Health First Europe and the European Network for Safer Health Care are organizing a roundtable debate to exchange best practices on sepsis and explore new steps to better manage it. This event takes place at the European Parliament (Room PHS1C47) on Wednesday, September 25th, 2019 from 14:30 to 16:30h.

The discussion will focus on successful initiatives at the country level, designed to raise awareness on the burden of sepsis, its implications, and clinical management. It will also provide a best cases’ exchange with the aim to make sepsis a top priority in the agenda of the new legislative term.

There will be keynote speakers from the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, the WHO, the European Society for Emergency Medicine, the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the Global Sepsis Alliance, among regional authorities and patient representatives.

Today is World Sepsis Day* - countless events in all parts of the world are raising awareness for sepsis today.

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

Sign the World Sepsis Declaration

It’s like a petition against sepsis - the more people sign it, the better.

Follow Us on Social Media

We are ‘World Sepsis Day’ on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook - make sure to follow us if you aren’t yet.

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 post are 280 characters or less, meaning they work on Twitter effortlessly. Most work best with a WSD Infographic or one of our Sepsis Awareness Clips…

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

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

• September 13th is #WorldSepsisDay! Join our global movement now - it is as easy as downloading our free #infographics or #sepsis #awareness clips from www.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 30 million people annually, but often neglected by #policymakers, the general public, and even #healthcare #professionals - join the global movement to #stopsepsis now!

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

Hashtags

The official hashtags for World Sepsis Day are:

• #WorldSepsisDay

• #Sepsis

• #StopSepsis

• #SaveLives

We explicitly discourage using #WorldSepsisDay2019, #WSD19, or #WSD - if we want to ‘trend’, it is imperative we all use the same hashtags.

Infographics, Sepsis Awareness Clips, and More Free Resources

Our WSD Toolkit Section has tons of new material - brand-new Sepsis Awareness Clips (covering symptoms, sources, risk groups, and more in about 30 seconds), posters, new wallpapers, and of course our WSD Infographics in six 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 even print it.

WSD Photo Challenge

The WSD Photo Challenge is a quick and easy way to raise awareness for sepsis and show your support for World Sepsis Day - simply print the photo board you like best, write your name on it, take a picture, and upload to Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Snapchat, or wherever you like.

Sepsis in 3 Minutes - Video

Our video ‘What Is Sepsis? (Sepsis explained in 3 minutes)’ has been viewed over 200,000 times across all 7 languages - it 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:

Press Release

A press release as well as a press release template is available for you to customize and disseminate in multiple languages.

2019 WSD Event Poster

After World Sepsis Day, the 2019 WSD Event Poster will summarize all events that took place around WSD this year - make sure to take some pictures.

On September 14th, we will have a form available here (URL to bookmark: www.worldsepsisday.org/wsdposter) allowing you to upload a short description of your event and the best picture, to be featured on the poster. The poster will be made available for download later this year, and be printed and shipped to you later this year or early next year.

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.

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.

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*at least in our time zone ;).

World Sepsis Day is almost here – it is only four days away!

While World Sepsis Day itself continues to raise awareness for sepsis worldwide with countless events on all continents, for example 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 awareness campaigns on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and many more social networks, it is also the most favorable moment to address policymakers, health systems, and medical professionals with regards to the global burden of sepsis.

Through collective and institutional action, mortality rates from sepsis can be reduced by 20 percent by 2025 - there are positive examples from the UK, the US, and Australia, but also from low- and middle-income countries such as Brazil.

Getting this message across is the top priority of our 2019 media campaign and our press release for World Sepsis Day, which you can download below.

Additionally, we have created a template for a press release, which can tailor to your needs and approach the media in your country or jurisdiction.

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Press Release

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Template for Press Release

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For media inquires, please contact Kathryn Hendrick.

Kathryn.Hendrick@global-sepsis-alliance.org

+1 416 277 6281

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World Sepsis Day is just 5 days away - to raise awareness for sepsis and to show your support for World Sepsis Day, we encourage you to change the wallpaper on your computer to one of our brand-new WSD Wallpapers.

There are 6 different wallpapers to choose from:

• Symptoms of sepsis

• Risk groups of sepsis

• Sources of sepsis

• Sepsis splash on white background

• Sepsis splash on gradient background

• Sepsis splash on colorful background

The wallpapers come in four different aspect ratios (4 to 3, 16 to 10, 16 to 9, and 21 to 9) with a resolution of up to 5K. They are a free download in our toolkit section.

If you work in a hospital or larger organization, ask your IT department about changing all wallpapers remotely…

World Sepsis Day on September 13th is only 10 days away - with this post, we want to give you some ideas to show your support on social media, be it Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, LinkedIn, or something else entirely.

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 work on Twitter effortlessly:

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

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

• September 13th is #WorldSepsisDay! Join our global movement now - it is as easy as downloading our free #infographics or #sepsis #awareness clips from www.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 30 million people annually, but often neglected by #policymakers, the general public, and even #healthcare #professionals - join the global movement to #stopsepsis now!

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

The official hashtags for World Sepsis Day are:

• #WorldSepsisDay

• #Sepsis

• #StopSepsis

• #SaveLives

We explicitly discourage using #WorldSepsisDay2019 or #WSD19 - if we want to “trend”, it is important we all use the same hashtags.

Sepsis Awareness Clips / WSD Infographics

Our new Sepsis Awareness Clips and our WSD Infographics are a great and easy way to spice up your posts - both are of course free downloads in our WSD Toolkit Section. Our infographics are available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, and German.

WSD Photo Challenge

The WSD Photo Challenge is another amazing way to raise awareness for sepsis and World Sepsis Day - just download the photo challenge material from our toolkit section, print the photo board you like the best (there are 7 options to choose from), write your name on it, take a picture, and upload it to Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, using the hashtag #WorldSepsisDay or tag us in the post (@WorldSepsisDay).

Facebook Picture Frames

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

To do so, follow these easy steps:

1. Click this link to 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 one week.

Our Social Media Channels

We are ‘World Sepsis Day’ on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook - make sure to follow us if you aren’t yet.

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

‘Proyecto Sepsis Ecuador’ (PSE) was born as an initiative of a group of doctors specialized in Critical Care Medicine, with the interest of improving awareness about sepsis in Ecuador, optimizing the continuous training of the population and healthcare professionals on the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of patients who suffer from sepsis.

In the context of World Sepsis Day, PSE will hold their ‘1st Sepsis Online Symposium’ on September 13th, 2019, featuring leading national and international medical specialists and professionals, highly trained in the management of sepsis. From 10 AM Ecuador time (GMT -5), the talks will be uploaded one by one to their Facebook page "Proyecto Sepsis Ecuador”, for free and in Spanish.

This initiative has the support of important national and international organizations, including the Global Sepsis Alliance, the Latin American Institute of Sepsis, the Mexican Sepsis Foundation, the Salvadoran Emergency Association, the Latin American Council of Neurointensivism CLaNi, the Ecuadorian Society of Intensive Care - Subsidiary Manabí, the Red Academic of Intensive Medicine (Ecuador), and Cuidados Críticos Ecuador.

“Proyecto Sepsis Ecuador" is committed to the fight against sepsis - join this initiative now and let us work together to raise awareness for sepsis.

With World Sepsis Day about 2 weeks out, we are thrilled to release our new Sepsis Awareness Clips today - seven short videos (roughly 30 seconds) highlighting different aspects of sepsis, for example symptoms, risk groups, sources, post-sepsis symptoms, and more.

The clips are a free download in our WSD Toolkit Section, and you may use them wherever you like - on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, LinkedIn, other social networks, or at physical events.

As always, we are interested in your thoughts - do you like the Sepsis Awareness Clips? What could be improved?

The clips are of course based on our video “What Is Sepsis? (sepsis explained in 3 minutes), which remains available in seven languages and is embedded below.

Over the course of the summer, the Global Sepsis Alliance has revamped its governance structure, adopted new articles, and has elected a new board and a new executive committee. All these changes were made to involve more people from more backgrounds, representing more regions, ultimately fostering the long-term sustainability of the GSA and its global impact.

The following people were elected by our members to serve a three-year term on the new GSA Board:

• Alison Fox-Robichaud, North America

• Antonio Artigas, Europe

• Charles Gomersall, Asia Pacific

• Dennis Kredler, Europe

• Elizabeth Papathanassoglou, North America

• Emmanuel Nsutebu, Africa

• Flavia Machado, Latin America

• Halima Salisu Kabara, Africa

• Ignacio Martin-Loeches, Europe

• Imrana Malik, North America

• Jean-Paul Mira, Europe

• Konrad Reinhart, Europe

• Luis Antonio Gorodo Del Sol, North America

• Maha Aljuaid, Eastern Mediterranean

• Mathias Pletz, Europe

• Mitchell Levy, North America

• Niranjan 'Tex' Kissoon, North America

• Ron Daniels, Europe

• Shahrzad Kiavash, Europe

• Simon Finfer, Asia Pacific

Of those 20 people, Dennis, Emmanuel, Flavia, Imrana, Konrad, Luis, Maha, Tex, Ron, and Simon have been elected to serve on the GSA Executive Committee. They continue to be supported by our 3-person WSD Head Office.