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Proclamation for Cervical Cancer Awareness Month (January 2025)
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INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brian Matthews, County Manager, 704-292-2597
ACTION REQUESTED:
Adopt Proclamation proclaiming January 2025 to be Cervical Cancer Awareness Month in Union County.
PRIOR BOARD ACTIONS:
None.
BACKGROUND:
National Cervical Cancer Awareness Month was first recognized in 2002 and is observed every January. The U.S. Congress first introduced it in 1999 as a House Concurrent Resolution. Cervical Cancer Awareness Month is an annual observance held throughout the Month of January. It is intended to raise awareness of cervical cancer and to promote research into its cause, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, survivorship and cure.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: