Support GBS Awareness
October 15-25, 2018
Group B Strep International, in partnership with Star Legacy Foundation, is hosting the 1st Annual Virtual Symposium on POGBSD!
REGISTRATION IS FREE!
CME credit available!
​​Visit gbsi.me/POGBSDvs to register!

Approximately 1 in 4 pregnant women carry GBS, the leading cause of sepsis and meningitis in newborns according to the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). GBS can also infect babies during pregnancy and the first few months of life.

Not all babies exposed to GBS become infected, but, for those who do, the results can be devastating. GBS can cause babies to be miscarried, stillborn, born prematurely, become very sick, have lifelong handicaps, or die. Even babies born to mother who test negative can become infected by group B strep.

Fortunately there are many ways to help protect babies from group B strep. The website contains resources for you learn more about GBS and help prevent its devastating effects 

Special thanks to Aayan's mother for sharing her son's voice making the grunting sounds which are a common, yet often unrecognized, sign of GBS meningitis
Check out our resources to help you get started!

What We Do

  • Provide complimentary GBS awareness info and materials
  • Exhibit and present at conferences worldwide​​.
  • Advocate to close the gaps in GBS care for ALL babies​

What You Should Know

Each of the three distinct time periods when GBS can infect babies has its own prevention challenges and strategies.

How You Can Help 

There are many ways to help from sharing a brochure with a pregnant friend to organizing a trail ride fundraiser to starting an awareness campaign with your department of health!

GBSI's Upcoming Projects and Campaigns ​

This year’s #GivingTuesday is on November 27th. Stay tuned for our plans and how you can make a difference! 
GBSI will be exhibiting and presenting at the Canadian Association of Midwives (CAM) Conference October 17-19, 2018 in Gatineau, QC
Birthday & Angelversary events to promote GBS awareness

October 15-25

Group B Strep International, in partnership with Star Legacy Foundation, is hosting the 1st Annual Virtual Symposium on POGBSD! All are invited to attend and registration is free! For more information, please visit gbsi.me/POGBSDvs

​GBS Efforts and News around the World!

GBS Parent & Survivor Fundraising Efforts
  • Dan and Birgitta Hobster spoke on This Morning about GBS and ​how an £11 test could have saved their baby's life. Broadcast on 07/08/2018
  • Heather Bryan, who lost her son Finnegan to group B strep, is donating a portion of the sales of the beautiful leather bag she designed in his name to GBSI. Check out her website ​at http://www.bagswithacause.com/  Thank you, Heather, for all you are doing to raise GBS awareness!
  • Soon after she lost Mena, Lynn, an artist, painted a picture of a rose in honor of her daughter. After Mena’s third birthday, she wanted to do something special. Lynn decided to take her original rose painting and turn it into a beautiful tote that she could sell to raise money for GBSI. To purchase one of these beautiful totes in honor of Mena, please visit Lynn's Etsy page HERE.
In the News
A Phase II Randomized, Control Trial of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) Type III Capsular Polysaccharide -Tetanus Toxoid (GBS III-TT) Vaccine to Prevent Vaginal Colonization with GBS III.
Sharon L Hillier, Patricia Ferrieri, Morven S Edwards, Marian Ewell, Daron Ferris, Paul Fine, Vincent Carey, Leslie Meyn, Dakota Hoagland, Dennis L Kasper, Lawrence C Paoletti, Heather Hill, Carol J Baker;  Clinical Infectious Diseases.
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OpenNotes, Patient Narratives, and Their Transformative Effects on Patient-Centered Care
Empowering and engaging patients is the key to improving the delivery of care. Patient activation and engagement, and the patient-centeredness of medicine are magic words in health care these days.
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Future GBS vaccine highly likely to be cost-effective way of preventing infant deaths
By Joe Buchanunn. Bacteria which 1 in 10 pregnant women pass on during childbirth, and which can cause death or serious complications in their babies, could be targeted in a cost-effective way by a future vaccine - even if it costs the NHS as high as £54 a dose. 
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Study Shows How Group B Strep Establishes In Utero Infection, Posing Risk to Baby
Dr. Lakshmi Rajagopal’s lab at Seattle Children’s Center for Global and Infectious Disease Research is studying how group B strep establishes an invasive in utero infection during pregnancy.
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A Phase II Randomized, Control Trial of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) Type III Capsular Polysaccharide -Tetanus Toxoid (GBS III-TT) Vaccine to Prevent Vaginal Colonization with GBS III
GBS CPS III-TT conjugate vaccine significantly delayed acquisition of vaginal and rectal GBS III colonization. Besides its use for maternal immunization to passively protect infants with maternally-derived antibodies, a multivalent vaccine might also serve to reduce fetal and neonatal exposure to GBS.
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Quantifying the burden of stillbirths before 28 weeks of completed gestational age in high-income countries: a population-based study of 19 European countries
Present definitions used for international comparisons exclude a third of stillbirths. Ascertainment of fetal deaths at 22 weeks to less than 24 weeks should be stabilised so that all stillbirths from 22 completed weeks of gestation onwards can be reliably compared.
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Hologic Announces FDA Clearance of the Panther Fusion® GBS Assay
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GBSI's Newsletter: The Globe October 2018 

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