On 10 September the Global Sepsis Alliance (GSA) launched the first multi-year strategic vision aimed at alleviating the significant human, societal, healthcare and economic burden of Sepsis. The Global Sepsis Alliance (GSA) initiated and coordinated the development of this document. Discussions began in 2023 at the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly in New […]
My experience with sepsis involves infertility and IVF. For anyone reading this who may be experiencing either of those, please understand that this story might be triggering but it does end well. For context, during this period of my life I had a three-year-old daughter, a husband and was generally healthy. Between March 2022 and […]
On the 12th of August, 2024, I had the birth all women could dream of. It was unmedicated — three and a half hours of labour and half an hour of pushing — and our baby girl entered the world. During pregnancy I only had one dream/nightmare. It was that once I delivered, my placenta […]
Early recognition and timely response are at the core of the Stopping Sepsis National Action Plan (SSNAP), and the National Sepsis Program and Program Extension have delivered a coordinated suite of projects that directly advance these goals, improving clinical capability, public awareness, and system-wide consistency. These projects, developed through collaboration between Sepsis Australia, The George […]
Whether you're a healthcare professional, a concerned citizen, or someone personally touched by sepsis, there are numerous ways you can contribute to our cause.
Sepsis awareness in Australia has been driven by Sepsis Australia through a combination of ongoing awareness activities and promotions, a national strategy and grassroots advocacy. Sepsis Australia in collaboration with the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care delivered targeted campaigns such as “Could It Be Sepsis?”, clinical education modules, and public-facing resources […]
In honour of International Day of Women and Girls in Science on Sunday 11th February, we’re celebrating the success of Dr Amy Freeman-Sanderson and Sepsis Australia, Program Head Associate Professor Naomi Hammond. Dr Amy Freeman-Sanderson (from University of Technology Sydney) was recently awarded the 2024 Australian Critical Care Excellence in Research Award, from Australian College […]
Sepsis Australia has been working closely with our education partner Continulus to develop the ‘Pocketbook of Sepsis’. The Pocketbook of Sepsis is a digital library of high-impact, evidence-based lectures from peer-reviewed international experts aiming to put world-expert knowledge in the pockets of health professionals, and in particular those working in lower resource settings. The Pocketbook […]
Sepsis is a time-critical complex condition that requires evidence-based care delivered by appropriate levels of well trained, qualified and experienced staff supported by proactive organisational and quality processes, sophisticated technologies and reliable infrastructure. In 2017, the estimated sepsis incidence in the Asia Pacific region ranged from 120 to 200 per 100,000 population in Australia to […]
