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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 

Check out our resources to help you get started!

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

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 ​

Together, we can be the change we want to see surrounding group B!
A simple conversation can have a big impact!
Birthday & Angelversary events to promote GBS awareness
​GBSI will be attending and presenting e-posters at the International Stillbirth Alliance (ISA) 2019 conference! October 4-6 , 2019 in Madrid, Spain! 
Two of GBSI's board members will also be participating in the Perinatal Death Classification Pre-conference Workshop on October 3rd.  
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​GBSI will be exhibiting at the 32nd International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) Triennial Congress being held June 21-25, 2020 in Bali, Indonesia! ​
Special thanks to 
for sponsoring GBSI's exhibit table! 

​GBS Efforts and News around the World!

GBS Parent & Survivor Awareness Efforts
  • Thank you to Down Range MC Blood & Steel Chapter and all who participated in the 3rd annual Reagan's Ride in honor of Reagan, GBS meningitis survivor, for raising $3000 for GBSI! 
  • Thank you to Savannah and Claire for raising $207.50 for GBSI in honor of Finley and GBS Awareness Month!
  • 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/    
  • ​Mom shares last photo of 'healthy' newborn taken hours before undetected group B strep death. “No temperature,” Vandenbrouck, of Devon, told SWNS. “There was not a single thing wrong. She never woke up.” Full article
  • In a matter of days, a Salem mother watched her 7-week-old baby goes from happy and alert to gravely sick with GBS meningitis to dying in her arms. She tells her story here in the Statesman Journal, part of the USA Today network.
In the News
CDC Prevention Guidelines Update
Please click HERE for a presentation on the Revised GBS Guidelines by lead author, Dr. Karen M. Puopolo.
  • ASM is currently reviewing GBS laboratory guidance. In the meantime, microbiologists should continue to follow the guidance included in the 2010 GBS guidelines. Once all three organizations finish publishing updated GBS prevention guidance, CDC will remove all guidelines resources from its website.

Safety and immunogenicity of a second dose of an investigational maternal trivalent Group B streptococcus vaccine in non-pregnant women 4–6 years after a first dose: results from a phase 2 trial.
Geert Leroux-Roels, et al. Clinical Infectious Diseases.
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Hospitals to test mums-to-be for risky group-B strep
​May 14 2019 Screening for a life-threatening bacterial infection of babies is to be offered in a trial with 80 hospitals in England, Wales and Scotland,
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United States of American Senate committee hearing on vaccines.
 Mar 5, 2019 One of the panelists mentioned GBS vaccine efforts. For the full video click here.
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GBSI's Newsletter: The Globe August 2019 

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Our past events and GBS news can be viewed in our Event & News Archive.
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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!