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Group B Strep Support raises the alarm : babies die needlessly in the UK through ignorance and unavailability of tests routinely offered in other western countries

(21/12/2011)

A recent survey conducted by ComRes on behalf of Group B Strep Support demonstrated that while more than half (54%) the women aged between 20-35 surveyed had heard of group B Strep, only 20% knew what it was. The survey also showed that once young women are made aware of the dangers of group B Strep in pregnancy the overwhelming majority believe that pregnant women should always be offered information, tests and, when the bacteria is detected, antibiotics in labour. • 92% believe that info... [more]

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