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Tubbs Jones Introduces Resolution Encouraging STD Prevention

Date:4/22/2008

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The resolution supports the goals of National STD Awareness Month by encouraging the Federal Government, States, localities to provide additional funding for screening and treatment services and requests increased programming and activities to educate Americans of all ages on the risks and prevention of STDs.

In support of the introduction of this resolution and National STD Awareness Month, Rep. Tubbs Jones in conjunction with the National Partnership for Women & Families, the American Social Health Association, and the National Council of Women's Organizations will host a briefing on Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 3:00pm in room H-137 of the Capitol.

Panelists will include:

-- Dr. John Douglas - Director of the Division of STD Prevention at the

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

-- Dr. Peter A. Leone - an expert on STDs and an associate professor at the

University of North Carolina schools of Medicine and Public Health

-- Dr. Virginia Caine - an expert on STDs and racial disparities, Director

of the Marion County Health Department and Associate Professor of

Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine

-- Dr. Karen Ashby - Assistant Professor of Reproductive Biology at Case

Western Reserve University Medical Center in Cleveland

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