The Perinatal Infections Outreach Program (PIOP) was established in 2000 with the goal of reducing fetal and infant morbidity and mortality in Baltimore County due to perinatal infections. A joint initiative between the Division of Communicable Disease Control and the Division of Maternal Health and Family Planning, the PIOP conducts provider education and outreach activities, and engages in regional coalition building. The program’s outreach activities are chiefly aimed at practitioners caring for women of reproductive age, pregnant and post-partum women, and their infants.
The Baltimore Regional Perinatal Advisory Group (RPAG) (PDF) 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.
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For more information about the Perinatal Infections Outreach Program (PIOP) or the Baltimore Regional Perinatal Advisory Group (RPAG), contact 410-887-3134 or eliebow@baltimorecountymd.gov.
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Revised June 25, 2008
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