The International Conference on Group B Strep (ICGBS) 2021

20 – 22 July 2021
Virtual

By Group B Strep International

Join for the International Conference on Group B Strep (ICGBS) 2021! ICGBS 2021 is an online collaboration of healthcare professionals, laboratorians, researchers, families, policy makers, and other interested individuals working to reduce the burden of group B strep disease in babies worldwide!

Learn about breast milk and GBS, risk factors associated with GBS colonization, the significance of GBS in urine in pregnancy, and more!

Keynote Speaker, Joy Lawn, will be presenting her talk titled "20 million pregnant women with GBS worldwide: deaths, data on disability and delivering change." 

​Approximately 1 in 4 pregnant women carry GBS, which can infect babies during pregnancy through 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. 

Presentations will include:

  • 20 million pregnant women with GBS worldwide: deaths, data on disability and delivering change. – Professor Joy Lawn
  • Simple, Efficacious, Unlimited – A Screening Program for the Permanent Reduction of Incidence of Early Preterm Birth – Udo B. Hoyme, Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. habil. Prof. Dr. h.c.
  • The Use of Intramuscular Ceftriaxone in Infants during the First Week of Life to Minimize the Risk of Late Onset Group B Strep Disease in Inadequately, Prenatally Treated Newborns. –  Robert A. Dracker, MD, MHA, MBA, CPI
  • Impact of gestational diabetes on group B Streptococcus vaginal colonization and dissemination – Kathryn A. Patras, PhD
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