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Group B Strep Awareness Week
3rd - 9th December 2007

Awareness saves lives. Group B Strep Support wants every relevant health professional in the UK to be fully informed about how most group B streptococcal (GBS) infections in newborn babies can be prevented. And they want every pregnant woman also to be fully informed about GBS, so she can - in conjunction with her health professionals - decide what is best for her and her baby.

Shameless bump.

I hoped you would all understand why I think this is a worthwhile cause - thanks for the latest signatures.

Here is a reminder of the Group B Strep Support website

http://www.gbss.org.uk/

which is well worth a look at, especially as it has just recently been re-designed (the home page also carries a link to the petition).

I've signed too

Julia

Thanks...great to see the numbers rising...but also great to know that awareness is being raised amongst lots more people and this in itself is also wonderful.

I'll go and sign it now xx

Just signed it.

Ann
Glos

have signed and passed on to others

Pauline xxx.

Much appreciated.

Just signed your petition.

I think it is a very little known illness.

XX

Thanks, Claire.

needs a bump!

Hope folks don't mind another bump for this thread.

Great stuff - thanks!

Good job done there, signed it .

Good luck with it.

Deanna X

All Done

And passed on to family and friends

Jan x

Great to see the signature numbers are rising at the petition website - thanks to any folks from Genes who have signed, very much appreciated.

Still time to add your signature if you feel you want to.

It would be great if anyone else felt they wanted to sign the petition.

Thanks, in hope.

bump for those online this afternoon

Great stuff, folks.

Helen S - yes, many European countries and America test and treat as part of their routine ante-natal care. And yes, despite great efforts by many in the UK to raise awareness, a large number of mums (even those who test positive during pregnancy!) don't get the information they should.

It is not something that is so rare as to not bother. You only need to read the GBSS website (www.gbss.org.uk) or their newsletters, to see just how many families have either lost a baby to Group B Strep or are living with children who will require ongoing special care throughout their lives. It is happening here and now, in this new Century, yet potentially many, if not all, of the deaths/illness could be avoided by the UK testing routinely - there are other routine tests in pregnancy that cannot have such spectacular potential outcomes as saving a life, yet they are done.