2030 Global Agenda for Sepsis for Attaining Sustainable Development Goals – UNGA79 Side Event – September 25, 2024

The Global Sepsis Alliance, in partnership with Medical Women’s International Association, UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health, and Sepsis Stiftung is convening a side event in parallel to the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly to highlight the critical importance of sepsis for the attainment of SDGs and to present the newly launched 2030 Global Agenda for Sepsis.

This meeting will take place on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, from 9:30 am to 11:00 am EDT at the New York University (NYU) Langone Health.

Joining the free Zoom livestream does not require a registration.

Objectives of the Side Event

  • To present the 2030 Global Agenda for Sepsis, as the first multi-year global strategy to alleviate the significant human, societal, economic, and healthcare burden of sepsis

  • To reach a consensus on the urgent need for reinvigorating the Sepsis responses at global, regional, and national levels for the attainment of 2030 SDGs including the aspirations for Universal Health Care, Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health, AMR, Pandemic PPR, Gender Equality, Peace and Partnerships for Development

  • To discuss the critical role of healthcare workers, especially the medical women, representing over 70% of the health workforce globally, in the promotion and implementation of the 2030 Global Agenda for Sepsis, and

  • To call for the establishment of a High-Level Political Platform for Sepsis to lead the integration of this global health threat into the mainstream of health and development dialogue and architecture, including G7 and G20 Summits, World Health Assemblies, UN General Assemblies, and World Economic Forums.

The side event will include interventions and presentations from the following

distinguished speakers:

  • Hon. Ricardo Baptista Leite – President, UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health

  • Prof. Konrad Reinhart (online) – President, Sepsis Stiftung

  • Dr. Eleanor Nwadinobi – President, Medical Women’s International Association (MWIA)

  • Hon. Mariam Jashi – CEO of the Global Sepsis Alliance, MWIA Secretary-General, and UNITE Global Board Member

  • Ciaran Staunton (online) – Founder, END SEPSIS, The Legacy of Rory Staunton

  • Thomas Heymann – President and CEO, Sepsis Alliance

  • Michael Wong – Executive Director, Physician-Patient Alliance for Health and Safety (PPAHS)

The meeting will be moderated by Dr. Connie Newman – MWIA Vice-President for North America and Representative to the United Nations.

Sepsis and the Sustainable Development Goals

Sepsis is one of the leading causes of mortality, disability, and healthcare expenditures worldwide, accounting for approximately 20% of all annual deaths. This global health threat affects 48.9 million people every year, including 20.3 million children and 5.7 million women during pregnancy, delivery, or postpartum. According to the latest estimates from the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), Sepsis is responsible for 13.7 million deaths annually, including 4.95 million deaths associated with or attributable to antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

The 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and related aspirations for Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health (MNCH), UHC, AMR, and Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response (PPPR) cannot be achieved without robust actions against Sepsis at national, regional and global levels.  A reinvigorated sepsis response is essential to accelerate progress toward health-related SDG 3 and 8 other Sustainable Development Goals.

Marvin Zick