Support GBS Awareness

July is International Group B Strep Awareness Month ~ click HERE to find out how to help promote GBS awareness in your community!

 Click HERE to join our July's "What If We Had Known . . . ?" campaign
as a tribute all babies infected by GBS. 
​GBSI relies on your help to further GBS awareness!
To view our daily July posts and tweets,  follow us on: 
or  join our Facebook Groups Page.
Special thanks to Robert Herriman of Outbreak News Today for interviewing our board member, Dr. James A. McGregor, to bring attention to a variety of GBS topics for July as International Group B Strep Awareness Month. Click HERE to listen!

Group B strep is a big deal!

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 moms who test negative can become infected by group B strep.
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Fortunately there are many ways to help protect babies from group B strep  (στα Ελληνικά)  (en español). This website contains resources for you to 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, symptom 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 

From sharing a brochure with a pregnant friend to starting an awareness campaign with your department of health, there are many ways to help!
Upcoming Projects and Campaigns 
Birthday & Angelversary events to promote GBS awareness

​GBS Efforts and News around the World!

PATH welcomes grant to advance Group B Streptococcus vaccine development
​Award from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will support maternal immunization strategies
PFIZER BEGINS PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL TO EVALUATE INVESTIGATIONAL GROUP B STREPTOCOCCUS VACCINE
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Special thanks to GBS mom, Amanda Caldwell, for sharing her family's GBS journey! Read their very special story and watch their video on ABC7NY.com by clicking here.

UK mum, Kim Poulton, is petitioning for GBS screening to be routine for all pregnant women in the UK. Please read, share, and sign.​​

Our past events can be viewed in our Event Archive.  Please see all we’ve accomplished with your support!

​Donations
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!