WHO defeating meningitis symposium, 3rd international symposium on Streptococcus agalactiae disease (ISSAD) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: State-of-the-art overview of S. agalactiae meningitis

Laura M.A. Oliveira; Namrata Prasad; Ruth Lynfield; Margaret Ip; Soufiane Sanou; Felipe P.G. Neves; Annelies Wilder-Smith; Heidi M. Soeters; Kirsty Le Doare; Marie Pierre Preziosi

doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.126895

WHO defeating meningitis symposium, 3rd international symposium on Streptococcus agalactiae disease (ISSAD) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: State-of-the-art overview of S. agalactiae meningitis

Laura M.A. Oliveira^*
, Namrata Prasad
, Ruth Lynfield
, Margaret Ip
, Soufiane Sanou
, Felipe P.G. Neves
, Annelies Wilder-Smith
, Heidi M. Soeters
, Kirsty Le Doare
, Marie Pierre Preziosi

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A World Health Organization (WHO) Defeating Meningitis Symposium took place as part of the 3rd International Symposium on Streptococcus agalactiae disease (ISSAD) conference which was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from October 16–18, 2023. The symposium highlighted WHO's Defeating meningitis by 2030 global road map focusing on Group B Streptococcus (GBS) meningitis and provided an overview of the meningitis burden and main challenges faced to tackle the disease across the Americas, Africa, and Asia.

Original language	English
Article number	126895
Journal	Vaccine
Volume	52
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.126895
Publication status	Published - 11 Apr 2025

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Group B Streptococcus
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Oliveira, L. M. A., Prasad, N., Lynfield, R., Ip, M., Sanou, S., Neves, F. P. G., Wilder-Smith, A., Soeters, H. M., Le Doare, K., & Preziosi, M. P. (2025). WHO defeating meningitis symposium, 3rd international symposium on Streptococcus agalactiae disease (ISSAD) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: State-of-the-art overview of S. agalactiae meningitis. Vaccine, 52, Article 126895. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.126895

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WHO defeating meningitis symposium, 3rd international symposium on Streptococcus agalactiae disease (ISSAD) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: State-of-the-art overview of S. agalactiae meningitis

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