Vision
Consolidate global and regional expertise of academics, the pharmaceutical industry, and governments in order to increase research activities and innovation in the field of invasive bacterial disease research in children and to accelerate knowledge transfer to users.
Mission
To advance research on surveillance and laboratory diagnosis of vaccine preventable invasive bacterial disease in Children, support public health policies in the prevention of these infections, and improve clinical practice for the detection, prevention, and treatment of bacterial meningitis and/or septicemia.