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File #: 2004-0268    Version: 1
Type: Proclamation Status: Adopted
File created: 4/20/2004 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action:
Enactment date: 4/20/2004 Enactment #: 159
Effective date:    
Title: NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh commends and thanks the countless volunteers and those close to them who have given so much of themselves in their participation efforts for AIDS research over the past 20 years. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that today April 20, 2004 be hereby declared "Pitt Men's Study Day" in the City of Pittsburgh.
Sponsors: Gene Ricciardi, Len Bodack, Alan Hertzberg, William Peduto, Luke Ravensthal, Sala Udin
Indexes: PROCLAMATION - MS. PAYNE
 
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WHEREAS, HIV infection continues to pose a significant health risk to residents of the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County; and
 
WHEREAS, the University of Pittsburgh continues to serve as a regional and national center for AIDS research; and
 
WHEREAS, the Pitt Men's Study (PMS) is commemorating its 20th year as part of the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS), the oldest and largest study of the natural history of AIDS; and
 
WHEREAS, the PMS and the MACS have generated vital scientific data that has led to the publication of nearly 1,000 articles in scientific journals on topics as diverse as testing, transmission, disease progression, and treatments; and
 
WHEREAS, this important research would not be possible without the voluntary participation of over 3,000 Pittsburgh area men dedicated to this research; and
 
WHEREAS, many of these volunteers have been participants in this Study for the past 20 years.
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NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh commends and thanks the countless volunteers and those close to them who have given so much of themselves in their participation efforts for AIDS research over the past 20 years.
 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that today April 20, 2004 be hereby declared "Pitt Men's Study Day" in the City of Pittsburgh.