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Proclamation No. 2011 -02 <br />PROCLAMATION <br />Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners <br />We hereby recognize and acknowledge ioo years of public health <br />service to the residents of Cabarrus County and the <br />immeasurable contribution of these services to the safety and quality <br />of life in Cabarrus County. <br />WHEREAS, Cabarrus County Public Health is known as a national health pioneer and one of the <br />first comprehensive rural - urban public health programs in the United States organized on April 3, <br />1911. <br />WHEREAS, public health measures to control and eliminate infectious diseases, improve <br />environmental sanitation and promote healthy lifestyle practices have been the greatest cause of <br />improved health status and increased life expectancy for Cabarrus County residents. <br />WHEREAS, Cabarrus County Public Health was the first to administer the SALK vaccine county -wide — <br />1 955 <br />WHEREAS, Cabarrus County Public Health was the first in the state to have a non - medical Public <br />Health Director. <br />WHEREAS, Cabarrus County Public Health was the first accredited public health department in North <br />Carolina <br />WHEREAS, Cabarrus County Public Health was the first to have a locally funded full -time HIV /AIDS <br />counselor on staff. <br />WHEREAS, Cabarrus County Public Health was the first and only North Carolina Public Health <br />Department to go through the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) Beta Best <br />WHEREAS, Cabarrus County Public Health was the first to be a `public health authority,' for which we <br />were awarded the NACCHO Model Practice Award in 20o6. <br />WHEREAS, Cabarrus County Public Health was the first NC Local Health Dept to adopt Model for <br />Improvement Quality Improvement Program <br />WHEREAS, Cabarrus County Public Health was the one of the first counties of comparable size to <br />place a Public Health Nurse /School Nurse in each public school in the county — established August <br />1 999• <br />WE THEREFORE proclaim April, toll Public Health Month in Cabarrus County and we recognize and <br />celebrate with Cabarrus Health Alliance in commemorating - ioo years of public health service in <br />Cabarrus County. <br />Adopted this 4"' day of April, 201 <br />H. Jay White, Sr., Chairman <br />Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners <br />Attachment number 1 <br />G -6 Page 235 <br />