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PROCLAMATION <br />STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA: <br />COUNTY OF ORANGE: <br />WHEREAS, sickle cell disease is an inherited and currently incurable blood <br />disorder that directly affects many Black Americans and their families, and <br />WHEREAS, one in 10 of all Black Americans carries the gene for sickle cell trait, and <br />WHEREAS, this disease indirectly affects every citizen of Orange County through <br />its impact on our economic, social, and health care systems, and <br />WHEREAS, treatment is now available through the North Carolina Sickle Cell <br />Syndrome Program, medical schools, local health departments, federal and state <br />agencies, to help those with sickle cell disease lead full and productive lives, and <br />WHEREAS, these agencies work closely together to provide high quality <br />education, testing, screening, counseling, referral, and medical services to persons <br />having sickle cell disease, and <br />WHEREAS, research on the treatment, management, and cure for this disorder is <br />vital to improving the health and quality of life of persons with sickle cell disease; <br />NOW THEREFORE, the Orange County Board of Commissioners does hereby <br />proclaim September, 1992 as Sickle Cell Month in Orange County and urges all <br />our citizens to become more informed and involved in the education, treatment, <br />and care of people with sickle cell disease. <br />Adopted this day of August, 1992. <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Chairman <br />ATTEST: <br />Clerk <br />This proclamation is submitted by the Community Advisory Committee of the <br />Comprehensive Sickle Cell Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on <br />behalf of the Orange County patients we serve, the members of their families and the <br />individuals and agencies that make up the sickle cell community. <br />Orange County Contact :s: Kimberly Monroe, 942 -8741; and Marion Phillips, 962 -8331 <br />