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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. S- % <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 16, 1999 <br />SUBJECT: World AIDS Day Proclamation <br />DEPARTMENT: Health PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) ly <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Proclamation Rosemary Summers <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: - - ext. 2411 <br />Hillsborough 732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968 -4501 <br />Durham 688 -7331 <br />Mebane 227 -2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider proclaiming December 1 as World AIDS Day in Orange County. <br />BACKGROUND: The US Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and <br />Prevention, and the United Nations recognize HIV and AIDS as a continuing and growing problem <br />both in the nation and globally. The Orange County Health Department is participating with a <br />number of community organizations in planning awareness activities regarding HIV and AIDS. <br />There will be an interdenominational service at Binkley Baptist Church in Chapel Hill on <br />November 30 that will kick -off community events relating to this issue. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: None <br />RECOMMENDATON(S): The Manager recommends that the Board adopt the resolution. <br />\ \WH=D 1\ SYS\ DOHADMMOSIE \BOCC \1999AA \1199AIDS.doc <br />