The fundamental goal of the Florida Department of Health's Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention Program (PHBPP) is to prevent the transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection from pregnant women who are hepatitis B surface-antigen (HBsAg) positive to their newborns at delivery.  PHBPP in Escambia County accomplishes this in the following ways:

• PHBPP partners with the Escambia County Health Department and private medical providers to identify and provide follow-up services for pregnant women who are HBsAg positive and their newborn infants
• PHBPP promotes timely vaccination of infants born to HBsAg positive women for Hepatitis B; birth 1-2 months and 6 months of age. 
• PHBPP provides free laboratory testing to ensure that infants born to HBsAg-positive mothers are fully protected from the Hepatitis B virus.
• PHBPP offers free Hepatitis B testing and when needed, free hepatitis B vaccinations household contacts and sexual partners of pregnant women with hepatitis B
• Counseling and educational services are offered to pregnant women with hepatitis B and their families
• Free Hepatitis B Vaccine (HBV) and Hepatitis B Immune Globulin (HBIG) are provided to hospitals to prevent the transmission of hepatitis B from mother to baby
• Partner notification and client referrals for follow-up care are made to private providers or local agencies

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Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Immunization Action Coalition
Hepatitis B Foundation

Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention Program Coordinator (850)484-5152