Sepsis is a serious condition in which the body responds improperly to an infection. The infection-fighting processes turn on the body, causing the organs to work poorly. Sepsis may progress to septic shock. This is a dramatic drop in blood pressure that can damage the lungs, kidneys, liver and other organs.
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WHY IS WORLD SEPSIS DAY IMPORTANT?
World Sepsis Day is held on September 13 every year and is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against sepsis. Sepsis accounts for at least 11 million deaths worldwide annually. Yet, depending on country and education, sepsis is known only to 7 – 50% of the people.
Likewise, it is poorly known that sepsis can be prevented by vaccination and clean care and that early recognition and treatment reduce sepsis mortality by 50%. This lack of knowledge makes sepsis the number one preventable cause of death worldwide.
WHY SHOULD YOU PARTICIPATE IN WORLD SEPSIS DAY
World Sepsis Day is the favorable moment to increase public awareness for this poorly acknowledged healthcare disaster, but also to show support and solidarity with the millions of people who lost their loved ones, or, as sepsis survivors, suffer from the long-term consequences of sepsis.
World Sepsis Day is a great opportunity to remind the public, media, national, and international healthcare authorities, healthcare providers, and healthcare workers, policy makers, and the governments that there is an urgent need to increase and improve education on the facility, regional, national, and international level.
World Polio Day highlights the global efforts to end poliomyelitis (polio) worldwide. Polio is a life-threatening disease caused by the poliovirus, which the World Health Assembly committed to eradicate in 1988. The WHO European Region was declared polio-free in 2002 and has sustained this status every year since then.
Les journées mondiales à thématique médicale sont nombreuses tout au long de l’année, mais ce n’est pas une raison pour négliger la lutte contre la méningite. Cette maladie est une grave infection des fines membranes qui enveloppent le cerveau et la moelle épinière. Elle peut être foudroyante et est souvent mortelle.
L’origine de cette journée mondiale revient au Rotary International et ses nombreux partenaires pour cette cause (de façon non exhaustive et dans le désordre, l’OMS, l’UNICEF, la Fondation Bill & Melinda Gates mais aussi des gouvernements de par le monde, …).
les plus redoutées, paralysant des milliers d’enfants tous les ans et provoquant de nombreux décès.
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La poliomyélite est une infection grave du système nerveux qui présente comme complications possibles : la paralysie, des dommages musculaires et la malformation du squelette. Le poliovirus se transmet de personne à personne, par des aliments et par de l’eau contaminée. La maladie touche principalement les enfants de moins de 5 ans. Toutefois, l’infection et la paralysie peuvent intervenir chez des personnes de tous âges qui ne sont pas immunisées.