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World Sepsis Day

The day is here - World Sepsis Day! Recognised around the world as a global event to help raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of sepsis. Have you started your Superhero fundraiser yet? Jump online to start your Superhero activities, or just donate here....

New sepsis package announced for hospitals across New Zealand

We are over the moon to announce the launch of the Raise the Flag Sepsis Package, endorsed by Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora, now available on the Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission's website. Developed in collaboration with HQSC, clinical experts, system partners, and stakeholders, the package aims to improve the recognition and timely treatment of sepsis in hospitals across Aotearoa New Zealand. It provides hospitals and clinical teams with practical tools, guidance, an...

NZ Sepsis Trust's Ally Hossain to Moderate Global Webinar

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Knowing the Signs of Sepsis Can Save Lives

The New Zealand Sepsis Trust is currently underway with a range of activities to mark global World Sepsis month in September, with its primary objective being to raise awareness of the signs and urgency of sepsis.  Sepsis is a life-threatening condition, killing approximately 11 million people worldwide each year including 4.2 million children.  In Australia, sepsis kills more people each year than road traffic accidents. In the UK, five people die from sepsis every hour.&nbs...

Tough cookie’s sepsis advocacy

Nine-year-old Barney Hossain is fast becoming a sales and health promotion superhero, this time after courageously subduing an evil condition.A sepsis diagnosis in May last year was a bolt from the blue for the young chap, a normal day running a cross country in good health, shivering, vomiting, disorientation and slurred speech the next.The indiscriminate condition is the body’s toxic response to an infection, and in Barney’s case it led to a growth plate in his knee getting infected, and h...

SEPSIS: Suspect it, Say it, Stop it. Webinar - WSD Event

Presented by: Dr Paul Huggan - Consultant, Infectious Disease at Te Whatu Ora Waikato, Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland, Founding Trustee – Sepsis Trust NZTimed to lead into World Sepsis Day, this webinar focuses on recognising and responding to sepsis in everyday healthcare settings.It features a powerful account from Geoff, a farmer and sepsis survivor, who will share his personal experience of illness, hospitalisation, and recovery.Following this, the Sepsis Trust's co-found...

Ally Hossain Elected to Global Sepsis Alliance Board - a First for NZ

Last week, our member organizations came together to elect the Global Sepsis Alliance Board for the 2025–2028 term. The new Board brings together experts and advocates from across all regions of the world – from Africa and Asia to Europe, the Americas, and Oceania – reflecting the truly global nature of our mission. Its members hail from countries including Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, the UK, Canada, Greece, New Zealand, Uganda, Sweden, Belgium, the US, Japan, Australia, Brazil, Ind...

Business Leader Reflects on Near-Death Battle

‘I was on the steps of the pearly gates’: Hamilton CEO’s near-death battle with pancreatitis.  Read the full story here....

Te Niwha Community Development Grant Approved -

Face-to-face Wananga with Maori and Pasifika communities to raise awareness of sepsisIn addition to raising awareness of sepsis, the project aims to gather feedback to new sepsis resources, and to co-create awareness plans and content to help build resilience in response to infection and sepsis“A kaupapa of kahohi ki te kanohi wananga, listening and learning to help us raise awareness, mitigate the impact of sepsis in vulnerable communities, co-create awareness strategies, and ultimately to sa...

Diagnostic tool missing 95% of kids hospitalised with sepsis: Study

New Australian research is calling for more accurate measures to help diagnose the life-threatening condition in children.An estimated 50 infants and children die as a result of sepsis every year in Australia, with the condition accounting for around 500 paediatric intensive care admissions annually. But cases can be difficult to diagnose, particularly in the early stages, with symptoms often non-specific and mimicking those of common illnesses, such as a cold or influenza.&n...

Support Meeting - 17 July 2025

Our Support Nurse holds support group meetings via Teams for anyone who is recovering from sepsis or for those who have previously had sepsis. To register for a monthly support meeting, please email info@sepsis.org.nz and you will be sent the Teams link....

Donation Received

Earlier this week we were grateful to receive notification that Nelson Pine Industries Limited has chosen to make a donation to the NZ Sepsis Trust. Thank you so much to Nelson Pine Industries for choosing us as the recipient of your donation. ...

Potter Trust Makes $25,000 Grant to Sepsis Trust

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Season's Greetings from the NZ Sepsis Trust

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Surviving Sepsis - Detective Senior Sergeant Ian Foster

Detective Senior Sergeant Ian Foster remembers his son yelling 'Never give up' at him through tears as he struggled to breathe, passing in and out of consciousness.Ian was a in a critical state suffering from life-threatening sepsis that had taken over his body.At the time, in June last year, he believed he was having a heart attack. But it would turn out to be one of the signs of sepsis, a life-threatening condition that causes organ failure due to an uncontrolled immune response to infection.F...

World Sepsis Day - Waikato Style

Congratulations to everyone at Waikato Hospital for the spirit they brought to World Sepsis Day 2024....