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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR92-110 Monday Child Health DayG Commissioner �A -- - e- 15 moved adoption of the following Resolution: BOARD OF COUNTY COMIVIISSIONERS COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF COLORADO RESOLUTION NO. 92- // (1 PROCLAINIING MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1992 AS CID HEALTH DAY WHEREAS, the Congress of 1928 which first authorized Child Health Day felt that an annual observance would "awaken the people of the nation to the fundamental necessity of a year -round program for the protection and development of the health of the nation's children. " WHEREAS, sixty -four years later, the necessity is still with us. We have developed marvelous ways to help the body fight off and prevent certain diseases. Diseases that in 1928 killed or disabled hundreds of thousands of our children could have been eradicated before the end of this century. WHEREAS, we set our sights to eliminate measles in the United States by the year 1990, through universal childhood immunization, just as we had eliminated smallpox by the year 1980. Yet in 1990, almost 28,000 cases of measles were reported in the United States, and 89 children died. WHEREAS, there are now nine contagious diseases for which there are effective childhood vaccines. However, three in ten infants and toddlers are going without adequate childhood immunizations, leaving them at risk for life- threatening or disabling illnesses. WHEREAS, this tragic toll of unnecessary outbreaks of preventable childhood diseases must be reversed. Children can be vaccinated against measles, mumps, rubella, polio, diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), tetanus, haemophilus influenza type b, and hepatitis B through a series of "shots" beginning as early as birth. We cannot wait until a child enters school to vaccinate against these diseases; infants and toddlers are at highest risk. WHEREAS, each of us that cares for children -- families and health care giver, alike- -and all of us that care about children as our most precious resource must make this commitment: None of our Nation's children shall go without the health protection so easily obtained through age- appropriate immunizations. WHEREAS, on Child Health Day 1992, and throughout the year, we must emphasize the importance of childhood immunizations and take the necessary steps to make such immunizations available to all infants and children when they are appropriate. C C" NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that we the Eagle Board of County Commissioners do hereby proclaim Monday, October S, 1992, as Child Health Day. MOVED, READ AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissions s of the County of Eagle, state of Colorado, at its regular meeting held the _aL of . 1992 of Eagle County Commissioners COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF COLORADO By and Through Its BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS - Z' -e- V � e--A?Y. t. 0�'- George AtAGates, Commissioner Commissioner ?,� 2 seconded adoption of the foregoing resolution. The roll having `been "called, the vote was as follows: Commissioner Richard L. Gustafson- Commissioner Donald H. Welch Commissioner George A. Gates - j CA — This Resolution passed by �, vote of the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Eagle, State of Colorado.