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Signs and Symptoms of GBS in Newborns

By Javairia Khalid, Lecturer, The Aga Khan University, Pakistan Dr Javairia Khalid, a member of the ‘Young ISSAD’ Committee, has created a handy infographic regarding the symptoms of GBS disease in newborns compared to people of other ages who get Read more…

By issad@lshtm.ac.uk, 23 mins2 February 2023 ago
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Group B Streptococcus colonization in mothers from Karachi, Pakistan

By Javairia Khalid, Lecturer, The Aga Khan University, Pakistan An estimated one in five pregnant women around the world carry Group B Streptococcus (GBS) bacteria which is a major, yet preventable, cause of maternal and infant ill health globally. GBS Read more…

By issad@lshtm.ac.uk, 2 months14 December 2022 ago
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Group B Strep the leading identified infectious cause of stillbirth and neonatal death in the UK

New data published in MBRRACE-UK’s Perinatal Mortality Surveillance Report 2020 has found that group B Strep is the most commonly identified cause of stillbirth and neonatal death. For the first time, data were presented on infectious causes of stillbirth and Read more…

By issad@lshtm.ac.uk, 2 months30 November 2022 ago
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BORN TOO SOON; Group B strep as a cause of preterm birth

By Javairia Khalid, Lecturer, The Aga Khan University, Pakistan Each year on November 17th, World Prematurity Day is observed to raise awareness about preterm birth and what these babies and their families face across the world. Approximately 15 million babies Read more…

By issad@lshtm.ac.uk, 2 months23 November 2022 ago
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‘Young ISSAD’ Seminar Series: Epidemiology of Group B Streptococcus invasive disease in high and low-income settings

Thursday 17 November9am EST | 2pm GMT | 3pm CET | 5pm EAT | 7:30pm IST (1 hour) Thank you for joining us for our 1st ‘Young ISSAD’ Committee Seminar Series on GBS Epidemiology. We had speakers Dr Proma Paul, Read more…

By issad@lshtm.ac.uk, 3 months16 November 2022 ago
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation makes $100m grant towards Group B Strep vaccine

We welcome the news that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded Pfizer a $100 million grant to support the development of their Group B Strep vaccine. “Prevention is always better than cure, and a safe and effective group Read more…

By issad@lshtm.ac.uk, 3 months27 October 2022 ago
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Group B Strep Vaccines – Animation

The IMPRINT network recently produced the animation resource below explaining Group B Strep vaccines aimed at a general audience. They will also be translating the video into other languages available in 2023. For more IMPRINT GBS videos please visit https://www.imprint-network.co.uk/videos.

By issad@lshtm.ac.uk, 3 months27 October 2022 ago
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World Meningitis Day

On the 5th of October, we joined organisations and individuals around the globe to mark World Meningitis Day 2022. Together, meningitis and neonatal sepsis are the second biggest infectious cause of death in children under five. They can kill in hours, Read more…

By issad@lshtm.ac.uk, 3 months25 October 2022 ago
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Sepsis Awareness Month

The infections that GBS most commonly causes in newborn babies are sepsis (infection of the blood), pneumonia (infection in the lungs) and meningitis (infection of the fluid and lining around the brain). Although GBS infection can make babies very unwell, Read more…

By issad@lshtm.ac.uk, 5 months25 August 2022 ago
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‘Young ISSAD’ Committee

The Group B Strep International Conference (ISSAD) is looking to form a ‘Young ISSAD’ committee to advise on communication and events leading up to and contributing to ISSAD 2023 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. ‘Young ISSAD’ committee meetings will be Read more…

By issad@lshtm.ac.uk, 6 months28 July 2022 ago

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