Group B Strep International
Promoting awareness and prevention of
group B strep disease in babies
during pregnancy through early infancy
group B strep disease in babies
during pregnancy through early infancy
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), each year nearly 20 million pregnant women carry group B strep (GBS). Although GBS is harmless for most pregnant women, it can be extremely serious when it passes to babies during pregnancy, childbirth or in the early weeks of life.
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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
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The WAVES Study
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Announcing the WAVES Study to help determine the gaps in GBS care and communication. If you’ve had a baby (with or without group B strep disease) conceived on or after January 1, 2003, we want to hear from you! Help prevent future babies from becoming infected!
Remember to share with friends and family so we can all wave goodbye to group B strep disease in babies! |
What We Do
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What You Should Know
Each of the three distinct time periods when GBS can infect babies has its own prevention challenges and strategies.
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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!
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GBSI's Newsletter: The Globe, October 2022
Projects, Campaigns, and News Worldwide
There are three types of GBS disease (prenatal-onset, early-onset, and late-onset) but prenatal-onset is often overlooked or not recognized, which minimizes the potential of GBS to cause thousands of babies to be miscarried, stillborn, or born already sick each year due to being infected by GBS in the womb.
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November is Prematurity Awareness Month! Premature babies miss out on the important growth and development that happens in the final weeks of pregnancy. GBS can also cause preterm birth. This month let's bring awareness of the issue and what we can do to prevent it!
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Stillbirth is a crisis and we need to work together to further measures to help understand and prevent stillbirth! Did you know GBS can also cause stillbirths? No babies should be overlooked! Participate in the #SHINEforStillbirth campaign to show support for the Stillbirth Health Improvement and Education Act.
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The goal of our #starttheGBSconversation campaign is to simply get people talking about GBS in their communities and perinatal healthcare providers talking to their patients about GBS disease prevention.
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"Giving is not just about making a donation, it's about making a difference." Please, consider making a donation so, together, we can make a difference for those affected by GBS
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As a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization, we rely on your donations to enable us to create and distribute GBS awareness materials. Please help save babies and their families from the devastation of GBS disease!