Get ready to share, care, and be aware in the month of February!

Everyday in the month of February, we will be posting an informative video about Group B Strep and many other prenatal infections. Join the conversation to help increase awareness.

February is International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month

Stay tuned for our tool kit on how to help protect your baby from prenatal infections.

Click HERE to check out our poster and handout about prenatal infections and healthy behaviors to keep your baby safe.

Group B strep is a big deal!

Approximatively 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 fisrt 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 ressources 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

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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

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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 Upcoming Projects and Campaigns

GBSI will be attending the following GBS-focused conference and is submitting abstracts for presentation!

Birthday & Angelversaryevents to promote GBS awareness

Special thanks to Lawrence C. Paoletti, Ph.D. for writing a firsthand account of GBS vaccine history in the making to share on our website! Click HERE to read:

and HERE to read his firsthand account of of designing a test to determine if a GBS vaccine was safe for pregnant women and their unborn babies!

Group B Strep International