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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Approximately 1 in 4 pregnant women carry GBS, the leading cause of sepsis and meningitis in newborns according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). GBS can also infect babies during pregnancy and the first few months of life.
Check out our resources to help you get started!
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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
July is GBS Awareness Month! Check out our Toolkit and learn how to get involved!
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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! |
International Conference on Group B Strep (ICGBS) 2021
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We are pleased to announce the International Conference on Group B Strep (ICGBS) 2021! The ICGBS 2021 is an online collaboration of healthcare professionals, laboratorians, researchers, families, policy makers, and other interested individuals working to increase GBS disease awareness and prevention. Join us as we work to reduce the burden of group B strep disease worldwide with Keynote Speaker Professor Joy Lawn.
ICGBS 2021 will be online July 20-22, 2021 and registration is free! The Call for Abstracts has been extended through June 1st and our Research Wall is now accepting submissions! |
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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 June 2021
Projects, Campaigns, and News Worldwide
Join us online July 20-22, 2021! Registration is free!
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Help prevent future babies from becoming infected by helping identify gaps in care and communication surrounding GBS!
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Help spread awareness and #starttheGBSconversation in your community
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GBSI will be exhibiting at the 32nd International Confederation of Midwives Virtual Triennial Congress. Thank you to Hologic® ANZ for sponsoring our virtual exhibit!
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Shop to support! When you use smile.amazon.com and choose Group B Strep International as your charity, Amazon will donate a percentage of every purchase you make!
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December 15, 2020 Press Release: MinervaX raises upsized EUR 47.4M (USD 57M) Series B to advance its novel Group B Streptococcus vaccine through mid-stage clinical trials
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Clayton George will be will be racing in six (6) ultramarathons in 2021, all of which will be used to leverage this fundraiser and spread awareness in Cora's name.
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We invite all researchers to post about their current projects involving group B Streptococcus for our virtual Research Wall to be displayed during ICGBS 2021. Other relevant research projects are also welcome!
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Stories in the news:
- Baby's fever left him fighting for life with Strep B diagnosis
- Group B Strep: Tyrone mum raising awareness of life-threatening infection in newborn babies
- Analysis of virulence factors and antibiotic resistance genes in group B streptococcus from clinical samples
- Hyaluronidase Impairs Neutrophil Function and Promotes Group B Streptococcus Invasion and Preterm Labor in Nonhuman Primates
- Group B Streptococcus serotypes associated with different clinical syndromes: Asymptomatic carriage in pregnant women, intrauterine fetal death, and early onset disease in the newborn
- Effect of oral Lactobacillus rhamnosus GR-1 and Lactobacillus reuteri RC-14 on vaginal Group B Streptococcus colonization and vaginal microbiome in late pregnancy
Our past events and GBS news can be viewed in our Event & News Archive.
Please see all we’ve accomplished with your support!
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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!