Preventing Perinatal HIV Transmission A Clinician's Toolkit for Testing, Counseling and Referral

The Baltimore Regional Perinatal Advisory Group (RPAG)

The Baltimore Regional Perinatal Advisory Group (RPAG) was established in 2002 by the Perinatal Infections Outreach Program, Baltimore County Department of Health. The RPAG’s goal is to optimize the health of pregnant women and newborn infants in the Baltimore region through education, advocacy and information sharing. RPAG members are public and private sector clinicians and administrators, public health officials, and advocates from Baltimore County, Baltimore City, Carroll County, Frederick County, Harford County, and Howard County. Specifically, RPAG members represent hospital departments of Obstetrics, Neonatology, Nursing, and Infection Control; community health centers; Medicaid managed care organizations; officials from the six local health departments and the state health department; MedChi, the Maryland State Medical Society; and other national and state-level professional and advocacy associations. 

RPAG Publications

• Prevention of Perinatal Infections 2007 (PDF)
  Updated Infectious disease screening requirements and recommendations.
  
  
• Prevention of Perinatal Infections 2004 (PDF)
  Infectious disease screening requirements and recommendations.
  
  
• Preventing Perinatal HIV Transmission; A Clinician's Toolkit for Testing, Counseling and Referral
  Standard of care guidelines endorsed by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American College of Nurse-Midwives.

For more information about the Perinatal Infections Outreach Program or the Baltimore Regional Perinatal Advisory Group (RPAG), call 410-887-3134 or e-mail  eliebow@baltimorecountymd.gov.

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Revised July 11, 2007