The Global Sepsis Alliance expresses its gratitude to Prof. Dr. Andrew Ullmann, the Global Health Sub-Committee Chair in the German Bundestag, UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health, Virchow Foundation, and Sepsis Stiftung for the successful launch of the 2030 Global Agenda for Sepsis at the German Parliament on September 10, 2024.

We were honored with a special video address from Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus – Director-General of the World Health Organization – for this historic event. The GSA and our Regional Sepsis Alliances sincerely appreciate that Dr. Tedros congratulated the Global Sepsis Alliance for the launch of the 2030 Global Agenda for Sepsis and thanked for the close partnership and leadership.

The Global Sepsis Alliance hereby reaffirms its gratitude to the staff of the Geneva Headquarters and Regional Offices of the World Health Organization for their technical inputs to the document, and our readiness for continued collaboration in strengthening the global sepsis response in line with respective World Health Assembly resolutions and WHO guidance.

We are grateful to Stefan Schwartze, the Federal Government Commissioner for Patients, and the Members of German Bundestag for attending the official launch of the 2030 Global Agenda for Sepsis. 

Prof. Konrad Reinhart, Founding President of the GSA, and Dr. Mariam Jashi, CEO of the Global Sepsis Alliance and a former Member of Parliament of Georgia, were joined by the following distinguished speakers and participants:

• Mr. Roland Göhde, Co-founder and CEO of the Virchow Foundation and CEO of the German Health Alliance 

• Dr. Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe (Video Address)

• Prof. Dr. Axel R. Pries, President, World Health Summit

• Dr. Rudi Eggers, Director, Director Integrated Health Services, World Health Organization

• Prof. Djillali Annane, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

The central piece of the meeting was the testimony from Mariah McKimbrough, an artist and sepsis survivor living in Fürth who has recently joined the Sepsis Stiftung as its Art Director.

Over 50 representatives from multiple stakeholders attended the Bundestag event, including from the Embassies of Brazil, Georgia, France, United Arab Emirates, healthcare institutions, private sector, and civil society.

We look forward to strengthening existing collaborations and building new partnership alliances for implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sepsis and saving millions of lives from preventable deaths and disabilities.

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Next Steps: Endorsing the 2030 Global Agenda for Sepsis

Over 70 stakeholders from Africa, Asia-Pacific, Eastern Mediterranean, Europe, Latin and North America, and the Caribbeans, have been engaged in the strategic dialogue for the formulation of the 2030 Global Agenda for Sepsis.

Before its official launch at Bundestag, this first multi-year global strategy for sepsis had received contributions and endorsements from 29 stakeholders from national, regional, and global levels.

The Global Sepsis Alliance is delighted to publish the 2030 Global Agenda for Sepsis for the public domain and to invite interested stakeholders for the official endorsement and support of the document.

The Global Sepsis Alliance will keep you posted on the progress towards the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.

In the meantime, we look forward to hearing from interested actors in the field – public, private, academic, and civil society partners to join us in Making Sepsis the Next Success Story in Global Health.

Update Oct 7, 2025: We have extended the deadline to October 21, 2024, end of day. Please send us your events and pictures by then. Thanks!

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Original article:

Last Friday, September 13, we celebrated World Sepsis Day, and it was a huge success! Across the globe, countless events helped raise awareness about sepsis, the most preventable cause of death. Your participation made a real impact, and we can’t thank you enough for being a part of this life-saving movement.

Now, it’s time to showcase your efforts – we’ll highlight all the incredible events on our website, the 2024 WSD Event Poster, and we have a couple of other ideas as well...

Upload your event now – it only takes a minute. But hurry, the form closes on October 6, so make sure to submit before then. Let’s continue spreading the word and saving lives together.

If you haven’t organized your own event for WSD, it’s not too late to participate via our virtual photo booth…

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For the 13th year, the global health community is coming together to commemorate World Sepsis Day on September 13, 2024 (WSD 2024).

WSD 2024 marks the beginning of a new chapter in the global fight against sepsis as the Global Sepsis Alliance launches the very first multi-year strategy – the 2030 Global Agenda for Sepsis.  

Building on the successes of immunization, AIDS, and other programs, the 2030 Global Agenda envisions making sepsis the next major success story in global health. This vision inspires the theme for World Sepsis Day 2024: “Next Success Story in Global Health: Could It Be Sepsis?”

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Patronage of 2024 World Sepsis Day

The Global Sepsis Alliance is honored that Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), and Prof. Dr. Karl Lauterbach, Federal Minister of Health of Germany, have extended their official patronage to World Sepsis Day 2024. The video message from Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus and the written message from Federal Minister Lauterbach are inspiration for our further, even stronger fight against sepsis.

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“Undetected or untreated sepsis is a death sentence. This is why sepsis needs to be classed as an acute emergency. If medical treatment is not provided in time, the body’s immune response can cause irreversible harm to the organs. Claiming 85,000 lives a year, sepsis is the third-most frequent cause of death in Germany. Twice as many people die in hospitals from sepsis than from stroke and heart attack combined. While many people are aware of the signs of a stroke or heart attack, too few people know about sepsis.

Everyone should therefore familiarize themselves with the potential symptoms of sepsis so that when they themselves or others around them are feeling severely ill, they might also think of sepsis.

Among the population as a whole but also among medical staff sepsis must be given higher priority so it is considered earlier on when symptoms are severe.

World Sepsis Day, whose patronage I gladly took on, is also helping to raise awareness about sepsis. In Germany, we are also working to boost awareness of the symptoms of sepsis with the “Germany recognizes sepsis” campaign.

Sepsis can also be the result of antibiotic treatment becoming ineffective on account of the germs having developed resistance. Measures to ensure appropriate use of antibiotics also help to prevent instances of sepsis. This is why sepsis is one of the focal points of the new German Antibiotic Resistance Strategy.

The sepsis resolution adopted by the World Health Assembly in 2017 calls on every country to take up the fight against sepsis by means of improved diagnostics, appropriate use of antibiotics as well as targeted knowledge transfer.
At my initiative, in 2022 the G7 Health Ministers once more pledged their support to the cause. Here, collaboration and sharing best practices are vital. And that is what the World Sepsis Day stands for.

Thank you all for your work in detecting and preventing sepsis. I hope that all the initiatives and events of this year’s World Sepsis Day reach the broadest audience possible.”

— Prof. Dr. Karl Lauterbach, Federal Minister of Health, Germany

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About the 2030 Global Agenda for Sepsis

The 2030 Global Agenda for Sepsis is the first global strategy developed under the leadership of the Global Sepsis Alliance, with the engagement of 70 partner and member organizations from GSA and Regional Sepsis Alliances across Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Caribbean, the Eastern Mediterranean, Europe, Latin America, and North America.

The Global Sepsis Alliance officially launched the 2030 Global Agenda for Sepsis at the German Parliament on September 10, 2024.  This historic event was led by the Chair of the Global Health Sub-Committee in the German Bundestag. It was held in partnership with the UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health, the Virchow Foundation, and Sepsis Stiftung.

Sepsis survivors and families who have lost loved ones to sepsis played a crucial role in the development of this document. Their advocacy has led to significant changes in countries such as the United States, Belgium, and France. They are ready to become even stronger advocates, aiming to reduce sepsis-related deaths by at least 2 million annually before 2030.

The 2030 Global Agenda highlights the significant human, societal, and economic burden of sepsis and underscores that achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will require stronger action against sepsis.

• Sepsis remains a major global health issue, accounting for 1 in every 5 deaths worldwide and affecting 48.9 million people. Newborns, children under the age of 5, women, immunocompromised individuals, and older adults are particularly vulnerable to this medical emergency.

• Every year, sepsis causes at least 11 million deaths, yet it remains largely invisible in global health discussions and frameworks. Recent estimates suggest that sepsis claims 13.7 million lives annually.

• Of the estimated 13.7 million sepsis-related deaths each year, approximately 4.95 million are associated with antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Yet, compared to the critically important challenge of AMR, sepsis continues to receive disproportionately low political attention and investments. 

• With 5.7 million maternal sepsis cases and 2.9 million deaths among children under five annually, achieving health-related SDGs for 2030 is unattainable without fundamental changes in the global response to sepsis. Enhancing sepsis responses can also accelerate progress toward eight additional SDGs by addressing gender inequality, improving universal health coverage (UHC), and strengthening pandemic preparedness.

• The economic impact of sepsis is substantial. Sepsis accounts for 2.65% of healthcare budgets, with a median hospital cost of €36,191 per septic patient.

• Sepsis survivors often face long-term consequences and require specialized care and rehabilitation, which is frequently unavailable even in countries with robust healthcare systems. 

• Seven years after the adoption of the historic World Health Assembly Resolution, only 15 countries—less than 10% of UN Member States—have developed national action plans or policies for sepsis.

Finally, the document outlines a shared vision for making sepsis the next success story in global health through the following actions.

• Urgent and Adequate Political Attention: Sepsis affects nearly 50 million people annually and requires immediate political attention and investment. This includes support from national governments, international development aid, global public-private partnerships (such as GAVI and the Global Fund), philanthropic foundations, the private sector, and innovative funding mechanisms like UNITAID.

• Whole-of-Society Approach: It is crucial to continuously raise awareness about sepsis within families and communities, emphasizing that it is a medical emergency that demands immediate care. Every member of our communities has a role in this global fight. Actions should be taken at national, regional, and international levels, ranging from policy and health system strengthening to media outreach and community-level activities.

• Innovative Solutions: We need new and more effective vaccines, diagnostic tools, antibiotics, immunomodulatory therapies, and rehabilitation resources for sepsis survivors. Additionally, artificial intelligence (AI) tools should be developed to detect sepsis early and provide timely, life-saving treatment.

• Improving Data and Accountability: Sepsis-related data is limited, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, which bear 85% of the global sepsis burden. There is a need for more comprehensive and high-quality data, along with stronger accountability mechanisms for governments and other key stakeholders.

• Preparedness for Future Threats: Based on the COVID-19 experience, future pandemics will increase sepsis incidence and mortality. The 120 ongoing armed conflicts globally, 362 million children in humanitarian crises, and climate change also highlight the need for better protection of civilians, humanitarian workers, and military/peacekeeping personnel from increased risks of sepsis.

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Join Our Efforts in Making Sepsis the Next Success Story in Global Health

With the 2030 Global Agenda for Sepsis, we have a unique opportunity to make sepsis the Next Success Story in global health and save millions of children, women, and men from this global threat.

The document has already received technical inputs from WHO Geneva and Regional Offices and endorsements from 29 organizations across Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Caribbean, Eastern Mediterranean, Europe, Latin, and North America.

The Global Sepsis Alliance is calling its members, partners, and multiple stakeholders to support the 2030 Global Agenda as the common roadmap to saving lives from unnecessary deaths and disabilities.

Interested organizations from public, private, academic, and civil society sectors can endorse and support the implementation of the document by contacting us.

Please join us in celebrating the 2024 World Sepsis Day and supporting the successful implementation of the 2030 Global Agenda for Sepsis.

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More About the 2024 World Sepsis Day Theme

This year’s theme embodies two key messages. The global health community is well-equipped with proven knowledge and the shared vision outlined in the 2030 Global Agenda to make the global sepsis fight the next success story. The question “Could It Be Sepsis?!” has proven effective in raising awareness, building capacity and saving thousands of lives in countries such as Australia and the United Kingdom. Our goal is to expand these local successes to a global scale.

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About the Global Sepsis Alliance

The GSA is a non-profit charity organization with the mission to provide global leadership to reduce the worldwide burden of sepsis. The GSA is the initiator of World Sepsis Day on September 13 and World Sepsis Congress, a series of free online congresses bringing knowledge about sepsis to all parts of the world, among other initiatives.

The GSA works closely with its over 120 member organizations, patient advocacy groups, professional societies, healthcare authorities, and governments to implement changes on how sepsis is prioritized, diagnosed, and treated all around the world, as laid out in the WHO Resolution on Sepsis.

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Download Press Release

You can download this media release as a PDF here.

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Media Contact

For all inquiries, please contact Simone Mancini, Partnership Lead at the Global Sepsis Alliance.

The big day is here – it’s finally World Sepsis Day! Worldwide, countless events are raising awareness for sepsis over the next hours, days, and weeks.

In addition to joining local WSD Events, here are some last-minute tips to get involved online or in your institution.

A big thanks to Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, and Prof. Dr. Karl Lauterbach, Federal Minister of Health, for taking over the patronage for World Sepsis Day this year.

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WSD PHOTO BOOTH

The new and improved WSD Photo Booth is a ton of fun and an effortless and straightforward way to show your support for World Sepsis Day – click here, snap a selfie, and customize it to your liking by adding a frame, background, logo, or whatever you enjoy.

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Infographics, Sepsis Awareness Clips, Posters, Fact Sheet, and More Free Resources

Our WSD Toolkit Section has tons of new material in many languages – including fact sheets, Sepsis Awareness Clips (covering symptoms, sources, risk groups, and more in about 30 seconds), posters, wallpapers, and of course our WSD Infographics in nine languages, among many other things – all for free and just two clicks away. You can use the material on social media or anywhere else on the internet, or print it.

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Rewatch/Share the Launch of the 2030 Global Agenda for Sepsis or the International Symposium in Berlin

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Sign the World Sepsis Declaration

The new 2030 World Sepsis Declaration sets our goals and key targets for the next decade and serves as the north star of our global efforts, jointly with the WHO Resolution on Sepsis. You can virtually sign it to show your support – think of it as a petition against sepsis.

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WSD Photo Boards

The WSD Photo Boards are a quick and easy way to raise awareness for sepsis and show your support for World Sepsis Day – print the photo board you like best, write your name on it, take a picture, and upload it to X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Snapchat, or wherever you like.

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Take/Share the World Sepsis Day Quiz

Test your knowledge about sepsis or challenge a colleague, friend, or family member. Available in a version for the general public as well as for medical professionals – in a printable PDF version…(the online version is currently offline)

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2024 WSD EVENT POSTER

Let us (and everybody else) know what you did for (or around) WSD and become a part of our 2024 WSD Event Poster – the upload will be available on our website on Monday, September 16. Make sure to take plenty of pictures…

The poster will be made available for download and be printed and shipped to you later this year.

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Follow Us on Social Media

We are ‘World Sepsis Day’ on Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, and Facebook – make sure to follow us if you aren’t yet.

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Post to Your Social Media

Posting to your personal or company social media account raises awareness and helps to save lives. Templates for posts are below – it’s as simple as copying and pasting. All posts are 280 characters or less, meaning they work effortlessly on X (formerly Twitter) (but also everywhere else, of course). Most work best with a WSD Infographic or one of our Sepsis Awareness Clips…

• 1 in 5 deaths globally is associated with #sepsis. Do you know the symptoms, sources, and risk groups of sepsis? This #WorldSepsisDay, share this video with a loved one - it could save their lives! https://youtu.be/NsPDjOX8QHA

• September 13 is #WorldSepsisDay! Sepsis is the final common pathway to death from most infectious diseases worldwide, including #COVID19. These are the most common #sources of #sepsis.

• Sepsis is not only a medical #emergency but also a global health crisis, affecting between 47 and 50 million people a year - September 13 is #WorldSepsisDay. Join us in raising awareness for #sepsis - awareness saves lives! #stopsepsis #savelives

• September 13 is #WorldSepsisDay - I am/We are participating to raise #awareness for #sepsis and #WorldSepsisDay - what are you doing? Start at worldsepsisday.org and help #stopsepsis and #savelives

• September 13 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

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

• September 13 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

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

• September 13 is #WorldSepsisDay! Join our global movement now - it is as easy as downloading our free #infographics or #sepsis #awareness clips from worldsepsisday.org/toolkits and posting them from your account. Raising awareness starts with #you. #stopsepsis #savelives

• I am participating in the #WorldSepsisDay #Photochallenge to raise awareness for #sepsis, a disease affecting 47 to 50 million people annually, but often neglected by #policymakers, the general public, and even #healthcare #professionals - join the global movement now!

• September 13 is #WorldSepsisDay - I am participating in the #photochallenge to raise #awareness for #sepsis and #WorldSepsisDay - what are you doing? Start at worldsepsisday.org and help #stopsepsis #savelives

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Hashtags

The official hashtags for World Sepsis Day are:

• #WorldSepsisDay

• #SepsisAwareness

• #2030GlobalSepsisAgenda

• #Sepsis

• #StopSepsis

• #SaveLives

We discourage using #WorldSepsisDay2023 or #WSD24 – if we want to “trend”, it is important we all use the same hashtags.

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Sepsis in 3 Minutes

One of the easiest ways to let your loved ones know about sepsis remains to send them our video ‘What Is Sepsis? - Sepsis Explained in 3 Minutes’ – and it’s now available in 9 languages. The video explains many facets of the complex topic that is sepsis in just 3 minutes.

Please send the video to your loved ones – it could save their life:

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Donate to World Sepsis Day

We are a small non-profit charity trying to make the world a better place – every cent helps and will be put to good use.

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Thank you

Thank you so much for supporting World Sepsis Day – it really means the world to us.

For any questions, please contact us. Due to sheer volume, please allow us a couple of days to respond.

World Sepsis Day on September 13 is just hours away – with this post, we want to give you some ideas to show your support on social media, be it Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, LinkedIn, or something else entirely. Spreading #SepsisAwareness on social media helps save lives!

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Posts for Social Media

For social media, you can use the following posts, either with or without a WSD Infographic or a Sepsis Awareness Clip (most work better with). All posts are 280 characters or less, meaning they effortlessly work on X (formerly Twitter) (but also everywhere else, of course):

• 1 in 5 deaths globally is associated with #sepsis. Do you know the symptoms, sources, and risk groups of sepsis? This #WorldSepsisDay, share this video with a loved one - it could save their lives! https://youtu.be/NsPDjOX8QHA

• September 13 is #WorldSepsisDay - I am/We are participating to raise #awareness for #sepsis and #WorldSepsisDay - what are you doing? Start at worldsepsisday.org and help #stopsepsis and #savelives

• September 13 is #WorldSepsisDay! Sepsis is the final common pathway to death from most infectious diseases worldwide, including #COVID19. These are the most common #sources of #sepsis.

• Sepsis is not only a medical #emergency but also a global health crisis, affecting between 47 and 50 million people a year - September 13 is #WorldSepsisDay. Join us in raising awareness for #sepsis - awareness saves lives! #stopsepsis #savelives

• September 13 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

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

• September 13 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

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

• September 13 is #WorldSepsisDay! Join our global movement now - it is as easy as downloading our free #infographics or #sepsis #awareness clips from worldsepsisday.org/toolkits and posting them from your account. Raising awareness starts with #you. #stopsepsis #savelives

• I am participating in the #WorldSepsisDay #Photochallenge to raise awareness for #sepsis, a disease affecting 47 to 50 million people annually, but often neglected by #policymakers, the general public, and even #healthcare #professionals - join the global movement now!

• September 13 is #WorldSepsisDay - I am participating in the #photochallenge to raise #awareness for #sepsis and #WorldSepsisDay - what are you doing? Start at worldsepsisday.org and help #stopsepsis #savelives

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Official hashtags

The official hashtags for World Sepsis Day are:

• #WorldSepsisDay

• #SepsisAwareness

• #2030GlobalSepsisAgenda

• #Sepsis

• #StopSepsis

• #SaveLives

We discourage using #WorldSepsisDay2024 or #WSD24 – if we want to “trend”, it is important we all use the same hashtags.

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Sepsis Awareness Clips & WSD Infographics

Our Sepsis Awareness Clips and WSD Infographics are a great and easy way to improve your posts – both are of course free downloads in our WSD Toolkit Section. Our infographics are available in English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, Italian, Arabic, Turkish, Finnish, German, and Croatian.

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WSD Photo Booth

The new and improved WSD Photo Booth is a ton of fun and a very simple and straightforward way to show your support for World Sepsis Day – just click here, snap a selfie, and customize it to your liking by adding a frame, background, logo, or whatever you enjoy.

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WSD Photo Boards

Our WSD Photo Boards are a super easy and quick way to show your support on social media and beyond – just download the photo boards from our toolkit section, print the one you like the best (there are 7 options to choose from), write your name on it, take a picture, and upload it to Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, or Facebook, using the hashtag #WorldSepsisDay or tag us in the post (@WorldSepsisDay).

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Our Social Media Channels

We are ‘World Sepsis Day’ on Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, and Facebook – make sure to follow us if you aren’t yet.

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Thank you so much for supporting World Sepsis Day – we really couldn’t do this without you! 🩷

Update September 11: The livestream will start soon, at 10:00h CEST (Berlin) on Wednesday, September 11, 2024. You can watch it embedded above or directly on YouTube with live comments.

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On the margins of the 2024 World Sepsis Day, the Global Sepsis Alliance and the European Sepsis Alliance are joining the Sepsis Stiftung in convening an international symposium on the role of the immune system in the fight against sepsis. The event is also supported by the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, the Berliner Medizinische Gesellschaft, and the Germany Recognizes Sepsis campaign.

“The COVID-19 pandemic confirmed the live-saving effectiveness of vaccination and immunomodulatory therapeutic interventions.”

— Prof. Dr. Konrad Reinhart, President Sepsis Stiftung and Founding President GSA

The international symposium will focus on the critical importance of the immune system in effective prevention and treatment of sepsis. Throughout two main sessions of the symposium – vaccination and immunomodulation – 8 globally renowned speakers will share their perspectives and recommendations on the potential of vaccination for sepsis prevention, lessons learned for vaccine development, how to combat distorted medical information in the digital age, personalized immunotherapy in for septic patients, and much more.

We are especially excited to announce that the symposium is under the patronage of Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General WHO, Prof. Dr. Karl Lauterbach, Federal Minister of Health, Germany, and Kai Wegner, The Governing Mayor of Berlin, Germany.

The event takes place in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday, September 11, 2024, starting at 10h Central European Summer Time.

If you are in Berlin, please register to join in person using the form below. If not, you can participate via the free live stream on YouTube (embedded above).

We are looking forward to welcoming you on September 11.

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Register / Set Up Reminder for Livestream

Please use the form below to participate in person in Berlin or receive a reminder e-mail once the live stream starts.

Update September 10: The livestream will start soon, at 15:30h CEST (Berlin) on Tuesday, September 10, 2024. You can watch it embedded above or directly on YouTube with live comments.

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The Global Sepsis Alliance is delighted to announce that the ‘2030 Global Agenda for Sepsis’ will be officially launched at the German Parliament on September 10, 2024, starting at 15:30h Central European Summer Time (Berlin).

This historic event was made possible through the leadership of Prof. Dr. Andrew Ullmann, the Global Health Sub-Committee Chair in the German Bundestag, and continued strategic partnership with the UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health, the Virchow Foundation, and the Sepsis Stiftung.

We are honored that Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus – Director-General of the World Health Organization – will deliver a special video message to the meeting participants. Dr. Tedros and Prof. Dr. Karl Lauterbach, the German Federal Minister of Health, will also extend Patronage to the 2024 World Sepsis Day campaigns convened in Berlin and globally. 

Over 50 representatives from sepsis stakeholders worldwide will attend the launch event, including patients and families, public institutions, academia, the private sector, and civil society.

The central piece of the meeting would be testimony from Mariah McKimbrough, an artist and sepsis survivor living in Nuremberg who has recently joined the Sepsis Stiftung as its Art Director.

Prof. Konrad Reinhart, Founding President of the GSA, and Dr. Mariam Jashi, CEO of the Global Sepsis Alliance and a former Member of Parliament of Georgia, will be joined by the following distinguished speakers and participants:

• Stefan Schwartze, Federal Government Commissioner for Patients

• Members of the Health Committee and Global Health Sub-committee of the German Bundestag 

• Mr. Roland Göhde, Co-founder and CEO of the Virchow Foundation and CEO of the German Health Alliance 

• Dr. Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe (Video Address)

• Prof. Dr. Axel R. Pries, President, World Health Summit

• Dr. Rudi Eggers, Director, Integrated Health Services, World Health Organization

• Prof. Djillali Annane, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

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About the 2030 Global Agenda for SepsiS

Dr. Mariam Jashi will present the 2030 Global Agenda for Sepsis as the first multi-year global strategy developed under the leadership of the Global Sepsis Alliance and with the engagement of patients and families affected by sepsis, as well as different stakeholders from national, regional, and global levels.

More than 70 partner and member organizations of the Global Sepsis Alliance and its Regional Sepsis Alliances across Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Caribbean, Eastern Mediterranean, Europe, Latin, and North America participated in the strategic planning dialogue around the 2030 Agenda. The process included multi-stakeholder discussions in parallel to the UN General Assembly Session in September 2023 in New York, the World Health Summit in October 2023 in Berlin, and the World Health Assembly in May 2024 in Geneva. The face-to-face meetings were followed by rounds of online discussions and consolidation of the final strategic document.

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How important is the 2030 Global Agenda for Sepsis?

• We continue losing 13 million children, women, and men every year to sepsis and yet, sepsis is practically invisible in global health dialogue and architecture

• 7 years after the adoption of the historic World Health Assembly Resolution, less than 10% of the UN Member states have prioritized sepsis

• Sepsis affecting almost 50 million people annually needs urgent and adequate political attention and investments from national governments, international development aid, global public-private partnerships, private sector, and innovative funding

• We need to continuously raise awareness of sepsis in our families and communities, and prioritize patient-centered sepsis policies in every country, every region, and globally

• We have to substantially expand R&D investments for sepsis innovations. We need new and more effective vaccines, diagnostics, therapies, care and rehabilitation commodities, and AI-enabled solutions to timely detect and provide time-critical, life-saving treatment

• Sepsis-related data is scarce, especially in low and middle-income countries, that bear 85% of the global sepsis burden. We need more and better quality of data and stronger accountability mechanisms for governments and other key stakeholders

• Finally, we have to strengthen community and health-system capacities for sepsis response during the peaceful development as well as the Pandemics, armed conflicts, humanitarian crises, and climate change

The 2030 Global Agenda for Sepsis through its 5 strategic pillars, presents a concrete vision of how to overcome the above challenges and gaps at policy, institutional, and community levels.

Through this document, we have a unique opportunity to make sepsis the next success story in global health and save millions of children, women, and men.

Please join us in celebrating the first global strategy and supporting the successful implementation of the 2030 Global Agenda for Sepsis.

For more details, please see the 2030 Global Agenda for Sepsis and join the livestream on September 10.

With just 5 days to World Sepsis Day, we are excited to announce that the virtual photo booth for #WorldSepsisDay is back and now ready for your submissions.

The WSD Photo Booth is a ton of fun and an effortless way to show your support for World Sepsis Day – click here, snap a selfie or a group picture, and customize it to your liking by adding a frame, background, logo, stickers, or whatever you enjoy. Just in time for the official launch of the 2030 Global Agenda for Sepsis, the photo booth also features new stickers and backgrounds for you to show your support of the agenda.

Thanks for helping us raise awareness for sepsis worldwide – but most importantly, have fun!