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Friday March 24 is World Tuberculosis Day
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 17, 2006
Contact
Jennifer Hall, TB Control Nurse, Division of Infectious Disease Prevention & Management
(217) 239-7827
Diana Yates, Communications Coordinator
(217) 531-4275
Friday March 24 is World Tuberculosis Day
March 24 is World TB Day, an annual observance meant to draw attention to a disease that causes over 2 million deaths a year worldwide. According to the Centers for Disease Control:
- One-third of the world’s population is infected with tuberculosis (TB)
- 9 million people become ill with TB each year
- TB is the leading cause of death among HIV infected individuals
- TB causes more deaths among women than all causes of maternal mortality combined
The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District and the Champaign County Public Health Department are part of a worldwide effort to eradicate tuberculosis. We are working to reduce the incidence of tuberculosis in Champaign County. TB testing is offered every week at our Urbana location (217 N. Broadway), and we work in conjunction with local healthcare agencies to provide follow-up testing and care for clients with active TB. Our nurses also perform TB testing in three local homeless shelters.
Public Health sees a few active cases of tuberculosis per year. In 2005 we performed 1,968 TB tests. Of those, 45 tested positive. Additional testing revealed that 9 of those individuals had active (contagious) TB. CUPHD diligently monitors all clients with active TB to minimize transmission of the disease to others. Left untreated, one person with active TB can infect 10-15 people per year!
According to the Centers for Disease Control, TB disproportionately affects racial and ethnic minorities. In 2004, 82% of all reported TB cases in the United States occurred in minorities. Foreign-born individuals account for 54% of TB cases in the U.S. Here in Champaign County, that percentage is greater, with 66% of our cases being foreign-born.
Symptoms of pulmonary TB include a persistent, phlegm-producing cough that lasts more than three weeks, chest pain, and coughing up blood. Other symptoms include fever, chills, night sweats, loss of appetite, and weight loss.
Only through the vigilance of health authorities everywhere can the disease be checked and, it is hoped, eliminated throughout the world.
Champaign-Urbana Public Health District TB clinics at 217 N. Broadway, Urbana:
Skin Tests: Mondays, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Test results are read the following Wednesday, 8 a.m. – noon and 2 – 4 p.m.
For more information, please contact the Division of Infectious Disease Prevention & Management, (217) 239-7827.
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Proposed Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for the Champaign-Urbana public Health District

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 14, 2006
Notice is hereby given that a Proposed Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for the Champaign-Urbana public Health District in the County of Champaign and State of Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2006, and ending March 31, 2007, is on file and conveniently available for public inspection from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, in the main office of the Public Health District at 710 N. Neil St., Champaign, Illinois.
Notice is further given that a Public Hearing on said Proposed Budget and Appropriation Ordinance will be held at 5:00 p.m. on the 17th day of April 2006, at the Satellite Office of the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District, 815 N. Randolph St., Champaign, Illinois, and that final action is anticipated by the Board of Health of the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District at its annual meeting at said office of the Public Health District immediately following the Public Hearing scheduled for 5:00 p.m. on April 17, 2006.
Dated this 14th day of March, A.D., 2006.
Carol Elliott, Secretary
Champaign-Urbana Public Health District
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Salud Pública Registrará Niños Sin Aseguranza Médica En el Programa del Estado “All Kids,” Un Programa de Aseguranza Médica
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 10, 2006
Contact
Diana Yates, Communications Coordinator
(217) 531-4275
Salud Pública Registrará Niños Sin Aseguranza Médica En el Programa del Estado “All Kids,” Un Programa de Aseguranza Médica
Padres que Tienen Niños Sin Aseguranza Médica Pueden Pre-registrar Sus Niños Ahora
Padres con trabajo o sin trabajo que no tienen aseguranza médica para sus niños pueden pre-registrar para el programa del estado de Illinois “All Kids”, un programa de aseguranza médica para niños sin aseguranza que empezará el primero de Julio, 2006. Personal de Salud Pública ya están pre-registrando familias para este programa y animan a cualquier persona con un niño sin aseguranza a sacar una cita para preregistar para este programa.
Padres de niños que ya están registrados para el programa KidCare estarán registrados automaticamente en All Kids. No hay que reaplicar.
Además de seguir cubriendo niños ya registrados en KidCare, All Kids ofrecerá aseguranza médica gratis o a bajo costo para los niños que no tienen aseguranza médica y a los niños que antes no eran eligibles a causa de su estado ciudadanía. Según los oficiales de salud del estado, AllKids costará mucho menos para la mayoría de familias que la aseguranza médica privada. Por ejemplo, una familia de cuatro que gana $50,000 al año pagará $40 al mes por cada niño, más un co-pago de $10 por cada visita al doctor.
El costo total para cada familia variará según sus ingresos. Los que tienen bajos ingresos no pagarán nada al mes ni pagaran co-pagos por las visitas médicas, mientras los que tienen ingresos más altos pagarán entre $15 a $300 al mes por cada niño y un co-pago de entre $100 cada año por la familia hasta $5,000 cada año por cada niño. (Las familias con ingresos muy altos pagarán $300 al mes por cada niño y no hay un limite al año para sus co-pagos)
Todos los servicios disponibles ahora a niños con KidCare seguirán siendo disponibles bajo el programa AllKids, menos que transporte médico no de emergencia. El programa incluirá beneficios para: servicios de doctor, cuidado en clínicas de salud y en hospitales, medicamentos recetados, cuidado dental, cuidado visual, pruebas laboratorias, radiografías, planeo familiar y anticonceptivos, y tratamientos para abuso de alcohol o drogas, cuidado psiquiátrico y de salud mental, terápia física y ocupacional, diálysis de los riñones, y muchos otros servicios médicos y de salud mental.
En pre-registrar en el Districto de Salud Pública asegurará que familias eligibles estarán registradas en el programa a tiempo para el empiezo el primero de julio. Para sacar una cita para pre-registrar a su niño, por favor llame al departamento de Mantenemiento de Salud Maternal y Niños en Salud Pública (217) 531-4306.
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