24/7 Illinois Perinatal HIV Hotline & Perinatal Syphilis Warmline
1-800-439-4079
www.hivpregnancyhotline.org
One simple phone call to the Illinois Perinatal HIV Hotline activates the safety net of perinatal HIV prevention, assisting you in caring for your patient and linking them to specialty care.
Hotline services are available 24/7 and include:
- Real-time medical consultation about the most up-to-date treatments for people living with HIV and their babies.
- Linkage of people living with HIV and their infants to an ongoing network of specialty care during and after pregnancy.
- Social service consultation and access to enhanced perinatal HIV case managers for the highest risk patients.
- Post-test counseling and support for parents and babies with positive rapid HIV tests.
- The reporting mechanism for preliminary positive rapid HIV tests as mandated by the Illinois Perinatal HIV Prevention Act.
The Perinatal Syphilis Warmline is an expansion of the Illinois Perinatal HIV Hotline and aims to reverse the alarming increase in rates of congenital syphilis across the state of Illinois. The Warmline is available Monday-Friday 8am-4pm with messages returned within 1 business day.
Key Warmline services include:
- Clinical consultation for syphilis treatment in pregnancy and the newborn period.
- Coordination of public health record searches to obtain prior syphilis testing and treatment information.
- Assistance with mandatory case reporting.
The Perinatal HIV Hotline and Perinatal Syphilis Warmline are funded by the Illinois Department of Public Health.