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.
BT - Pediatr Crit Care Med C1 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28914721?dopt=Abstract DO - 10.1097/PCC.0000000000001340 IS - 12 J2 - Pediatr Crit Care Med LA - eng N2 -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.
PY - 2017 SP - e625 EP - e627 T2 - Pediatr Crit Care Med TI - Sepsis in Children: Global Implications of the World Health Assembly Resolution on Sepsis. VL - 18 SN - 1529-7535 ER -