News Archive
 Group B Strep Infection: A lurking danger for unborn babies, Medical News Today www.medicalnewstoday.com, August 8, 2008
October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month! Group B strep (GBS) can definitely infect babies before birth, yet there has not been an official name designated for GBS disease when it causes babies to be miscarried or stillborn. To further awareness and prevention of GBS disease in all stages of a baby’s development, Group B Strep International has given a name to GBS disease acquired before birth: Prenatal-onset Group B Strep (POGBS) Disease. To view the related article on OBGYN.net, please CLICK HERE.
Argentina has just passed legislation that all pregnant women be tested for Group B Strep! Congratulations to PREVENCIONEGB, who educated the public through the media to achieve their goal!”
(1/01/2008) Thanks to Dr. Diep Nguyen, GBSI will be joining the babykick Foundation to have information available at the upcoming March of Dimes Conference for Health Professionals. The conference will be held January 23-25, 2008 in Costa Mesa, CA and is an important opportunity to generate awareness regarding Group B Strep and stillbirth. Your donation helps GBSI have adequate materials available for the health professionals in attendance!
(1/01/2008) GBSI’s web site now also in Spanish! Thanks to a generous sponsorship from Dr. James C. Caillouette, our web site is now available in both English and in Spanish! Please share GBSI’s website en español with your Spanish-speaking colleagues and friends.
(6/06/2007)The CDC has just issued a new report: Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Disease After Universal Screening Recommendations; United States, 2003-2005. The incidence among white infants has steadily decreased during 2003 to 2005. However, the incidence has increased 70% among black infants.
February was Prenatal Infection Prevention Month sponsored by GBSI on the National Health Observance Calendar. For more information or materials, please e-mail us at info@gbs-intl.org or click here to download our poster or brochure.
(3/01/2007) February was South African National Reproductive Awareness Month. (Feb 12 – 18 National Pregnancy week) and is also US Prenatal Infection Prevention Month. To help create awareness in South Africa, especially about lesser known infections such Group B Strep, Donna Baesa, Director of Urban Mamas, and Ntombenhle Msomi from Gauteng Health teamed up with GBSI to bring you a live chat open day at www.urbanmamas.co.za on Thursday 22 February 2007 from 16h00 – 18h00 GMT+2. For a transcript of the chat session, please click here.
(7/26/2006) FDA approves a new, rapid test for GBS!
The US FDA has approved the Xpert GBS Assay, a rapid DNA-based test for GBS. The test gives results in a matter of hours (as opposed to several days for culture tests). The speed of the test is important, because although women are screened for GBS between 35 and 37 weeks gestation, the bacterial population can change extremely quickly. READ MORE > |
