PRO 2018-04 Antibiotic Resistance Awareness Week TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS
PROCLAMATION NO. 2018-04
A PROCLAMATION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS, RECOGNIZING NOVEMBER 12-18, 2018 AS
WORLD ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE AWARENESS WEEK IN TROPHY
CLUB; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, antibiotic resistance has become a global health dilemma reaching
within the United States; and
WHEREAS, at least 2 million people have been killed because of antibiotic
overdose, and antibiotics abuse is the cause of 1 out of 5 emergency department visits
for Adverse Drug Events (ADE's) and 7 of the top 10 drugs involved in ADE's leading to
emergency room visits are antibiotics; and
WHEREAS, November 12th through November 18th has been declared as
World Antibiotic Resistance Awareness Week, by the World Health Organization
(WHO), where people in Trophy Club will be informed and made aware of antibiotic
resistance and how to stop it; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Trophy Club seeks to promote the good health of the
townspeople and by making hospitals, schools and the general public more aware there
will be less deaths and overdoses in the near future; and
WHEREAS, by providing Antibiotic Resistance Awareness and allowing the
community to be informed on the dangerous issue regardless of social or economic
status, education, gender, origin, religious belief, age, lifestyle abilities, the
enlightenment of knowledge is shown in the community; and
WHEREAS, the Stop the Resistance campaign was created to initiate student-
led and community-wide awareness that will help fund additional research. Through
this campaign, students, their families and our residents will be called to action to
change their community and the world.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, MAYOR C. NICK SANDERS, IN CONJUNCTION WITH
THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS, DO HEREBY
PROCLAIM:
NOVEMBER 12-18, 2018 AS
WORLD ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE AWARENESS WEEK
PASSED AND APPROVED by the Town Council of the Town of Trophy Club,
Texas, this 27th day of March 2018.
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