GSA CEO Dr. Mariam Jashi at the 2025 Virchow Prize Lecture
Dr. Mariam Jashi, CEO of the Global Sepsis Alliance, had the honour of participating as a panelist in the Virchow Prize Lecture 2025, held on October 10, 2025, at ESMT Berlin and via livestream.
Hosted by the Virchow Foundation and ESMT Berlin, the event honored the 2025 Virchow Prize Laureates, Prof. Quarraisha Abdool Karim and Prof. Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, recognized for their pioneering, lifelong leadership in advancing maternal, newborn, and child health equity through community-centered, evidence-based research.
The lecture addressed the urgent need to advance equity in women’s, maternal, newborn, and child health, emphasizing holistic and systems-based approaches that connect gender, health, and socioeconomic development.
The event opened with welcome remarks by Jörg Rocholl, President of ESMT Berlin, and Prof. Detlev Ganten, Co-Founder and Board of Trustees member of the Virchow Foundation. The Lecture was moderated by Prof. Ole Petter Ottersen, Vice President of the Virchow Foundation.
During the discussion, Dr. Jashi highlighted the critical importance of sustainable financial investments in health, stressing that long-term, equitable funding models are essential for strengthening health systems and achieving global impact.
The Global Sepsis Alliance is proud to maintain a strategic partnership with the Virchow Foundation since 2023. Through this collaboration, the Virchow Foundation has co-sponsored and co-organized several landmark global sepsis events, including side events at the 78th Session of the World Health Assembly, the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly, the launch of the 2030 Global Agenda for Sepsis at the German Bundestag, and the Central Press Conference for World Sepsis Day 2025 in Berlin.
We are deeply grateful for the continued collaboration with the Virchow Foundation and look forward to an even stronger partnership toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and scaling up the implementation of the 2030 Global Agenda for Sepsis — with the ambition to save at least 2 million lives from sepsis every year.
