On the occasion of the World Sepsis Day 2024, sepsis survivors and grieving families from all over Europe gathered for the first Sepsis Patient Summit ever, to be held at the Palais d’Iéna in the very heart of Paris.
Revealing the burden of sepsis focused on SHARING good practices from all over Europe, EMPOWERING and creating awareness, INSPIRING health professionals and CONQUERING sepsis and its long-term consequences.
The programme included 3 sessions:
>> Awareness & visibility;
>> (After)care for families & relatives;
>> Long sepsis?!
Throughout the day, more than 100 participants, attending in-person or online, listened to personal testimonials, interviews and a panel discussion from speakers from Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the UK.
Visual summary of the event by graphic facilitator Cécile Masera
The Paris Declaration
In the Paris Declaration, they launched a Call to Action to EU public health authorities demanding for the development of a European sepsis plan based on eight priorities, complementing the recommendations of the 2030 Global Agenda for Sepsis:
>> Early detection and treatment;
>> Comprehensive patient information;
>> Proper documentation and registration;
>> Clinical pathway development;
>> National public health campaigns;
>> Educational programmes;
>> Universal access to sepsis management;
>> Investments in sepsis research.
This Call to Action has now been published by the esteemed scientific journal The Lancet. It illustrates the urgent need of such a plan as every 2.8 seconds, someone in the world dies of sepsis, leading up to 680.000 deaths yearly in Europe. Sepsis claims more lives annually than prostate and breast cancer, and HIV/AIDS combined. So why not prioritise this medical condition? Infectious diseases and sepsis do not know borders, European countries are challenged in a similar way, so why not share experiences and develop an Action Plan on a European level?