Join us for the online International Conference on Group B Strep (ICGBS) 2021!

15 June, 2021

Dear CHIFA Colleagues,

Please join us online to help reduce the number of babies infected by group B strep (GBS) each year. The International Conference on Group B Strep (ICGBS) 2021 will be held July 20-22 with Professor Joy Lawn as our Keynote Speaker! ICGBS 2021 is an online collaboration of healthcare professionals, laboratorians, researchers, families, policy makers, and other interested individuals working to increase GBS disease awareness and prevention in babies.

Please visit gbsi.me/ICGBS2021 <http://gbsi.me/ICGBS2021> for more information and to register. Registration is complimentary.

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

and many more!

Looking forward to you joining us!

Marti Perhach

CHIFA Profile : Marti Perhach is the CEO and Founder of Group B Strep International (GBSI) in the USA.

Email: marti.perhachATgbs-intl.org