She is taking part in the charity's 3,000 squat challenge this July to mark Group B Strep Awareness Month, an annual campaign to highlight the importance of group B Strep awareness, education and research. It means more babies than ever are developing life-threatening Group B Strep infection despite most of these cases being entirely preventable. Group B Strep Support is calling for urgent action to reverse this trend, and protect tiny lives. I am deeply proud of the huge impact Group B Strep Support has made, and the progress we have seen in the development of group B Strep policy and impacting research. "I am also deeply frustrated that the UK still lags behind the rest of the developed world on group B Strep prevention.

Source: Daily Mirror July 12, 2021 10:32 UTC