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Our goal is to be a central resource for GBS information, in a variety of languages, for both the general public and medical professionals. The scope of our mission includes actively supporting the GBS awareness and prevention efforts of individuals and organizations on a community or national level. Group B Strep International\u2019s focus includes all stages of a baby\u2019s development in which they are susceptible to GBS infection.\u00a0 This ranges from unborn babies in the first trimester to infants up to six months of age.\r\n\r\n<strong>WHAT WE DO<\/strong>\r\n\r\nPromote awareness and prevention of group B strep disease in babies during pregnancy through early infancy\r\n\r\n<strong>HOW WE DO IT<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Present at and attend international perinatal conferences<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Host online symposiums geared towards both health care providers and parents<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Provide informational materials to health care providers and parents<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Facilitate fundraising events<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Administrate and create a dialogue in our GBS Facebook group<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Interact with perinatal health affiliates to reach wider audiences<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Curate parent stories as a resource for others and as a basis for crowdsourced research<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nVisit our website at <a href=\"http:\/\/gbs-info.org\">gbs-info.org<\/a>","post_title":"Group B Strep International","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"group-b-strep-international","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-02-15 09:53:46","post_modified_gmt":"2019-02-15 14:53:46","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/?post_type=partner&p=34806","menu_order":0,"post_type":"partner","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"other_organizations":"","issues":[{"ID":114,"post_author":"7211","post_date":"2015-10-21 00:24:21","post_date_gmt":"2015-10-21 00:24:21","post_content":"<p>[vc_row full_width=\"stretch_row\" css=\".vc_custom_1453403441710{margin-top: -60px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}\"][vc_column width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>The majority of maternal and newborn deaths and stillbirths occur around the time of birth. However, there are many opportunities during pregnancy to reduce these risks.<\/h2>\n<p>While traditional antenatal care (ANC) is understood mainly to focus on obstetrical issues, contacts with pregnant women also provide important opportunities to deliver other preventive clinical interventions as well as counseling and health education on birth preparedness, danger signs and appropriate response, key practices at household level during and after pregnancy, and family planning.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/2\" el_class=\"issue-stats\"][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-red\" width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">88<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1690993922335{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">percent of women age 15-49 who received at lease one ANC visit during pregnancy globally (2016-2021)<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-yellow\" width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">65<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1690993939923{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">percent of women age 15-49 who received four or more ANC visits during pregnancy globally (2016-2021)<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>All data on this page represents the most recent data available, unless otherwise noted. Please visit our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/numbers\/\">Newborn Numbers<\/a>\u00a0page and download the Excel spreadsheet to explore the data further.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=\"Opportunities for ANC\"][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The prioritization of specific ANC interventions should vary by setting. For example, in areas of high malaria risk, intermittent presumptive treatment and use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets are very important. How we reach pregnant women with services and messages must also vary by setting. There are certainly advantages to having fully-qualified health professionals like nurses or nurse-midwives provide services; however many aspects of the needed services could be provided by cadres of health auxiliaries with less training. In some settings, greater reach is achieved by providing services on an outreach basis. Over the past 15 years, the standard model for ANC has been \u201cfocused ANC,\u201d a four-visit schedule. In 2016 the World Health Organization reviewed this model and issued new recommendations.[\/vc_column_text][vc_text_separator title=\"Key Resources\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/news-item\/updated-who-recommendations-for-malaria-chemoprevention-among-children-and-pregnant-women-who\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Updated WHO recommendations for malaria chemoprevention among children and pregnant women<\/a> (2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/ending-preventable-maternal-mortality-epmm-a-renewed-focus-for-improving-maternal-and-newborn-health-and-wellbeing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality (EPMM): A Renewed Focus for Improving Maternal and Newborn Health and Wellbeing<\/a> (2021)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/recommendations-antenatal-care-positive-pregnancy-experience\/\">WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience<\/a> (2016) + Executive Summary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","post_title":"Antenatal care","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"antenatal-care","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-08-02 12:32:20","post_modified_gmt":"2023-08-02 16:32:20","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/?post_type=issue&p=114","menu_order":0,"post_type":"issue","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":126,"post_author":"7211","post_date":"2015-10-21 15:19:14","post_date_gmt":"2015-10-21 15:19:14","post_content":"[vc_row full_width=\"stretch_row\" css=\".vc_custom_1453403441710{margin-top: -60px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}\"][vc_column width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>Severe newborn infections\u2014including sepsis, meningitis, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/issue\/pneumonia\/\">pneumonia<\/a>\u2014are a major cause of morbidity and mortality among newborns in low- and middle-income countries.<\/h2>\r\nRecent analyses estimate that globally, approximately 400,000 newborns die each year as a result of severe infections, over one-sixth of the total burden of newborn deaths. Most of these deaths could be averted through:\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>preventive measures, such as improving hygiene practices, and<\/li>\r\n \t<li>timely and appropriate care for sick newborns.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/2\" el_class=\"issue-stats\"][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-red\" width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">17<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1456252549558{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">percentage of neonatal deaths caused by severe bacterial infections<\/span><\/h3>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-yellow\" width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">400<\/span>k<\/strong><\/h1>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1456252596727{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">number of newborns who die each year as a result of severe infections<\/span><\/h3>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-blue\" width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span class=\"ticker\">8<\/span><\/b><\/h1>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1653422219529{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">percentage of neonatal deaths caused by pneumonia<\/h3>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]\r\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>All data on this page represents the most recent data available, unless otherwise noted. Please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/numbers\/\">Newborn Numbers<\/a>\u00a0page and download the Excel spreadsheet to explore the data further.<\/em><\/h6>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=\"stretch_row\" css=\".vc_custom_1453407008439{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;background-color: #f6f6f6 !important;}\"][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=\"Prevention\"][vc_row_inner equal_height=\"yes\"][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Preventive measures during the antenatal and intrapartum periods can reduce the risk of congenital and newborn infections while protecting the health of the mother. Before and during pregnancy, women can be screened and treated for syphilis and vaccinated against diseases like tetanus. In addition to preventing subsequent infection in the newborn, treating maternal infections during pregnancy \u2013 such as antibiotics for prolonged, preterm rupture of membranes or chorioamnionitis -- can also greatly reduce the risk for preterm birth, a leading cause of newborn mortality as well as prevent serious newborn infection.\r\n\r\nClean birth practices reduce the rate of newborn infections at home and implementation of consistent, high-quality infection control practices reduces newborn infections in facility settings. Hygienic umbilical cord care, including using a sterile instrument to cut the cord and, when appropriate and per national guidelines, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/issue\/chlorhexidine-for-umbilical-cord-care\/\">applying chlorhexidine to the newborn cord stump<\/a>, can also reduce infection and preventable death. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/issue\/breastfeeding-and-feeding-of-small-and-sick-newborns\/\">Early and exclusive breastfeeding<\/a> also reduces the likelihood of newborn infections in several ways, including providing critical support to boost immune system development and avoiding the introduction of potentially harmful substances to the immature gut.\r\n\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=\"stretch_row\" css=\".vc_custom_1453407008439{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;background-color: #f6f6f6 !important;}\"][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=\"Management\"][vc_row_inner equal_height=\"yes\"][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]WHO recommends that newborns and young infants should be hospitalized when they have signs of possible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/issue\/treatment-of-possible-severe-bacterial-infection\/\">serious bacterial infection, and treated<\/a> with 7 days of a combination of injectable antibiotics \u2013 gentaminin and ampicillin (or penicillin). In many or most low and middle-income countries (LMICs), such hospital-based treatment is not routinely feasible for many families for a number of cultural, geographic, and financial barriers. In these circumstances, recent evidence has led WHO to recommend outpatient antibiotics to such newborns and young infants to successfully treat the illness. The recommended antibiotic course is a combination of injectable and oral antibiotics: 2 days of once-daily gentamicin combined with 7 days of twice-daily oral amoxicillin. A follow up visit at 4 days of treatment is recommended to ensure adherence to the antibiotics and to ensure improvement in the newborn\u2019s condition. When referral from outpatient facility to hospital is accepted by families, the health center provider should ensure that the newborn or young infant is first given a dose of gentamicin and amoxicillin since even short delays in initiation of treatment can mean the difference between life and death.\r\n\r\nSaving newborn lives from life-threatening infections is now indeed feasible, acceptable, and effective in reducing preventable newborn and young infant deaths, and should be a top public health priority.\r\n\r\n<strong>Key Resources:\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/25274969\/\">Respiratory Distress in the Newborn <\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.everypreemie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SafeOxygen_english_7.6.17.pdf\">Safe and effective oxygen use for inpatient care of newborns<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.everypreemie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/InfectionPrevention_english_7.6.17.pdf\">Safe and effective infection prevention for inpatient newborn care<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.everypreemie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DNH_TechBrief_MgmtNewbornInfection_7.15.19.pdf\">Management of newborn infections during inpatient care<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/pr2013207\">Neonatal severe bacterial infection impairment estimates in South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America for 2010<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]","post_title":"Severe infections","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"severe-infections","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-10-18 14:43:52","post_modified_gmt":"2022-10-18 18:43:52","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/?post_type=issue&p=126","menu_order":0,"post_type":"issue","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"regions":[],"countries":[],"views":"2947"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource\/34982"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/resource"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5420"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource\/34982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"toolkit","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/toolkit?post=34982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}