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.

To kickstart GBS Awareness month off I would like to welcome the Group B Strep Support Group of South Africa!

Bronner Gonçalves, Epidemiologist, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, has released a new article on the ‘Group B streptococcus infection during pregnancy and infancy: estimates of regional and global burden’, in Lancet Global Health April 2022.

Proma Paul, Research Fellow, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, has released a new manuscript on the ‘Neurodevelopmental and growth outcomes after invasive Group B Streptococcus in early infancy: A multi-country matched cohort study in South Africa, Mozambique, India, Kenya, and Argentina’, in Lancet eClinical Medicine 2022.

“Every Country, Every Family: Group B Streptococcal Disease Worldwide” is a series of nine papers coordinated by LSHTM, funded by the Gates Foundation and involving 61 authors from 6 continents.

ISSAD is excited to announce that Dr Carol J. Baker will be taking part in moderating Track 1 at the ISSAD Conference in November.

ISSAD are excited to announce two speakers who will be taking part in the keynote sessions at the ISSAD Conference in November.

A Virtual Conference Group B Strep in Pregnancy & Babies on Wednesday, 2 June 2021 is a must-attend event for anyone interested in group B Strep.

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