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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011993 - 1993-409 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS � �3 OF CONTRA COSTA C01-1N7Y .BV TM MAnFR OF PROMOTDVG RESOLUTION NO.. 9314©9 The Month of July as: "Tuberculosis Awareness Month" WHEREAS 5,273 cases of active tuberculosis disease were reported in California in 1991 representing a 51 ala increase since 1985, and 117 cases were reported in Contra Costa County, representing an increase of 9.5%n since 1985. WRER 'EAS the purpose of the program is to reduce the incidence of and to control TBby educating the public regarding TB, motivating ;individuals to respond actively to advise on understanding the features of the disease, and creating an environment in which individuals who suspect they have the disease will readily come forth and seek treatment; and CIEREAS Tuberculosis in California is being fueled by the .H.IVIAIDS epidemic, immigration, and such poverty-associated factors as crowded living situation, homelessness, incarceration, malnutrition, and use of drugs; and FIEREAS household members (including children) and other close contacts including employees of health care, correctiona4 and other institutions who share air with infectious tuberculosis patients, are at risk of'becoming infected with the tuberculosis bacterium and progressing to active disease; and WNERF.AS potentially lethal strains of tuberculosis bacterium that are resistant to treatment with many currently available'tuberculosis drugs have been identified in California; and WI &REAS The Department of Health Services Tuberculosis Control Unit, California' Tuberculosis Controllers Association, and the American Lung Association of California in cooperation with various federal, local and private agencies, have developed an educationfawareness program to promote tuberculosis prevention measures, and WhEREAS during the month of July, individual citizens,government agencies and private entities are joining to encourage the widespread implementation of proven tuberculosis control measures targeted toward those persons at highest risk: NOWT,TIEMFORFE,LFT IT BE RESOLVED THAT 7M BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA'COUNTY, CALIFORNIA PROCLAIMS JULY 1993 AS 'T13 Awareness Month" Passed by unanimous vote of the Board Members present on this 13th day of July 1993; I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an order entered on the minutes of said Board of Supervisor's on the date aforesaid. Witness my hand and the Seal of the Board of Supervisors affixed on this 13th day of July 1993: Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of Supe ' ars Co Administrator Deputy