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	1990 - Incorporated as a non-profit 501©3 organization, June - National Medical Advisory Board formed, June - First National Medical Advisory Board meeting, October - First GBSA Educational pamphlet published - First coverage in national women’s magazine, Women’s Day, October - First major newspaper articles, Washington Post - First coverage on national television talk show, November
	1991 - GBSA Board members invited to meet with National Institutes of Health (NIH) Vaccine Grant Officers, Bethesda, MD, June - GBS researchers awarded first five-year NIH grant for GBS vaccine research - First GBSA National Parents Meeting, October - Second GBSA National Medical Advisory Board meeting, October - GBSA’s first national press release - National television coverage on “Rescue 911” - Phone calls to the Centers for Disease Control and NIH increase due to parent concerns
	1992 - First published document on GBS preventions from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), July - First published documents on GBS prevention from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), November - Second GBSA National Parents Meeting, October - Third Annual National Medical Advisory Board meeting, October - First State Medical Advisory Board formed in North Carolina, June - Canadian chapter of the Group B Strep Association formed, November - GBSA President speaks at National Conference on Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality
	1993 - Screening pregnant women for GBS is found to be cost-effective, Centers for Disease Control - First annual meeting of the GBS vaccine researchers under the NIH grant
	1994 - Legislation passes in California calling for a National consensus conference of experts on GBS - Third GBSA National Parents Meeting, October - Legislation proposed for GBS prevention in Florida - Continued media exposure in magazine, newspapers and television - Canadian health officials call for GBS prevention standards
	1995 - CDC publishes call for comments on GBS Prevention protocol, MMWR January - GBSA members send 5,000 letters to CDC supporting a prevention strategy of routine screening for all pregnant women, January - First National Consensus Conference on GBS prevention held, CDC (Centers for Disease Control), ACOG (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists), AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) and GBSA, March - GBSA members send letters to ACOG in support of routine screening of all pregnant women, June - GBSA featured on National Public Television series, “The Visionaries”
	1996 - CDC, ACOG, and AAP publish the first consensus statement on GBS National Prevention Guidelines, June - GBSA publishes new patient education pamphlet based on new medical guidelines - Vaccine Officers prepare for first widespread clinical trials of GBS vaccine - GBSA expands National Medical Advisory Board to include researchers on adult GBS - GBSA has twelve State Medical Advisory Boards - GBSI (Group B Strep Initiative) Vaccine researchers enter last year of five year NIH (National Institutes of Health) grant - GBSA awarded $10,000 grant to work with CDC on GBS awareness among medical professionals working with at-risk African American women in inner city Atlanta
	1997 - American Academy of Pediatrics publishes prevention guidelines, January - GBSA collaborates with CDC on Prevention guideline implementation, GPAC (Group B Strep Prevention Activities Committee) - GBSA awarded PARENTS Magazine “As They Grow” award for volunteer service in health education, presented by First Lady, Hilary Clinton, at Whitehouse ceremony, May - GBSA website opens, 10,000 hits a month - GBSA receives $8,000 grant from North American Vaccine Company to support educational activities and to promote vaccine development
	1998 - GBSA presents prevention issues to National Vaccine Advisory Commission (NVAC), Washington, DC, June - GBSA exhibits at National Immunization Conference, Atlanta, July - GBSA co-presents along with Carol Baker, MD to Advisory Committee on Childhood Vaccines (ACCV), Washington, DC, September
	1999 – 2001 GPAC (Group B Strep Prevention Activities Committee/CDC) continues surveillance and compliance with 1996 Prevention Guidelines
	2001 - CDC Second National Consensus Meeting on Group B Strep Prevention
	2002 - National Consensus Guidelines Recommending Routine Screening for all Pregnant Women
	2005 - First Conference on Maternal Immunization sponsored by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists