Organisation: Group B Strep
Biography
Following our middle child’s death from group B Strep infection in 1996, Jane and her husband, Robert, found few answers to the questions they had about group B Strep. They quickly made contact with an expert in the field and, after he explained how preventable most group B Strep infection in newborn babies are – and how so few health professionals at the time were aware of good prevention measures –decided to set up a charity.
The aims then (and now) of Group B Strep Support were to raise awareness of how to prevent most of these infections in newborn babies both among relevant health professionals and families affected by group B Strep, support families and support research into better prevention and treatment.
Key Publications
A list of publications can be found here.
Web Links of Interest