Tomorrow: SPPH presentation on interrupting sepsis in Bangladesh and Uganda

[Benjamin G.S. Horsman]

Hi everyone,

This just in from our friends at the UBC School of Population and Public Health:

Population & Public Health Rounds

Charles Larson & Matthew Wiens

Interrupting Pathways to Sepsis in Low Income Countries

September 23, 2011, 9:00 am 

Room B151, 2206 East Mall, Library Processing Centre (LPC)

Abstract

Early detection and interruption of pathways to sepsis among women, newborns and young children in least developed, low income countries has been a largely neglected and misunderstood issue.  Sepsis is the final common pathway to death for nearly all serious childhood infectious illnesses.  Of the nearly 8 million under-five children who die each year, it is estimated that 50 to 70% of these deaths will be the result of children entering this pathway. Approximately 20% of maternal deaths are also due to sepsis.  We will be describing UBC partnerships with Bangladeshi and Ugandan researchers that aim to establish demonstration sites in which integrated innovations will be implemented and evaluated that involve the coordinated actions of households, communities, midwives, and primary or hospital care providers in adapting and strengthening mHealth communication and diagnostic innovations, early detection-treatment-referral guidelines for suspected sepsis cases and strengthened quality of care and follow-up. 

http://www.spph.ubc.ca/page185.htm

Best regards,

Ben

Co-chair, UBC-UAEM