Every November, Movember is celebrated all around the world, raising awareness for men’s health, especially focused on mental health, suicide prevention, as well as prostate and testicular cancer.

With the COVID Pandemic still not a thing of the past – significantly affecting the mental health of millions – the work of the Movember Foundation has never been more important – and they have never needed your support more.

Although sepsis does not primarily affect males – it strikes women and men about equally – we encourage you to join the noble cause of Movember this year, by growing a mo to save a bro, moving 60km, hosting a mo-ment, getting involved on social media, and more.

The panel discussion – Learning from Successful National Sepsis Initiatives – from ‘Making Sepsis a National and Global Health Priority – Celebrating 10 Years of World Sepsis Day’ on September 16 is now available, embedded above. It’s moderated by Edmund Neugebauer and Daniel Schwarzkopf and features the following speakers and topics:

Overview Topics & Speakers

The Success Factors of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign on a Global Scale
Mitchell Levy, Brown University, USA

The Challenges and Successes in the Fight Against Sepsis in Latin America
Daniela Carla Souza, Sírio‐Libanês Hospital, Brazil

Building a Successful National Sepsis Campaign in Japan
Naoyuki Matsuda, Japanese Sepsis Alliance, Japan

The History and Success Factors for the Sudanese National Sepsis Plan
Mohammed Elfatih Ahmed, Sudanese Sepsis Alliance, Sudan

Background and Impact of the National Clinical Programme on Sepsis Mortality
Michael O‘Dwyer, Health Service Executive, Ireland

History, Achievements, and Future Strategy by Sepsis Alliance in the US
Thomas Heymann, Sepsis Alliance, USA

The Role of Nurses in the National Sepsis QI Initiative in Saudi Arabia
Maha Aljuaid, Global Sepsis Alliance, Saudi Arabia

The Strategy of the MoH‐Funded “Germany Recognizes Sepsis”‐Coalition
Ellen Heyd, Coalition for Patient Safety, Germany

The SepWiss Project in Berlin and Brandenburg: Strategy and Lessons Learned
Wiltrud Abels, Sepsis Stiftung, Germany

Please enjoy and feel free to share with colleagues and interested parties.

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Release Schedule

This session concludes our event – all sessions are now available on our World Sepsis Day YouTube Channel.

• Opening Session – September 28, 2022

• S2: The Burden of Sepsis, COVID-19, and AMR – October 5, 2022

• S3: How to Boost the Implementation of the WHA Sepsis Resolution – October 12, 2022

• S4: Learning by Exchange on the Global, National, and Facility Level – October 19, 2022

• S5: The Challenges of, and Lessons Learned from the Pandemic – October 26, 2022

• S6: Panel – Learning from Successful National Sepsis Initiatives – November 2, 2022

The consequences of delayed diagnosis and treatment of sepsis can be devastating for patients, their loved ones, and healthcare workers. Mismanagement of sepsis leads to unavoidable harm and can cause reputational damage to any healthcare facility.

Sepsis improvement initiatives are often initiated after a major patient safety incident or crisis. In addition, sepsis improvement can feel like a struggle. However, struggles are gifts and can be used to bring about significant change and success. If you have been affected by sepsis or trying to bring about improvements in care, is it possible to emerge from your darkest moments into a bright and better future for yourself and others? The answer is yes!

In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Emmanuel Nsutebu shows that these are all possible. Tragedy struck when his close friend passed away due to sepsis (uncontrolled and undiagnosed infection) following a minor hospital procedure. He uses the story of this crisis to describe his subsequent work which has led to life-saving changes to sepsis recognition and management in the UK and Africa.

You will learn Dr. Emmanuel’s Five-Step Model for turning struggles into success. Everybody can learn this essential skill, and the more you practice the better you will become. Dr. Emmanuel’s Five Step model can be used successfully by individuals, teams, or large organizations. Everybody and indeed every leader needs this skill.

From Struggles to Success, Paperback

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The proceeds from the sale of this book via our website will be used to support the work of the African Sepsis Alliance. Everybody in Africa deserves a chance to survive sepsis.

The panel discussion – The Challenges of, and Lessons Learned from the Pandemic – from ‘Making Sepsis a National and Global Health Priority – Celebrating 10 Years of World Sepsis Day’ on September 16 is now available, embedded above. It’s moderated by Volkart Wildermuth and features the following speakers and topics:

Overview Topics & Speakers

Placing Sepsis Prevention and Control Into the WHO Global Context
Rudi Eggers, Director Integrated Health Services, World Health Organization, Switzerland

The Perspective of a Dean and Scientist
Axel Pries, Charité University Hospital, Germany

The Perspective of a Science Editor
Joachim Müller‐Jung, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany

The Perspective of a Vaccine Researcher and Developer
Stefan Kaufmann, Max Planck Institute, Germany

The Perspective from Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Emmanuel Nsutebu, Chair African Sepsis Alliance, United Arab Emirates

Novel Immunomodulatory and Biomarker Approaches in COVID‐19 and Sepsis
Evangelos J. Giamarellos‐Bourboulis, Chair European Sepsis Alliance, Greece

On the Importance of and the Barriers to Clinical Research
Tobias Welte, Sepsis Stiftung, Germany

For Evaluating Novel Therapeutics – The Perspective of a Biotech CEO
Niels Riedemann, InflaRx, Germany

Please enjoy and feel free to share with colleagues and interested parties.

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Release Schedule

Sessions are released on our World Sepsis Day YouTube Channel Wednesdays on a weekly basis, talks individually and the panels as a whole.

• Opening Session – September 28, 2022

• S2: The Burden of Sepsis, COVID-19, and AMR – October 5, 2022

• S3: How to Boost the Implementation of the WHA Sepsis Resolution – October 12, 2022

• S4: Learning by Exchange on the Global, National, and Facility Level – October 19, 2022

• S5: The Challenges of, and Lessons Learned from the Pandemic – October 26, 2022

• S6: Panel – Learning from Successful National Sepsis Initiatives – November 2, 2022

If you want to be automatically notified once new talks are available, please subscribe to our YouTube Channel and enable notifications.

It was not long ago September 26th, when we officially announced the Winners of the 2021 GSA Awards.

BMG/Frank Woelffing

Yesterday the time had come, the Sepsis Stiftung and the Global Sepsis Alliance were at the Federal Ministry of Health to personally present the GSA Award Category I – Governments and Healthcare Authorities to Karl Lauterbach.

As the German Federal Minister of Health, he received the award on behalf of the G7 Health Ministers for his contributions towards raising sepsis awareness and education.

The Award Jury recognized Karl Lauterbach for the following significant actions.

• The exemplary funding for the DES campaign over a four-year period – enabling education endeavors of the public, the population at increased risk for sepsis, and healthcare workers on sepsis prevention, early recognition of, and the need to treat sepsis as an emergency

• This was also true for acknowledgments and goals that were set in the recent Communiqué of the G7 Ministers of Health, such as:

  • That delayed diagnosis and management and/or ineffective or unavailable antibiotic treatment leading to sepsis is killing an estimated 11 million people per year globally

  • The commitment to intensify the efforts to strengthen early detection, diagnosis, and therapy of sepsis and ensure synergy with antimicrobial stewardship and IPC programs, e.g., through national educational campaigns

  • To boost the implementation of the WHA Resolution “Improving the Prevention, Diagnosis and Clinical Management of Sepsis” (Res. 70.7)

  • To support LMICs to strengthen prevention through capacity-building where appropriate, and access to diagnosis and treatment for resistant infections

The members of the GSA Award Jury unanimously conferred this award because said commitment by the G7 leadership marks another quantum leap in the fight against sepsis, especially since the fast enactment of the goals of the resolution has the potential to save millions of lives annually worldwide.

The talks from Session 4 – Learning by Exchange on the Global, National, and Facility Level – from ‘Making Sepsis a National and Global Health Priority – Celebrating 10 Years of World Sepsis Day’ on September 16 are now available, embedded above.

Overview Topics & Speakers

Challenges in Addressing Sepsis in Sub‐Saharan Africa
Shevin Jacob, African Sepsis Alliance, Uganda

Australia’s National Action Plan to Fight Sepsis, COVID‐19, and AMR
Brett Abbenbroek, Asia Pacific Sepsis Alliance, Australia

Impact of Sepsis Mandates on Patient Outcomes
Marcus Friedrich, BIH/Charité Visiting Professor, USA

Using Synergies to Fight Pandemics, Sepsis, and AMR
Ron Daniels, European Sepsis Alliance, United Kingdom

Lessons Learned by the German Quality Network Sepsis
Daniel Schwarzkopf, Jena University Hospital, Germany

Please enjoy and feel free to share with colleagues and interested parties.

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Release Schedule

Sessions are released on our World Sepsis Day YouTube Channel Wednesdays on a weekly basis, talks individually and the panels as a whole.

• Opening Session – September 28, 2022

• S2: The Burden of Sepsis, COVID-19, and AMR – October 5, 2022

• S3: How to Boost the Implementation of the WHA Sepsis Resolution – October 12, 2022

• S4: Learning by Exchange on the Global, National, and Facility Level – October 19, 2022

• S5: The Challenges of, and Lessons Learned from the Pandemic – October 26, 2022

• S6: Panel – Learning from Successful National Sepsis Initiatives – November 2, 2022

If you want to be automatically notified once new talks are available, please subscribe to our YouTube Channel and enable notifications.

Update Tuesday, October 18, 2022: The recording of the workshop is now available, embedded below.

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On Monday, October 17 at 14h CEST, the workshop ‘Addressing Sepsis on the Global and National Level’ will take place at the World Health Summit in Berlin, and you can join online (Zoom link) free of charge.

The workshop will be chaired by our very own Konrad Reinhart, Founding President of the GSA, and feature the following speakers:

• Dr. Janet Diaz – World Health Organization (WHO) | World Health Emergency Programme | Clinical Management | Team Lead

• Prof. Dr. Marcus Friedrich – Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin | Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) | Visiting Professor | Germany

• Prof. Dr. Mohsen Naghavi – University of Washington | Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation | Department of Global Health | Director of Subnational Burden of Disease Estimation | United States of America

• Dr. Emmanuel Nsutebu – African Sepsis Alliance | Chair | United Arab Emirates

• Prof. Dr. Niels C. Riedemann – InflaRx GmbH | CEO and Founder | Germany

About the Workshop

Sepsis is a global health emergency affecting approximately 50 million people each year and resulting in at least 11 million deaths worldwide. These figures represent 20% of all-cause global mortality and do not consider the added burden contributed by COVID-19 over the past two and a half years.
According to the World Health Organization, most sepsis deaths can be prevented through improved infection prevention, early recognition, and management of sepsis as an emergency, in the same way, a heart attack would be treated. Preventing global sepsis deaths, however, requires reinforcement of competencies on prevention, recognition, and management for all healthcare workers and increasing sepsis awareness at all levels of society, including among lay people, policymakers, and healthcare authorities.
Encouraging milestones in the global fight against sepsis have been the adoption of a sepsis resolution “Improving Prevention, Recognition, Diagnosis and Clinical Management of Sepsis” at the 2017 World Health Assembly and its inclusion in the agenda of the G7 Health Ministers’ Meeting in 2022.
We will address the global burden of sepsis and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), highlight initiatives in addressing sepsis in sub-Saharan Africa, and present data on the effectiveness of increasing awareness for sepsis and prioritizing sepsis on all levels. Discuss the impact of the implementation of quality improvement measures, such as the education of healthcare workers in the early recognition of deteriorating patients and the availability of rapid response teams on survival.
Finally, this workshop will provide insights into the poorly recognized potential of novel therapeutic approaches.

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