis #savelives #wsd18

The official hashtags for World Sepsis Day are: #WorldSepsisDay, #sepsis,#stopsepsis, #savelives, and #wsd18.

2018 WSD Event Poster

After World Sepsis Day, the 2018 WSD Event Poster will summarize all events that took place on WSD. For that, make sure to take some pictures.

On September 14th, we will have a form available here (URL to bookmark: https://www.world-sepsis-day.org/wsdposter) where you can upload your pictures to be featured on the poster.

Thank you so much for your contribution to giving sepsis the recognition it deserves.

For any questions, please feel free to get in touch. Due to sheer volume, please allow us a couple of days to respond.

World Sepsis Day is tomorrow!

With this post, we want to give you some ideas for posts for social media, be it Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, or something else entirely.

Additionally, we encourage you to show support for World Sepsis Day by changing your profile picture on Facebook to one featuring one of our World Sepsis Day Frames.

To do so, follow these easy steps:

1. Go to your Facebook Profile

2. Click on your profile picture

3. Click on “Add Frame”

4. Search for World Sepsis Day

5. Select a frame you like and click on “Use as Profile Picture”

Your picture will automatically revert to your normal profile picture after a week.

For social media, you can use the following posts, either with or without a new WSD Infographic, although most work better with. All posts are 280 characters or less, meaning they work on Twitter effortlessly:

• #Sepsis is not only a medical emergency, but also a global health crisis, affecting up to 30 000 000 people a year - September 13th is #WorldSepsisDay. Join us in raising awareness for sepsis - awareness saves lives! #stopsepsis #savelives #wsd18

• September 13th is #WorldSepsisDay! Sepsis is the final common pathway to death from most infectious diseases worldwide - these are the most common #sources of #sepsis.

• September 13th is #WorldSepsisDay! While everybody can get #sepsis, certain people are at an even higher risk. Join us in raising awareness for sepsis - awareness saves lives! #stopsepsis #savelives #wsd18

• September 13th is #WorldSepsisDay! #Sepsis is a medical emergency and must be treated immediately - if you see 2 or more symptoms, act immediately. #stopsepsis #savelives #wsd18

• September 13th is #WorldSepsisDay! #Sepsis is the most preventable cause of death worldwide. It can be prevented by vaccination, sanitation, and AWARENESS. Everything depends on you! Join us and #stopsepsis #savelives #wsd18

• September 13th is #WorldSepsisDay! Sepsis does not end at hospital discharge - many #sepsis survivors face lifelong consequences. Join us to raise awareness! #stopsepsis #savelives #wsd18

The official hashtags for World Sepsis Day are: #WorldSepsisDay, #sepsis,#stopsepsis, #savelives, and #wsd18.

Yesterday, we released our new World Sepsis Day Infographics - which you can download here and use everywhere you see fit, without having to credit the GSA or WSD Movement.

Thanks for supporting World Sepsis Day - we couldn’t do it without you!

The new World Sepsis Day Infographics are now available for download, just in time for World Sepsis Day this Thursday. Please download them and feel free to use them as you see fit, on your social media channels, printed at your WSD Events, and everything in between.

There is a total of 21 infographics, nine on sepsis itself, ranging from symptoms, sources, prevention, risk groups, to physiology, post-sepsis symptoms, and more. Additionally, there are two on hand-washing, and ten more pointing out the relationship sepsis has with other World Health Days, such as World Malaria Day, World AIDS Day, World Immunization Week, and more.

The infographics are available as images (.png), as well as optimized for print (.pdf).

Please support us to make sure the new infographics are used widely this World Sepsis Day and beyond - thanks so much, we really can’t do it without you.

We spent a lot of time, sweat, and blood on the new infographics and sincerely hope you like them. If you do, the best way to show us is by using them. We get things wrong all the time, so if you don’t like them or have suggestions for improvements, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Our video 'What Is Sepsis? (sepsis explained in 3 minutes)' is now available in French, easily explaining what sepsis is, and how to identify and treat it. Please share it with your loved ones - especially your French speaking friends - it could save their lives!
A special thanks to everybody who helped translating this video - we are currently working on Portuguese, which will be ready in October.
The original English version, as well as the Spanish, Italian, and Turkish versions are embedded below as well.

To share these videos, please use these links:

French: https://youtu.be/vd2KH5zNbMs
French: http://bit.ly/SepsisExplainedFrench

English: https://youtu.be/AEGUCpxwAlE
English: http://bit.ly/SepsisExplained

Spanish: https://youtu.be/1-pW9BpBQLM
Spanish: http://bit.ly/SepsisExplainedSpanish

Italian: https://youtu.be/dEL__o6WJTI
Italian: http://bit.ly/SepsisExplainedItalian

Turkish: https://youtu.be/oDBJ-do24Rs
Turkish: http://bit.ly/SepsisExplainedTurkish

If you are interested in the file, for example for offline playback at a local event, please get in touch. 

The 2nd World Sepsis Congress has concluded – thank you all so much for joining and supporting the Global Sepsis Alliance in its fight against sepsis.

All talks were recorded and will be available to view on our YouTube Channel and as a Podcast on Apple Podcasts soon. You can already subscribe to be notified once new episodes are available.

We will start with Session 1, 'Sepsis- Still a Global Health Threat' on Thursday, September 20th, 2018, and then release a new session every Thursday, with a short break over Christmas. If you have signed up for the congress, you will receive an email when a new session is available.

The full release schedule can be downloaded here:

If you enjoyed the 2nd World Sepsis Congress, please consider donating.

The 2nd World Sepsis Congress is only hours away – it starts on Wednesday, September 5th at 11:00h UTC.

To make sure everything will go smoothly when the congress starts, please test your system prior to the congress. This can be done in the tab "System Test" at the livestream page (see above) and already works right now.

If you haven't signed up yet, you can still sign up here and participate live and for free on September 5th and 6th, 2018.

As you know, we have over 100 speakers from more than 30 countries lined up to give short and sweet presentations on all aspects of sepsis over the course of two days and 17 sessions. This will include evidence based treatment, epidemiology, prevention, how to improve awareness, a panel discussion with sepsis survivors, and much more.

After each talk, you can ask questions to the speakers directly.

After the congress, we will make all talks available on our YouTube Channel and as a Podcast on Apple Podcasts.

We are incredibly excited to start the 2nd World Sepsis Congress in a couple of hours and are truly grateful to have you on board - thanks for joining, and thanks for granting sepsis the priority it deserves.

World Sepsis Day is almost here – it is only ten days away. On September 5th and 6th, a week before WSD, we will host the 2nd World Sepsis Congress - a free online congress bringing knowledge about sepsis to all parts of the world.

On World Sepsis Day itself, countless events on all continents will raise awareness for sepsis, which continues to be the most preventable cause of death worldwide. There will be events for medical professionals, sport activities, photo exhibitions, pink picnics, gala events, dinners, public events such as open houses in hospitals and healthcare facilities, and of course online events such as the 2nd World Sepsis Congress, in addition to campaigns on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and many more social networks. 

For World Sepsis Day and the 2nd World Sepsis Congress, we have drafted a press release, which you can download below. 

Additionally, we have created a template for a press release, which you can tailor to the media in your respective country by editing as you see fit, translating it if necessary, and then disseminating it.

Download Press Release WSD and 2nd WSC English (PDF)

Download Press Release Template WSD and 2nd WSC English on Letterhead
Download Press Release Template WSD and 2nd WSC English

Download Press Release Template WSD and 2nd WSC Spanish on Letterhead
Download Press Release Template WSD and 2nd WSC Spanish

Download Press Release Template WSD and 2nd WSC French on Letterhead
Download Press Release Template WSD and 2nd WSC French

Download Press Release Template WSD and 2nd WSC Arabic on Letterhead
Download Press Release Template WSD and 2nd WSC Arabic