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Global health

Our aim is to improve the survival and quality of life of sepsis patients through multidisciplinary applied health research at the
individual and health system level.

Achieving better understanding of the burden of sepsis in Africa and better characterise case definitions.

Defining standards of safety and quality of sepsis care, and describe reliable and appropriate metrics for Low Income Countries in Africa.

The African Research Collaboration on Sepsis is funded by the NIHR as a Global Health Research Group.

This £2m multinational project is led at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine by Dr Shevin Jacob and Dr Jamie Rylance, and includes establishing Centres of Sepsis Research Excellence in Malawi, Uganda, and Gabon.

About us

ARCS Partners

The ARCS Team

Where we work

How we work

The Baseline African Sepsis Incidence Survey (BASIS)

The Baseline African Sepsis Incidence Survey (BASIS) is a study carried out at health facilities within 10 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, to better understand the burden of sepsis in Africa and better characterise case definitions.

DELPHI – Quality Standards for care of the critically unwell patient in Africa

The aim of this group is to define standards of safety and quality of sepsis care, and describe reliable and appropriate metrics for Low Income Countries in Africa.

Projects

Bedside Ultrasound in Emergency Sepsis Treatment (BUSIEST) Study

Sepsis Patient Experience Study

Electronic Severe Illness Management Support (eSIMS) Evaluation

News

Winners of the 2020 Global Sepsis Awards

ARCS was awarded the GSA Award due to their network making outstanding contribution to sepsis research and capacity building across Sub-Saharan Africa. ARCS has and continues to build sustainable partnerships between research and clinical organizations, ministries of health, non-government organizations, and the commercial sector.

14 Oct 2020

World Sepsis Day 2019

World Sepsis Day is held on September 13th every year and is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against sepsis.

13 Sep 2019

Understanding sepsis in resource-constrained settings

Since 2006, Dr Shevin Jacob’s research has been focused on improving our understanding of sepsis predominantly in non-pregnant adults hospitalized in resource-constrained settings, primarily Uganda. His first study was an observational study to investigate the aetiology, clinical management, and outcomes associated with sepsis in a predominantly HIV-infected hospital population in Uganda.

08 Jan 2019

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