Sepsis in Children: Global Implications of the World Health Assembly Resolution on Sepsis.

Kissoon, Niranjan, Reinhart, Konrad, Daniels, Ron, Machado, Machado Flavia R, Schachter, Raymond D and Finfer, Simon (2017) Sepsis in Children: Global Implications of the World Health Assembly Resolution on Sepsis. Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies, 18 (12). e625-e627. ISSN 1529-7535.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND

Sepsis, worldwide the leading cause of death in children, has now been recognized as the global health emergency it is. On May 26, 2017, the World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of the World Health Organization, adopted a resolution proposed by the Global Sepsis Alliance to improve the prevention, diagnosis, and management of sepsis.

OBJECTIVE

To discuss the implications of this resolution for children worldwide.

CONCLUSIONS

The resolution highlights sepsis as a global threat and urges the 194 United Nations member states to take specific actions and implement appropriate measures to reduce its human and health economic burden. The resolution is a major step toward achieving the targets outlined by the Sustainable Developmental Goals for decreasing mortality in infants and children, but implementing it will require a concerted global effort.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	WB Practice of medicine > WB400 Intensive care WS Paediatrics. Child health
Divisions:	Clinical Support > Critical Care Womens and Childrens > Paediatrics
Related URLs:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2891...
Depositing User:	Mr Philip O'Reilly
Date Deposited:	29 Jun 2018 15:21
Last Modified:	29 Jun 2018 15:21
URI:	http://www.repository.uhblibrary.co.uk/id/eprint/1681

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