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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 19, 2003 <br />Action Agen a <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Prostate Cancer Awareness Month <br />DEPARTMENT: BOCC PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Tamara Adams -Wake Forest School of <br />Cover Letter from Tamara Adams, Medicine - 336-713-7513 <br />Center for Human Genomics -Wake Donna Baker, ext. 2130 <br />Forest School of Medicine TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Proclamation Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To join other counties in the state in proclaiming the month of September 2003 as <br />"Prostate Cancer Awareness Month" to increase the awareness of this deadly health issue for <br />the citizens of Orange County. <br />BACKGROUND: The Center for Human Genomics at Wake Forest School of Medicine and the <br />Prostate Cancer Team are working to improve awareness of prostate cancer in the state of <br />North Carolina. Last year, 34 North Carolina counties adopted proclamations regarding <br />prostate cancer awareness, and this year the target is 50 counties, with an ultimate goal of <br />proclamations from all 100 counties in the state. <br />The American Cancer Society estimates there will be 6,800 new cases of cancer of the prostate <br />this year in North Carolina, which will result in an estimated 900 deaths. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with approval of the <br />proclamation. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The County Manager recommends that the Board approve the <br />proclamation designating the month of September 2003 as "Prostate Cancer Awareness Month" <br />and authorize the Chair to sign the proclamation. <br />