Full Text of SR0129 095th General Assembly
SR0129 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Microbicides are a promising new prevention tool | 3 |
| that could
reduce HIV transmission among women and men in the | 4 |
| United States
and around the world; and
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| WHEREAS, Women and girls are the new face of HIV and AIDS | 6 |
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for nearly half of the 39,000,000 adults living | 7 |
| with HIV and AIDS
worldwide as of 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, In the United States women of color are | 9 |
| disproportionately
affected by HIV and AIDS, representing 84% | 10 |
| of new AIDS diagnoses among
women; and
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| WHEREAS, In Illinois, African-American women represent | 12 |
| more than
2 out of 3, or (68%), of women living with HIV; and
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| WHEREAS, More than 40,000 people in Illinois were living | 14 |
| with
HIV or AIDS in 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, The United States has the highest rates of | 16 |
| sexually
transmitted infections (STIs) of any industrialized | 17 |
| nation, with more than
15,000,000 new STIs every year; and
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| WHEREAS, It is estimated that one in 4 sexually active | 19 |
| young adults from
ages 15 to 24 contracts an STI each year; and |
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| WHEREAS, Direct medical costs associated with STIs in the | 2 |
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States are estimated at up to $14,100,000,000 annually; | 3 |
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| WHEREAS, Federal government spending on HIV related | 5 |
| medical care in
the United States has more than tripled, from | 6 |
| $3,700,000,000 in fiscal year 1995
to $13,200,000,000 in fiscal | 7 |
| year 2007; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, Microbicides may be formulated as gels, creams, or | 9 |
| rings to
inactivate, block, or otherwise interfere with the | 10 |
| transmission of the pathogens
that cause HIV and other STIs, | 11 |
| allowing women and men to protect
themselves from infection; | 12 |
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| WHEREAS, Unlike current HIV prevention methods, | 14 |
| microbicides could
allow women to both conceive children and | 15 |
| protect themselves from HIV and
STIs; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, The microbicide field has achieved an | 17 |
| extraordinary amount
of scientific momentum with a few | 18 |
| first-generation candidates now in large
scale human trials | 19 |
| around the world; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, Microbicides are a classic public health product |
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| for which the
social benefits are high but the economic | 2 |
| incentive for private investment is
low and, like other public | 3 |
| health products such as vaccines, public funding must
fill the | 4 |
| gap; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, The federal government needs to make a strong | 6 |
| commitment
to microbicide research and development; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, Three agencies, the
National Institutes of Health | 8 |
| (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), | 9 |
| and the United States Agency for International
Development | 10 |
| (USAID), have played important roles, further strong, | 11 |
| well-coordinated, and visible public sector leadership is | 12 |
| essential for the promise of
microbicides to be fully realized; | 13 |
| and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, HIV and STI prevention strategies must recognize | 15 |
| women's unique needs and vulnerabilities if women are to have a | 16 |
| genuine opportunity
to protect themselves; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, The best option for protection from HIV and STIs | 18 |
| is the rapid development of new
HIV-prevention technologies | 19 |
| like microbicides; therefore, be it | 20 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 21 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Senate urges the |
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| United States Congress and the
President of the United States | 2 |
| to enact the Microbicide Development Act
(S. 823 and H.R. | 3 |
| 1420), which would amend the Public Health Service Act to
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| facilitate the development of microbicides for preventing the | 5 |
| transmission of
HIV and other diseases; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| delivered to the President and Vice President of the United | 8 |
| States, the
Speaker of the United States House of | 9 |
| Representatives, the Majority Leader of the United States | 10 |
| Senate,
and each member of the Illinois congressional | 11 |
| delegation.
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