HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 06281994 - 1.19 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Mark Finucane, Health Services Director _ Contra
Costa
DATE: June 1E, 1994 County
SUBJECT: "Tuberculosis Awareness Month"
SPECIFIC REOUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) &BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
IN THE MATTER OF PROMOTING RESOLUTION NO. 94/339
The Month of July as
"Tuberculosis Awareness Month"
WHEREAS 5,173 cases of active tuberculosis disease were reported in California in 1993 representing
a 48% increase since 1985, and 112 cases were reported in Contra Costa County, representing an increase
of 87% since 1985.
WHEREAS the purpose of the program is to reduce the incidence of and to control TB by 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
WHEREAS Tuberculosis in California is being fueled by the HIV/AIDS epidemic, immigration, and such
poverty-associated factors as crowded housing, homelessness, incarceration, malnutrition, and use of drugs;
and
WHEREAS household members (including children) and other close contacts including employees of
health care, correctional, 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
WHEREAS potentially lethal strains of tuberculosis bacterium that are resistant to treatment with many
currently available tuberculosis drugs have been identified in California; and
WHEREAS 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 education/awareness 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:
NOW, THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA
COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, PROCLAIMS JULY 1994 AS
"TB Awareness Month"
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Contact Person: Wendel Brunner
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Public Health Administration PHIL BATCHEL ,CLERK OF THEJBOARD OF
County Administrator SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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