Greetings!
The Call for Abstracts
<https://www.groupbstrepinternational.org/icgbs2022-participation.html#pr...
for the online International Conference on Group B Strep (ICGBS) 2022: Community Week being held July 11-15, 2022 is now open! We welcome your expertise on GBS relevant topics and perinatal loss support. There are opportunities to share your knowledge via an oral or poster presentation or collaborate with your colleagues for a panel discussion!
We also welcome individuals personally affected by GBS to share their experiences
<https://www.groupbstrepinternational.org/icgbs2022-participation.html#GB...
in 2-5 minute videos to prompt discussion on what our community could do differently to prevent similar experiences happening to other families. We would also like to hear how individuals benefited from the support or actions of others in the perinatal health community.
As part of our Community Week, we are inviting individuals and organizations to share their awareness or advocacy efforts
<https://www.groupbstrepinternational.org/icgbs2022-participation.html#ad...
that support or overlap with group B strep disease awareness and prevention to connect with and inspire our community to work towards better perinatal health outcomes.
We are honored that Dr. Ajoke Sobanjo-ter Meulen, leader of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Group B streptococcus Vaccine Development Program, will be our Keynote Speaker and hope you will join us as we collaborate as a community to prevent GBS disease in babies worldwide. Please visit
gbsi.me/ICGBS2022 <https://www.groupbstrepinternational.org/icgbs2022.html>
for more information and to register – it’s free!
Best!
Marti Perhach
CHIFA Profile: Marti Perhach is the CEO and Founder of Group B Strep International (GBSI) in the USA. marti.perhach AT gbs-intl.org
