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4 <br />ITEM ILD. <br />Orange County Board of Health. <br />Meeting Date: January 28,1999 <br />Agenda Abstract <br />FROM: Personal Health <br />SUBJECT: ~ Syphilis Elimination Grant Funds <br />ATTACHNIENT(s): Award Letter <br />Early Syphilis Cases 1994-1998 <br />PURPOSE: To accept the funds from the NCDHHS for the Syphilis <br />Elimination Grant as previously presented to the Board of Health. <br />BACKGROUND: North Carolina has one of the highest rates of syphilis <br />in the country. The NC Division of Health and Human Services (DHHS) took advantage <br />of a request for proposal by the Camera for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in <br />Atlanta to eliminate syphilis and applied for grant funds to be used in five counties. <br />Unfortunately one of the emerging pockets of "early" syphilis is here in Orange County. <br />For calendar year 1998, Orange County had 39 cases of early syphilis reported In <br />addition, many contacts have been treated as well, although their lab results have not <br />been positive. The proposal calls for an outreach worker to be hired by each county to <br />work within the community affected for the grant period to conduct community education <br />and to encourage high-risk individuals to change their behavior and to present themselves <br />for testing and possible treatment. The gram period is for one year, commencing <br />December 1, 1998. <br />In Orange County, there may be two pockets of concern -one in northern Orange and <br />one in the southern portion of the county. OCI-ID has recommended and been approved <br />by the state to hire two half-time temporary outreach workers, one in each community of <br />concern. <br />RECObIlbiENDED ACTION: To accept the funds and authorize the staffto <br />proceed with implementation. <br />