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What is Sepsis?
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that occurs when the body’s response to an infection injures its own tissues and organs.
According to recent estimates, one in eighteen deaths in Canada involves sepsis, making it the twelfth leading cause of death nationally. Globally, sepsis affects an estimated 18 million people each year. The condition remains a leading cause of death in the Global South.
Many patients diagnosed with sepsis require care in the Intensive Care Unit, placing a considerable burden on the healthcare system. The cost of treating sepsis in Canada amounts to $325 million annually. Even as the diagnosis and treatment of sepsis improve, rates are on the rise.
Our Sepsis Stories
The goal of our sepsis stories is to bring awareness and educate the public about sepsis, what can trigger it and how it affects patients and their families.
Our Sepsis Stories
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Geneva, April 29–30 – Dr. Mariam Jashi, CEO of the Global Sepsis Alliance, participated in the 38th Meeting of the Policy and Coordination Committee (PCC) of the UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), held at WHO Headquarters in Geneva.
A BREAKTHROUGH study presented at ESCMID Global 2025 highlights IL-6 as a highly accurate early biomarker for sepsis in neonates, children, and pregnant women, three of the most vulnerable patient groups.
As William Evans cradles his newborn infant son, with his four-year-old twin daughters, Alexandria and Anastasia by his side, the single father of three is still coming to terms with the sudden, inescapable void his family faces.
With tears in his eyes, Evans explains the heartbreaking task in front of him: “How do you tell your four-year-old girls that they’re never going to see mommy again when they don’t understand?”
It’s called the hidden killer. That’s because there’s little public awareness about sepsis and not a lot of data on how many people it really affects. But Amalie Henze is out to change all that.
More than 90 per cent of hospitals in Canada are community-based, but limited resources often prevent them from conducting research, creating a critical gap in equitable access to clinical trials and leaving diverse populations underrepresented in life-changing medical data.
The parents of an Okanagan girl who died at Kelowna General Hospital in 2022 are suing the doctors they allege were slow to act and, ultimately, negligent in their child’s care.
Ayla Loseth, 9, died from sepsis due to a streptococcus infection and her parents Christine and Brady Loseth claim it was preventable in a document filed in court last month.
Massachusetts researchers linked SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to about 1 in 6 sepsis cases at five Boston hospitals during the pandemic's first 2-1/2 years.
Renée Cable, Manitoba's minister of advanced education and training, says she knew next to nothing about sepsis before she was hospitalized and rendered unconscious from the condition, where the body's immune response to an infection damages its own tissues.
Please find below the link JLA Global Paediatric Sepsis survey. We are looking for clinical and non-clinical input (patients & families) from around the globe.